“Five Bullet Friday” is a weekly series of what I’m enjoying or pondering inspired by Tim Ferriss. I want to stay consistent with this log, so I decided that for every extra day that I put things off, I will add an extra bullet.
Nietzsche and Zen: Self Overcoming Without a Self by André van der Braak
This book is amazing. I'm no where near done with the book yet, but I can tell that it will be a book that I continue to reference back to. A moment of enlightenment was when I realized that I should be living a way-seeking philosophy rather than thinking about a truth-seeking philosophy.
36 Stratagems by Sun Tzu
This edition contains Chinese, Pinyin, and an English translation and explanations. I have taken extensive notes on this and will share my notes on this shortly. In fact, I may write a book regarding this, which brings me to the next bullet.
假痴不癫: Feign idiocy but don't be tripping
This is Trump's primary strategy copied straight from Sun Tzu. The Trump presidency will bring about the Easternization of business strategies. Don't be a sucker who misses out on this upcoming revolution. I'm willing to optimize your business strategies as a consultant for a small fee of about $420. Sign up now and I will give you a discount to $350.
If you think this sounds like reverse cultural appropriation, then you will love my new book 川子选举法：Trump-Tzu Art of the Election.
P.S. This probably sounds like a complete joke now... but that's what they all said about the Trump presidency. Don't miss out on the next The New York Times Best Seller!
Machine Learning Foundations by University of Washington on Coursera
I'm about to finish up week 6 and move on to the course in this series. Graphlab Create has made writing machine learning programs unbelievably easy.
The Podcast History of Our World
Entertaining, insightful, and relaxing to listening to. I started from the very beginning and now I'm on episode 12.
I've also been listening to a few podcasts on Chinese idioms and Zen koans in Chinese and an audiobook of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. I don't have a clear opinion of them yet.
Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful weekend,
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