Comments on: The DMIESSLER.COM Book List http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-dmiesslercom-book-list grep understanding Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:30:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-dmiesslercom-book-list/comment-page-1#comment-1561 Brian Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:36:08 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/561#comment-1561 <p>I suggest <a href="http://www.theihs.org/libertyguide/article.php/734.html" rel="nofollow">The Progress Paradox</a> by Gregg Easterbrook.</p> <blockquote>...over the last fifty years, by almost all objective standards, things have improved in the United States and Europe. At the same time, surveys of satisfaction and happiness have not changed since the 1950s. Why, Easterbrook asks, have objective measures of well-being increased while overall satisfaction and happiness have remained constant?</blockquote> I suggest The Progress Paradox by Gregg Easterbrook.

…over the last fifty years, by almost all objective standards, things have improved in the United States and Europe. At the same time, surveys of satisfaction and happiness have not changed since the 1950s. Why, Easterbrook asks, have objective measures of well-being increased while overall satisfaction and happiness have remained constant?
]]> By: b. wolfe http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-dmiesslercom-book-list/comment-page-1#comment-1557 b. wolfe Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:15:33 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/561#comment-1557 <p>I am definately game for this. I want to read "The World is Flat" soon. Soon being after December 5th. I am on a mission right now to redeem myself from a horrible failure in one of my classes (this happened today actually). But, after this semester, I will definately need to borrow some "dead trees" printed with interesting information.</p> I am definately game for this. I want to read “The World is Flat” soon. Soon being after December 5th. I am on a mission right now to redeem myself from a horrible failure in one of my classes (this happened today actually). But, after this semester, I will definately need to borrow some “dead trees” printed with interesting information.

]]> By: Tim http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-dmiesslercom-book-list/comment-page-1#comment-1556 Tim Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:11:52 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/561#comment-1556 <p>I'd join the book club, but I'm horrible about reading books. I've had an O'Reilly book on PHP and MySQL on my nightstand for months now... and I'm currently 200 pages into the latest Harry Potter book (yes, I'm late on it, but whatever -- I'm not as much of a Harry Potter freak as Jason Powell).</p> I’d join the book club, but I’m horrible about reading books. I’ve had an O’Reilly book on PHP and MySQL on my nightstand for months now… and I’m currently 200 pages into the latest Harry Potter book (yes, I’m late on it, but whatever — I’m not as much of a Harry Potter freak as Jason Powell).

]]> By: Jason http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-dmiesslercom-book-list/comment-page-1#comment-1555 Jason Sun, 13 Nov 2005 12:27:47 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/561#comment-1555 <p>Would <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/006075690X/ref=wl_it_dp/104-4221231-2103906?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=I1UASGM1QC1JIV&v=glance&colid=LFUBMK0CW45W" rel="nofollow">"The Flight of the Creative Class"</a> fall into this grouping? I think you read it some time ago, and I recall your being impressed with it.</p> Would “The Flight of the Creative Class” fall into this grouping? I think you read it some time ago, and I recall your being impressed with it.

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