Buy Books, Not Gear

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Channel: Eric Kim · 2016 · People & Blogs

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Learn more about the importance of buying books, not gear: http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2011/12/12/buy-books-not-gear/

See a list of recommended photography books here: http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2012/03/16/75-inspirational-street-photography-books-you-gotta-own/

Some random philosphical/sociological books which are my favorites:

Some books I love:

- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
- Letters From a Stoic by Seneca
- Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell Version)
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- Epictetus - the Discourses
- Debt: The first 5,000 years
- The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
- Epictetus - of human freedom
- Seneca - on the shortness of life
- The Illiad
- Elon Musk Biography
- Steve Jobs Biography by Walter Isaacson
- The 4 Hour Workweek
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
- Zero to One - Peter Thiel
- The Power of No - James Altucher
- The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday

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