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The Conquest of Bread

Peter Kropotkin

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davidpires
Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin It's a really outdated book about a "perfect" anarchist sociaty. I started reading it for the political theme, but the author was so hopeful and puts so must trust in common people that I couldn't stop smile while reading it. It hit me harder that I could've ever imagined, I started putting more trust in others and totally changed the way I confront people. At that time I was a team leader in a really chaotic company and the change of approach did wonders. Management even started to receive request from other developers to join our team.
jessehorne
Some interesting books... 1. What would Machiavelli do 2. The Tao of Pooh 3. The Conquest of Bread On programming or engineering? 1. Pragmatic Programmer 2. Mr. Neighborlys Humble Little Ruby Book 3. Programming in Lua I feel put on the spot. I thought there would be more but I can't think of any at the moment. If you ever make a post asking for YouTube video suggestions, I'll definitely be able to comment on that much better. There's some really helpful videos out there, featuring Alan Watts and George Thompson that have helped me tremendously when dealing with the day to day engineering stress. I find that I'm learning less about programming lately and more about dealing with the anxiety. That has always been the biggest road blocker for me, anyways. It's easy to find the motivation to sit down and read a book or write a piece of code... It's hard to always enjoy doing it.
otalp
The Conquest of Bread, Peter Kropotkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conquest_of_Bread It was written in the backdrop of massive industrialisation. Many argue that it predicted both: (1) the problems with capitalism and massive state protection of private property that go along with it, as well as (2) the atrocities that would occur if most production was centralised, as in the USSR. Anarchism, Libertarian Socialism and the anti-authoritarian left is definitely an overlooked branch of the political spectrum