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For future media threads, can you take out the phrase "which I was apparently too dumb to do" from the OP? Repeatedly reading the the self-depreciation is disconcerting.
Haha, yeah, sure. I hadn't really thought about it, I'd just been copy pasting. I'll remove it now, so I don't forget next time.
Could/Should we have a "Lecture/Talks/Discussion" thread for videos/audio/transcripts of talks and discussions? "Other media" sounds too broad and this could be big enough to merit it's own thread. Documentary movies are another item that could go under this (or stay under Movies and TV).
I love reading and have enjoyed some of the recommendations I found on LW; however, I'm sure the collective knowledge of interesting books in the LW-community is much bigger than the few book seen in the Media Thread or in the wiki. Moreover, there doesn't seem to be a place to find the, say, top-5 most higly rated books in some subject, or the top-5 of must-read books of the last 12 months.
If someone knows how we could start something like this on LW, your advice would be highly appreciated!
I'm also interested. There's a list compiled by Lukeprog et al. about the best textbooks in every subject, but that's just textbooks.
Perhaps opening a thread asking peeps to post a few books would be useful? I'd ask for one or two books for each of...
Favorite
Most influential (towards your life, your thinking, idk)
Most fun
Best outside of a genre that you normally read
and others. maybe.
I think the textbook-list was a nice idea, but in the ended didn't really work that well, since too few people were involved, and, as you say, it's only textbooks -- not my normal digest of books.
So as my own little contribution, I'll try to add a few books every time the Media Thread comes up; hopefully more people will do that. Let's fight against Sturgeon's Law!
For specific subjects, try searching the site for "The Best Books in Every Subject" - a list of academic books highly rated by LWers.
Link.
Do anime movies belong in other or movies? I assume the latter, but wanted to check.
I don't know... I guess movies? I don't think it really matters that much.