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Which book is your personal bible? (monero.town)

submitted 1 year ago by jack@monero.town to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Reading Antifragile by Nassim Taleb was eye-opening for me. I turn to the concepts of the book whenever I feel unsure about a decision or opinion.

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[–] GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The bible

[–] Today@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I don't think you deserve the downvotes and attacks. I believe they're from people who think everyone who reads the bible is a right wing religious fanatic. Same as the people who think everyone who reads the Koran is a jihadist, which ironically tends to be...

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

I came here to say that. Sorry about the abuse you're about to take. But we deserve it apparently. Sins of the fathers or "people like us" or something, I guess.

You literally only said "The Bible" and I already saw some frothing.