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Stuti Agarwal

What book, fiction/non-fiction, changed a part of you and how?

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For me it was Forty Rules of Love, by Elif Shafak, and it greatly changed my understanding of my faith.
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Vlad Dribas
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky. This is my life-changing desc book. Every re-reading is something new. I advise it instead of the bible
Stuti Agarwal
@dribas Harry Potter I get. Can you tell me a little about Methods of Rationality?
Vlad Dribas
@stuti Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is an alternate universe Harry Potter fanfiction written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, an AI researcher and decision theorist at the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Harry's aunt Petunia didn't marry Vernon Dursley, but did marry a scientist and professor at Oxford. And Harry grew up in such a family. So what if someone who knows scientific method and has rational thinking gets to magic world? World ruled by aristocrats, where people are judged by blood and where noone knows what is hypothesis or experiment. This book is a real guide how we should look at the world, what questions should ask and all these wrapped in a cool story.
Utsha Sarker
many of them
Eduard F
Came here to look for the "Rich Dad Poor Dad" comments 😂
Artem Smirnov
@grafik_stash me me me
Stuti Agarwal
@grafik_stash noooooooo!
Himanshi
Thus Spoke Zarathustra- Haven't completed it, but, it's beautiful in it's hope and hopelessness. Possessing the Secret of Joy- the story, the constant inner dialog, and what comes out - so real, painful, and moving.
Stuti Agarwal
@himanship thank you! Will be adding this to the reading list.
Anusha Suri
@himanship Possessing the Secret of Joy is a heart crushing book.
Senin
This is going to be weird but the Percy Jackson series. It was the first series that got me hooked to reading. Every time I've been in a reading block, I pick up a Rick Riordan book because his writing is so immersive that it pulls me out of it.
Eugenia Russell
@senin This is great. It is also fantastic for getting kids interested in history and mythology. Immersive is exactly the right word.
Stuti Agarwal
@senin yes yes yes! One hundred percent with you on this. I feel the same about Rick. And Rick feels like a friend I can call Rick.
Martin Delobbe
"L'île mystérieuse" - Jules Verne which made me want to become engineer and which led me to a lot of things I'm doing nowadays
Stuti Agarwal
@martin_delobbe1 Is it in english?
Martin Delobbe
@stuti the original is in french but you can for sure find an english version
Stuti Agarwal
Raghav Goyal
Unfortunately, none, yet. I clearly need to read more!
Stuti Agarwal
@rg97 let me self promote!
Mayank Gupta
Ikigai - understanding the secret to long life Anti Fragile - how to take criticism and improve ourselves "Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes a fire"
Mindbreath
Blink -Malcolm Gladwell
Shyam Prasad Reddy
I recently read 'The Almanack of Naval Ravikant' by Eric Jorgenson. It was simply superb. It is available for free somewhere! I consider Naval as the modern-age Gautama Buddha!
Stuti Agarwal
@shyam_prasad_reddy would hate to download it for free, being an author myself. But shall definitely pick it up.
Loud Coffee Press
@shyam_prasad_reddy Naval's wisdom is so interesting!
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