Ep. 328 - Restarting the Local Maximum: Book Strategies for 2025
<p><strong>Returning after a Hiatus</strong></p><p>* Today is just going to be a hangout with me and Aaron if you’re into that.. And later, we’ll return to more specific topics</p><p>* Give a little personal history & history of the show</p><p><strong>Full Move to NYC</strong></p><p><strong>Teaching</strong></p><p>* Less time</p><p><strong>Hopscotch Labs</strong></p><p>* Working on that</p><p>* Beebot - coming SOON!!</p><p>* Internship Program</p><p><strong>Hope for The Local Maximum</strong></p><p><strong>Reading Habits and Strategies (for the busy)</strong></p><p>* Is it still worth reading books in the AI era?</p><p>* What do I do if I get stuck on a book?</p><p>* How do I know I’m stuck?</p><p>* Can you read 2 books at once?</p><p>* How do I deal with these enormous tomes in my bookshelf</p><p>* What about textbooks?</p><p>* Local Maximum examples</p><p>* AJ Jacobs - easy to read! I didn’t think I’d be interested in the topic</p><p>* Jeffrey Tucker - fun to read!</p><p>* Sweet spot: 100-200 pages with SHORT CHAPTERS</p><p>* Books with 50-page chapters - WHY</p><p>* Topics: Current affairs vs History, philosophy, self-help, fiction?</p><p>* Examples</p><p>* Revisiting <strong>The Singularity is Nearer </strong>(<a target="_blank" href="https://localmaximum.substack.com/p/ep-323-the-technological-singularity">Ep. 323 - The Technological Singularity Part I</a> & <a target="_blank" href="https://localmaximum.substack.com/p/ep-324-the-technological-singularity">Ep. 324 - The Technological Singularity Part II</a>)</p><p>* Tracking tools</p><p>https://app.thestorygraph.com/</p><p>* (pause feature and journal feature)</p><p>* Take notes during or after; don’t wait!</p><p><strong>Upcoming Topics for The Local Maximum</strong></p><p>* Pull up the sheet</p><p>* Will we have a schedule? I plan on doing this differently</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Local Maximum at <a href="https://localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe</a>
