Andres Ferraro » Self-Actualization

The Stuff of Thought

Andres — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:16:34 +0000

The Stuff of Thought – Just finished it. Excellent work, however extremely abstract. It helps balance practical knowledge with scientific understanding of how the mind’s lingua franca expresses itself. Still, do not enter without a dictionary or a 50,000 word vocabulary – words such as milleu, juxtapose, recapitulate, and abjure are all here, used properly mind you, but not exactly 12-grade level language.

The funniest quote from that book: “Time is nature’s way to keep everything from happening at once, and space is nature’s way to keep everything from happening to me“.

The Language Instinct

Andres — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:42:09 +0000

The Language Instinct – Pretty good, informative and approachable. However, somewhat abstract and of limited practical use outside of academia or scientific curiosity. I constantly try to bring whatever I read into practical use in my daily life and work, from family life to social life, organizational behavior and marketing. Could make very few connections with this title. Still pretty good!

Amazon UK book order

Andres — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:40:30 +0000

Earlier this year I got a nice 75 pound gift certificate to Amazon.co.uk from the University of Liverpool for enrolling on two modules at the end of last year. Today I went to Amazon UK and got this:

New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century – Jeffry A Timmons
£41.79 – Quantity: 1 – In Stock
The Stuff of Thought:: Language as a Window into Human Nature (Penguin Press Science) – Steven Pinker
£4.99 – Quantity: 1 – In Stock
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
£5.34 – Quantity: 1 – In Stock
Liar’s Poker (Hodder Great Reads) – Michael Lewis
£6.29 – Quantity: 1 – In Stock
Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong – Marc Hauser
£9.09 – Quantity: 1 – In Stock

Gotta love Amazon’s engine. I can’t wait for these to get here!