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Read · Philosophy
TL;DR: There are games you play to win, and games you play to keep playing. That's the whole book, and it's enough. I listened to the audiobook on a flight, narrated by Carse himself, which added a certain charm.
Read · Cognition
Seven hundred pages arguing that analogy isn't a figure of speech — it's the engine. Every concept you have was built by comparison and gets used by comparison.
Read · Fiction
Recommended alongside The Denial of Death, this too turned out to be a different book than I expected. Stevens, an aging butler, narrates with such restraint that the story lives as much in what he avoids saying as what he says. The audiobook is exceptionally cast, and Ishiguro's prose is the most I've enjoyed since Steinbeck.
Cook · Baking
A biscuit can’t be faked. Order the right flour a week early, keep the butter cold, and don’t rush — the effort is the message.
Cook · Spirits
America’s original whiskey nearly vanished — and it’s the grain that makes a cocktail stand up straight. A first pour, and an Old Fashioned to start with.
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