Random Synapses

In recent years, all the books I’ve read were either for school or technical-related, while the little literature I’ve read was in electronic format.

I love e-books: not collecting dust and not taking up space on shelves, usually cheaper than their printed versions, and environmentally friendly. I can deal with reading on a computer display, while I appreciate the search ability of an electronic document.

But for my birthday, I bought myself a few books from Amazon.com. Real books. Words on paper. They’re books I have been looking forward to read for quite some time. Now that they’re here, I can almost taste the thrill of anticipation. Here’s the list:

• Thomas Friedman’s “The World Is Flat - A brief history of the twenty-first century”;
• Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind - Why right-brainers will rule the future” - the revised version of “A Whole New Mind - Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age”. Ok, so I made a mistake and thought the two books are not related, and ordered them both. They’re good books nonetheless, and one of them will make a nice gift.
• Daniel Pink’s “Free Agent Nation - The future of working for yourself”.

“A Whole New Mind” caught my attention in February 2005, just a couple of months before it was published. Daniel Pink’s article “Revenge of the right brain” in Wired Magazine briefly brought up the main points of the book. It was equally a very interesting reading, and proof that Daniel Pink has an excellent writing style. The subject came in right on time to fuel my interest in self-development and potential trends in work environment. “Free Agent Nation” is now about to continue building on those thoughts.

Thomas Friedman has made excellent points on globalisation in his earlier work. I’m very curious on what synapses will be fired by this new book of his.

Hands down, these will be the most interesting things I have read in recent years. Even before I opened the covers, I highly recommend them to you. At least read Daniel Pink’s article and see if anything clicks for you.

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