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about 40 pages into "The Next 100 Years". I dig it. Thanks for the rec.
Just as long as you don't start worshipping Ayn Rand.
While I do not worship Ayn Rand I would say that Atlas Shrugged predicted very accurately the late 1900's and early 2000's. I ussually reread it every 5-7 years and find I am amazed at how accurately she foretold the European/US development (or lack thereof)It is also regularly in the 10 most influential books of all time list along with the Bible.
New topics just keep on coming. Almost finished george friedman's book "The Next 100 years". very fascinating. he forecasts that in 2020 China will fragment, a 2nd cold war will break out with Russia in which we win. He predicts that the value of homes will freeze and even drop, since Americas population is decreasing. he also predicts that by 2030, America will be installing policies that will be meant to attract more immigrants into America, and that the next gresat war will be between America and Poland on one side, against Japan and turkey on the other, all fighting over the scraps of a defunct Russia after it disintegrates after the 2nd cold war. If you have any recomendations, post them here!
Don't forget its predecessor, "Freakonomics" either You should check out "Gang Leader For A Day" by Sudhir Venkatesh; he's the maniac U of Chicago grad student from "Freakonomics" that supplied the information for the chapter about "why drug dealers still live with their moms." It's basically the whole story of how he wandered into the projects for a sociology project, cheated death, and became the right-hand man of J.T., a top drug dealer in the Robert Taylor Homes. It's an easy read and incredibly interesting, you couldn't make this stuff up. See how the other half lives and what not.
I have really enjoyed Jon Krakeur's latest two books:Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman - All I knew before I started reading this book was what the media covered but there really was much more - tragic story.Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith - The premise is an attempt to explain why two fanatically devout Mormon men murdered their brother's wife and young daughter.
I doubt any of that will happen
just finished "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis (guy who wrote The Blind Side).excellent book- gives names and personalities to some of the people involved in the recent economic crisis. A little one-sided, in that he fails to talk about what created the opportunity for the big banks to screw us all, but you'll realize that, put it aside as I did, and thoroughly enjoy the read. now working on "Ghengis Kahn" and really amazed at how undervalued he is in history.
To be honest, that is the truth with most non-western historical figures.
Read "The girl with the dragon tattoo" by Stieg Larson and am now moving into the follow up "The girl who played with fire"Really enjoyed the first one and am so far enjoying the second as well. These writings by Larson are mystery type, which I typically do not enjoy, but these are both very well done and would definitely recommend them to everyone.It's a shame Stieg is no longer with us though.