Mikael Pawlo Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Mikael Pawlo

@dunkhippo33 Regarding the supposedly "mean-spirited style", I would argue that @nntaleb works in the tradition proposed by Oscar Wilde in The Importance of being Earnest: "On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure."

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Started reading Kiss Myself Goodbye by Sir Ferdinand Mount of Number 10 fame. So far it is quite the ride. https://t.co/ySRhLUmzcP

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Willing to provide another book recommendation: Witch Craze by Lyndal Roper. 5/5 if you care to understand how society interacted with the witches in Germany. It is not just the Catholic church. https://t.co/BwlzlRBOws

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Also finished Georges Simenon’s The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By, today. This is not a Maigret novel, even if Lucas is in it, so same universe. Alas, not very good. The main character is a nuisance. Still worth reading, but nothing like the Maigret series. 3/5 https://t.co/YI6hptiG7m

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@Jason It is quite simple really: if you are not paying with cash you are paying with your integrity.

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@MStothard @shak @firstminutecap When I stop talking, you’ll know I’m dead by Jerry Weintraub. Best business memoir ever written. Also: read In Search of Excellence by @tom_peters - it still holds water for building a successful culture and company. Incerto by @nntaleb - a must for all life’s situations. https://t.co/usMV7UgD7M

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@indigo_k @KurtBusiek Cloud Atlas is a perfect example. If you need one more, how about kurt vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five?

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Did anyone finish A Brief History Of Seven Killings by Marlon James? I gave this to a lot of people back in the days, because I loved it, yet again I just realised I never finished it. Perhaps I should this summer. Yes, planning for #summerreading still ongoing...

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Fragility. Extremistan. Swans of all colors. Buy two copies of Antifragile by @nntaleb today. Read it. Slowly. Then read it again. Then again. Like all good books it is very hard. At least it was to me. Then read the rest of the Incerto series. Also needs several reads. Do it. https://t.co/6uh6FUvX94

Mikael Pawlo

Also finished Georges Simenon’s The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By, today. This is not a Maigret novel, even if Lucas is in it, so same universe. Alas, not very good. The main character is a nuisance. Still worth reading, but nothing like the Maigret series. 3/5 https://t.co/YI6hptiG7m