While the workshops are great, they’re in no way pivotal to the wim hof experience. The free part of the app has the basics covered perfectly and should have you going in a few days. After that it’s just practice. The workshop itself was nice but other than doing what was already in the app, there was talking and asking questions. A social factor and some music, but nothing revolutionary and nothing you can’t do at home. The one in Poland is my dream. But that’s even out of my financial reach.
@hem
I don’t know where I’ve heard about the toyota way, but I know that they introduced some new way of organization and it was brilliant. I’ll be ordering a physical copy for sure.
(Note: I hope discussing topics around the books to an explanatory degree is alright)
@MCVET when Toyota decided to share their production system, they started educating in it for free, first place was in America. General electric was amongst the first to implement it. When they were done, they were praised for their efficiency by corporations around the world because of it. However, Toyota sent specialists to check it out, and they were shocked. Turned out that it was far from implemented, they were running at around 60% efficiency. Unfortunately, they were already praised for what they achieved, so, LEAN was born. Toyota techs, spent some time with GE, and managed to bring their efficiency up past 90%, unfortunately, no one was told. Guy who wrote the book, spent 22 years teaching and helped start 1000+ businesses using TPS in the US.
This just came in at the recommendation of a friend. Probably starting it next week. Any good?
Fair game. I’m anti-censorship and anti-book burning. Something something history something something doomed to repeat.
Good man. From what little I know of the context this is the “better” translation, anyway. Plus some arrogant prick wasn’t revising what he saw fit
On a bit of a tech kick?
LOL. Will consider this next time I’m at the bookstore
Mine too! Neuromancer was pretty trippy. What did you think?
Same, lately I’ve gone for “harder” books because I don’t want to lose my edge as I grow old. Also it helps when writing, because you have more to draw from.
I liked the noir style. There were some moments that were confusing but I enjoyed it.
After I read it I did some quick research about the book. Didn’t know that this is one of the first books to use the term “cyberspace” and that is regarded as the birth of the cyberpunk genre.
What is considered a “hard” book or better yet what do YOU consider a hard book?
Same. I also long for simpler times, which I think draws me to fantasy.
I had the same reaction. There is a scene that still puzzles me. It’s at a night club or something and someone gets shanked, I think? Still don’t get it.
Yeah, Gibson spawned the ideas for a lot of things, like EyePhone and Google Glasses if I recall correctly.
I’d say entertainment is a factor, now. Especially with respect to fantasy and scifi. Some of those genres do engage in thought provoking prose, but sometimes, the Mass Effect/Dragon Age books for example, it’s just damn fun to blow through them on a Friday evening
You can do the thing I did. Right after I finished the book I went on YouTube and looked for the BBC radio play and gave it a listen. It helped me a bit with some of my confusions, lol .
I tend to pick up and drop book at random even if I am enjoying them so reading can take a while and cover many books.
Currently just:
Ganymede by Cherie Priest, part of the clockwork century series, all steampunk and alternate “history” which people apparently like to give out to her about as there is a disclaimer at the start about it being no where accurate or intending to be. Call it fiction and people still expect you adhere ridgedly to the letter or history…
And
Schadenfreude by Tiffany Watt Smith, exploring why we feel it, if it is good, and various tales that will make you feel it. Pretty fun really.
@AnotherDev can only agree with you, am trying to read more fiction. I quickly get bored if my perception, understanding or opinions aren’t challenged tho, and I can put down the book with a feeling that everything looks clearer. Strangely enough, most of this can be achieved by looking at books from before 1920, when there was no generalized consensus on what is and isn’t. A book should inspire thought and develop reasoning and through this allow one to question what is.
I could go on and on about this, lol, but better not. Offtopic and all.
I was disappointed by the ending, not that I can remember it now. It just seemed rushed and to fall over compared to the rest of the book which was a great read.
Is there an ending to this sentence? I was genuinely curious and now confused.
