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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Big fan of this approach. After leaving Coinbase in 2019, I spent 8 months traveling. Logged off from Twitter for a good chunk of it. Ended up reading a bunch of books. First time in Middle East — Jordan, Egypt, Israel — and I really enjoyed these two books while there: https://www.amazon.com/Arabs-History-Eugene-Rogan-ebook/dp/B007TV0PJE https://www.amazon.com/Crusades-Through-Arab-Eyes-Essentials-ebook/dp/B008SBXGCW https://danromero.org/2019-booklist.html
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@0xsujit
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes does a great job of illustrating how Europeans took a vibrant thriving culture and pushed them towards leaders that were religious zealots by just murdering the shit outta everyone for hundreds of years
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kia
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what's one absolute must-read book you'd recommend if you could only recommend one? any topic
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@coachcoale
What was the most surprising part of this, Dan?
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Law❦︎
@traguy.eth
Dan are you an ‘I read books with music on’ type of person or nahh
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@six
any Japan book recs?
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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Eugene Rogan is one of my favorite historians. That’s a fantastic books list I’m going to check out a few of those. I got lazy and started doing my lists in Goodreads folders: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13716226-murtaza
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I did that when I traveled for 3 months around India in 2012. I felt like I was a mechanic who looked at the machine and could understand how it works. Planned to do a trip around China in a similar way. I read Tai Pan and a few non fiction books, even spent a year learning the language, but then the Covid happened :(
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Kyle Patrick
@kylepatrick.eth
Dan took touching grass to another level. My approach is a little bit different: I browse things to expect on Reddit (Hopefully Warpcast soon) and watch a couple of YouTube vids about the customs and culture. I can't stress enough too the importance of studying a country's culture before you visit.
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It's amazing that you took time to travel and immerse yourself in different cultures, especially with such rich histories in the Middle East! As a mum of four, I can only imagine how precious that kind of uninterrupted time must have been 😅😂 Although my hands are often full, I find inspiration in hearing about experiences like yours.. it's a reminder to carve out moments for exploration and growth, even if it’s in smaller ways. Your book recommendations are now on my list for when I get those rare quiet moments ♥️👏🏽
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https://a.co/d/fIycCry
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Chase Sommer
@chasesommer.eth
I suppose I’d be interested in this approach if I could afford to be interested in that approach :D Would be amazing to do that one day
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Ahh Amazing that you've traveled to various places Dan, wish i could easily do that damn🔥
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The more books you read, the sharper the wealth.
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Kristin Piljay
@kristinpiljay
That sounds wonderful to travel for 8 months and not work. I also will read up on a place (including novels based in that location) before traveling there if I planned ahead. I did that for my Newfoundland trip in 2018. Very unique and interesting place to visit.
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@ogebaeby
Have you travelled down to Africa Dan?
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BFG 🎩↑🌱
@bfg
Want to read the Arabs History for quite some time, soooo long that the physical book ended up somewhere in storage when I recently moved - so got audio book now - driving companion for the weekend seaside trip secured 🤩 👍
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What part of the story touched your heart? 🐥
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@chii-ka
Favorite Dan! Thank you for making Wc. I bought you a lot!
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Excuse me Dan, you mentioned on your post Jordan, Egypt and Israel actually you have to mention Palestine instead of Israel. You are an educated man, you read a lot of books, and you should not fall into such a mistake.
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