Dos cuentos que te dejan en trance y lleno de dolor. Si volviera a ser un niño, preferiría que volvieran a cantarme que viene el Coco a comerme antes de que me lean estos dos cuentos, tan tristes. A veces, un cuento infantil puede no ser apto para adultas.
Una pequeña novela infantil en la que un niño se embarca en una aventura marítima. Es muy entretenida y en la que aparecen temas importantes, aunque estoy seguro de que la autora los habría tratado de forma diferente. Aun así vale la pena.
It is difficult to exaggerate the greatness of this book. The author makes a passionate defence of what is really mathematics (an art) and how it should be properly taught in school. For those who have taught mathematics, this book is like a flying dagger with a tip full of a very powerful poison. The poison of a bitter truth. At the same time, the book is hilarious. Every teacher of mathematics should read AND put it into practise.
Un pequeño tratado sobre estoicismo, en el que la razón es la clave para una felicidad profunda y serena.
A true masterpiece. Taleb is an author that does not leave me indifferent. At all. His style is intensely personal, something I love, and that many people, preferring a more distant and impersonal style, will be uncomfortable with. He is also very politically incorrect, another thing that I appreciate. I am a bit sick of books that are good but a little to sterile, too correct. A Mediterranean master that will make you think. A lot. About many things. I am not particularly into economy, but the philosophy here applies to a much wider scope. I need to read it again. Perhaps more than once. I merely grasped its surface.
A very engaging and interesting biography of Paul Dirac. Having studied some of Dirac's theories, I didn't know anything about his life. And, for a shy and introverted man, what a life! Dirac was a very relevant person. But knowing about such amount details of his life may not be so relevant. The reason I read biographies about physicists is that they motivate me in my own research. They make me feel closer to what are my 'colleagues' of the past. Who says that social interactions, at least unidirectional ones, are only possible within the present?
I have read this book while already not having social media accounts, so it had the effect on me of hearing about what I already know. But never underestimate the power of hearing what you know! The author gave me a lot of extra reasons not to go back to the products of those nasty companies. The problem is not so much that they are social, or even social media. The problem is how these particular applications are designed against the society. If you still use Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, and so on, beware of the invisible claws that are behind you. Not having social media does not mean not being social. On the contrary! Sometimes, the moment you disconnect from them, you reconnect with yourself and with the social links you really treasure.
The first book in the Incerto series, and already a masterpiece. Taleb is a great master of our time. I don't agree with everything he says, but so what? I don't want to agree with him: I want to make me think, and in this he succeeds enormously. We think we know what randomness is, but we certainly don't. Randomness is way more subtle and with full of surprises. An incredible book that I need to reread several times more.
This book was highly recommended to me and I was really disappointed by it. A huge meh. To me, it lacks depth, and being a book about meditation, it does not help you to become a better meditator in any way.
I am still shivering. This is probably the most chilling book I have ever read. It is the first book I read from this author, and oh boy, he really deserves his fame. I decided to read this book exclusively during night time, in bed. I spent many nights reading until really late, absolutely immersed in the story. There is true terror here. Not the cheap terror of being scared by a sudden event that makes you jump from your sear. This is different, and infinitely deeper. This terror penetrates inside you, with its plant roots, and sucks the life out of you. There are many masterful moments, but most of all, I was deeply moved by the wife's sister. The book builds its pace in a slow fashion, something that some of my friends do not like. I do like it. A slow pace like time uses to bring us into our death.
Siendo adolescente, adoraba a Ray Loriga, y leía todos los libros que conseguía de él, que fueron muchos. Su prosa poética que está de vuelta de todo sin haber ido a ninguna parte. Sus frases lapidarias. Sus miles de grises y sombras de mil inframundos. Pero, o bien ya no sintonizo con este estilo, o quizás en este libro el autor es demasiado lapidario y a la vez poco profundo. No lo sé, pero no he acabado de sentirme como antiguamente.
Iñaki es una figura muy importante para mí y para una de mis mejores amigas. Nuestro maestro, que descansa bajo la nieve del Anapurna, nos abre aquí una puerta a su mundo de alturas y profundidades. Un libro maravilloso, lleno de sabiduría y momentos muy divertidos. Iñaki fue una persona única, a la que me habría encantado conocer.