Aayush's Updates

Aayush started reading 'The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn'

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:11:21 -0700

Aayush started reading The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn by Richard Hamming

Aayush wants to read 'The Quantum Thief'

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:09:43 -0700

Aayush wants to read The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi

Aayush wants to read 'Pride and Prejudice'

Sun, 11 May 2025 00:34:44 -0700

Aayush wants to read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Aayush wants to read 'The Remains of the Day'

Sun, 11 May 2025 00:34:36 -0700

Aayush wants to read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Aayush added 'Death's End'

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 22:00:01 -0800

Aayush gave 5 stars to Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) by Liu Cixin
This book felt like it added a lot of dimensions to my favorite parts of the previous book The Dark Forest -- I especially liked predicting and appreciating the hard sci-fi, and better storytelling and characters. I feel that Cixin Liu presents science and physics in a way that seems plausible enough that I believe each idea deserves further research and I feel intrigued, which is rare amongst sci-fi authors. I think it was very illuminating and future facing if you consider [spoilers removed] to be a metaphor for AI, because [spoilers removed] I really liked how it led me to take humanity's strengths more seriously, especially how [spoilers removed]

Aayush added 'Elon Musk'

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:47:54 -0800

Aayush gave 5 stars to Elon Musk (Hardcover) by Walter Isaacson
I feel this book did an excellent job of portraying both positive and negative parts of Musk. It showed the ways he leads, his desire to dive into technical details, really fun stories about the rockets, and Musk's focus on unusual things that matter. At the same time, it showed how impossible his relationships were, how frustrating his fights were, how arrogant he could be (and the mistakes that resulted), and the enduring trauma from his childhood. It's a warning as much as it is a biography, but I felt that I emerged from the book with a better sense of what does work and what doesn't work as a leader, and a more nuanced picture of Elon's past to give color to his decisions today.

Aayush added 'The Dark Forest'

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:26:16 -0800

Aayush gave 5 stars to The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) by Liu Cixin
I understand now how this novel inspires such an insane following. There are a handful of absolutely insane mechanics and mind-bending ideas and situations, that felt completely natural after they were explained, but completely subverted expectations when they occurred. After finishing, I just spent hours thinking about the book's implications. This felt like a generational sci-fi novel, that moved a lot faster and felt had a completely different tone and much faster pacing than the first book.

Aayush added 'The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 07:09:14 -0700

Aayush gave 5 stars to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams
This was surprisingly whimsical, super short (< ~2 hour read), and even devoid of a clear plot, the antics were funny enough to keep me engaged. Definitely want to read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe which is rumored to be even better.

Aayush wants to read 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 07:07:15 -0700

Aayush wants to read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Aayush added 'The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 07:00:24 -0700