Read This Twice
Learning and science
book recommendations
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#291of 3,028 in 2020
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12 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score +0.30.
Idea: 7 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, well-designed site
From 2 comments
This is so clean - good job - thank you. You should do this for other people. Not many, just good ones, like Paul.
gchristenb on HNThere is a lot of "idolization" in the this industry. Those who have accomplished much are sought out for their opinions on all types of subjects, 1) because they are…
aluminussoma on HN
Useful way to see PG's context on books
From 2 comments
Thanks for this, great list and PGs context is great to have next to the recommendations. The PG glamour shot may have been what made it come off like you were idolizing him
salmonet on HNThank you! The idea is not to "idolize" people, it's more of a new way to discover books. I know PG, I know his mentality and it's super useful when he recommends a book giving…
vhpoet on HN
Objections
Idolizing Paul Graham
From 2 comments
First, thanks for doing this - it's a useful list of books. Second: I don't think we should "idolize" Paul Graham. He's certainly an intelligent and cultured man, but there's no…
simonebrunozzi on HNTo sidestep the ridiculous criticisms here about idolizing pg, you could reposition this ever so slightly as "A booklist paired with Paul Graham's tweeted opinions of them."…
DoreenMichele on HN
PG's recommendations may not be current or valuable
From 2 comments
First, thanks for doing this - it's a useful list of books. Second: I don't think we should "idolize" Paul Graham. He's certainly an intelligent and cultured man, but there's no…
simonebrunozzi on HNPG wrote very very good books and essays. But the current PG (esp on twitter) seems to be so far away from this level of quality that I see where you're coming from.
LBarret on HN
Requests
Tag for more people, such as pastors
From 2 comments
This is great! I love the fact that it includes people like John Piper and Timothy Keller, but was disappointed I couldn't find more via the 'Pastor' tag. Is that a future…
JadoJodo on HNI would be curious to see: - RubinReport - ProfJohnLennox - TonyReinke - RickWarren - MattChandler74 - RFupdates
JadoJodo on HN
Compact view with covers only
From 2 comments
Thanks for the work. Boring grunt work yields great results sometimes. I wish there was a small version without descriptions. I want to see as many books as possible on my screen.
wolco on HNYou can actually change the layout so you only see the titles and the covers. The button to change the layout is right above the list (note to self: make that more visible).
vhpoet on HN
Questions
How the books were collected
From 2 comments
Thank you for the list. Can you walk us over how you did this? Maybe a post that goes into how this was done on 20.2k tweets, etc. Does that include replies as well? Does it…
Jugurtha on HNIt's actually a pretty boring technology. The script looks for some keywords in the tweet (replies included), and then we manually go over the potential book recommendation…
vhpoet on HN
How monetization works
From 2 comments
Quite an impressive list. Wonder whether he has read these all and not sure what is meant by monetisation. Just a book list?
ngcc_hk on HNIt was both. Started as a side toy to solve my own need, but the monetization potential got me to spend so much time building it.
vhpoet on HN
Alternatives named
Goodreads
From 1 comment
First, thanks for doing this - it's a useful list of books. Second: I don't think we should "idolize" Paul Graham. He's certainly an intelligent and cultured man, but there's no…
simonebrunozzi on HN
mostrecommendedbooks.com
From 1 comment
Very interesting. Seems like a more sophisticated version of https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/
commonturtle on HN
ParrotRead
From 1 comment
Thanks for doing this!, though this idea has been done often. I still think there's plenty of room for improvement, there was an app called ParrotRead that did something like…
Whiteshadow12 on HN