I expect this book to be well-written and have interesting examples, but I expect it will mostly cover ground I’m already familiar with. That’s okay with me, the more I go over things, the more they get into my head and new examples help internalize thoughts in a way factual knowledge doesn’t.
I expect I will learn at least one new thing that isn’t just an example.
I expect that after listening to this book these ideas will be more in my head for the next week or month and so I will notice relevant issues and opportunities in my own life, which will help further internalize the ideas. But I also expect that big “in my head”-ness will diminish after a week or two.
Meta—I often relate to things with personal examples, so that might be a lot of my commentary.
The title and cover image reminds me of my grandfather who had been a Soviet scout in WW2. His job was to go far ahead closer to enemy lines, and radio back how to adjust their artillery fire to hit more accurately. He got shot out of a tree when the Germans saw the glint off his binoculars. Being a scout can be dangerous!
Julia Galef is a top-notch communicator. I hope to learn how she gets these ideas across to an audience less, um, obsessed with them than I am. I also hope that rather that I can lend the book to a few people and get these ideas across in somebody else’s words rather than my own.
Pre-Reading Thoughts
I expect this book to be well-written and have interesting examples, but I expect it will mostly cover ground I’m already familiar with. That’s okay with me, the more I go over things, the more they get into my head and new examples help internalize thoughts in a way factual knowledge doesn’t.
I expect I will learn at least one new thing that isn’t just an example.
I expect that after listening to this book these ideas will be more in my head for the next week or month and so I will notice relevant issues and opportunities in my own life, which will help further internalize the ideas. But I also expect that big “in my head”-ness will diminish after a week or two.
Meta—I often relate to things with personal examples, so that might be a lot of my commentary.
The title and cover image reminds me of my grandfather who had been a Soviet scout in WW2. His job was to go far ahead closer to enemy lines, and radio back how to adjust their artillery fire to hit more accurately. He got shot out of a tree when the Germans saw the glint off his binoculars. Being a scout can be dangerous!
Julia Galef is a top-notch communicator. I hope to learn how she gets these ideas across to an audience less, um, obsessed with them than I am. I also hope that rather that I can lend the book to a few people and get these ideas across in somebody else’s words rather than my own.