WeeklyBlog #10 #ZoneOneSummer
8/9/25 #September
6:33PM-6:50PM: #17mins
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[[Storyworthy]]
[[The Pale Blue Dot]]
[[The Almanack of Naval Ravikant]]
[[7- Carl Sagan, Murakami, Scientists and Authors]]
[[Matthew Dicks]]
[[Carl Sagan]]
[[Naval Ravikant]]
[[Eric Jorgenson]]
I’m excited to be sharing three books today, that I finished, in the last couple of weeks. I am able to always finish the books that I start nowadays, though some books take a lot longer than others. But all three books that I will mention, they are books that I finished, comparatively, at a faster pace. The three books that I will mention are: [[Storyworthy]]; by [[Matthew Dicks]], [[The Pale Blue Dot]]; by [[Carl Sagan]], and [[The Almanack of Naval Ravikant]]; by [[Eric Jorgenson]], with collaboration from [[Naval Ravikant]]. These three books are probably some of my favorite books this quarter. And I finished all these really recently, so I’m excited to be talking about them, in this blog
[[Storyworthy]], is a book that I just randomly stumbled upon. And it’s a book that really resonated with me, because [[Matthew Dicks]], also has a similar passion to learning and storytelling, that I think, is similar to me. Of course, he’s been writing for a really long time, but he started out in a similar fashion, at least in the realm of writing. And he also does a similar 15 minutes bursts of writing as well. I enjoy his books because I genuinely think he is a really good storyteller. Maybe, I have not read his actual novels, but the way he presents his ideas, it’s really easy to follow, and I really appreciate and am fond of how he speaks and writes. I definitely will have to check out a podcast of his, so I can learn more about him.
The next book, [[The Pale Blue Dot]], by [[Carl Sagan]], has been super extraordinary. I know Carl Sagan is a terrific scientist, but I think him writing his stories, in book format, and expressing his knowledge of what he has learned in life, it is pretty extraordinary. I’ve read some more books from him, such as [[Billions and Billions]], but I think this is one of his more awesome books. And I just loved all his analogies, and his wisdom of exploring and explaining his scientific knowledge. It’s genuinely such an amazing way of expressing his ideas. One thing that comes to mind is his explanation of radio signals, that can be detected at a very long distance, 1.42 GHz, where other beings, from other planets can also tune into this radio signal. I’m not sure if I got everything right, but the way he explained his understanding of communication, and his understanding of how the universe works, it really is breathtaking.
I did also talk about him in another blog, [[7- Carl Sagan, Murakami, Scientists and Authors]], and that was also super incredible. I really do have a lot of fondness for [[Carl Sagan]] now, and I’ve become a fan of his. And it’s incredible, how some individuals can give such vivid imagery of how reality really actual works. The one thing, that I also mentioned in the previous blog, where I talked about him, it’s the fact that, he made the earth seem like an organism, where things just happened, in a large span of time. And I think that’s pretty incredible. It’s similar to how [[Nick Lane]] talked about how the mitochondria entered one celled organisms, and integrated to create multi-cellular organisms. And I think that’s really cool. And I also actually started a new book, called [[Immune]] by [[Philipp Dettmer]], which also described similar things, where a complex topic can be super simplified when amazing imagery is used to describe the said complex topic. And I genuinely think Carl Sagan is one of those people, who can simplify the complex things, so a person who has less knowledge, can actually grasp the complexity of the universe.
The last book I will talk about is [[The Almanack of Naval Ravikant]], by [[Eric Jorgenson]], because that was also super cool. And right now, I am watching a podcast by [[Chris Williamson]], actually interviewing [[Naval Ravikant]], and it’s pretty cool. The wisdom of Naval is pretty awesome. And him expressing all his wisdom in the podcast, I really think it is super cool. He’s just a really chill person, who knows a lot of things about living, and simplifies and lives a really serene life. At least he seems super calm about a lot of things, and can easily list a lot of things, based on his response rate in the interview. And the book was also pretty cool, because his wisdom of how he sees the world, and the business he has created, a lot of it just his innate curiosity at work, and I think that is incredible. And these three books really have helped me become a better well rounded person as well.