Wisdom sits in places
by Keith H. Basso · first published 1996
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Wisdom Sits in Places by Keith Basso. If anyone knows similar books, please please point me to them.
on “Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?” ↗…analogue to all the things Brett mentioned) in aiding learning? EDIT: If you're interested, there's been a good book that I read, in attempt to wrap my head around the concept (however to no avail) - Wisdom Sits in Places.
on “The Humane Representation of Thought [video]” ↗…read too. It's well researched, but the author does occasionally blur the line between opinion and facts. I attribute it to writing styles. Similar in nature to another book I quite liked in the past - Wisdom Sits in Places, but less focused. Narrative Economics by Robert Shiller would be unfocused to people who are in the tech industry. Nonetheless, the book serves to give context to people who are textmining. Hopefully…
on “Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019?” ↗…people clicking on the tweet/share/facebook button for the blog entry where I compared memes to speaking in metaphor ala Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra [1]. They don't click on the links (except to the book Wisdom Sits in Places) Different crowds of people react differently to those share buttons, I guess. The HN crowd doesn't really click that much. [0]http://blog.chewxy.com/2013/04/11/hackers-and-engineers/ [1]http://blog.chewxy.com/2013/02/22/darmok-and-jalad-at-tanagr...
on “This Page Is Why The Internet Sucks” ↗