Regardless of your political leanings (I personally disagree with Buttigieg on several issues), the beautiful writing and narrative urgency of this book make it unputdownable. Certainly the best political autobiography I’ve read. Vance, who grew up in the same area and in similar circumstances as me, dissects the other side of the tracks in this thrilling memoir, putting into words the nuanced aspects of poverty that are often banalized or ignored by mainstream media outlets. This is the book I wish I would have written about my childhood. A fresh take on the distractions that bombard our heavily mediated world-with practical advice and experiments to help you break through the digital clutter. It’s a new perspective that will make you reconsider your idea of “success.”ĭigital Minimalism by Cal Newport. What is the price of progress? This book masterfully articulates why the so-called progress of the modern era has made us miserable. If you’re looking for some new books to get you started, these are my favorites from the past year:Ĭivilized to Death by Christopher Ryan. If we make only those two changes, we’ll read considerably more throughout the coming twelve months. First, we can set our own expectations-how about we each resolve to read just one enriching book per month this year? Second, we can eliminate as many distractions as possible-starting with removing the social media apps from our phones, and then replacing them with an e-reader app so that when we feel the tug of instant gratification, we reach for an e-book instead of our Instagram feeds. Second, we let that which is easy and passive-social media, news feeds, television-pull our attention away from deeper, more meaningful pursuits like long-form reading.īut we can remove both of these obstacles with relative ease. First, we put too much pressure on ourselves: we see someone online who claims they read a book a week, and then we beat ourselves up when we don’t live up to their expectations. There are at least two reasons we stumble into this predicament. Stacks and stacks of novels and biographies and self-help books, all collecting dust. But then we get busy and, over time, our bookshelves become mausoleums of unread tomes. We have the best of intentions every time we purchase a new book.
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