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Book Ideas VI

36|Anti-Porn - an autobiography on my own experiences                          however, without names, etc                        A. My own observations and conclusions                        B. Ways in which, to my mind, it negatively impacts                        C. Lies which we buy as a result                        Note: i doubt there is a market                            But for myself, I may simply need to write this 37|Coding - design a book around how starting-from-scratch feels                        A. Good for non-coders - what it looks like to begin                        B. Good for beginners - its never as easy as it looks                        C. Good for self (what are my thoughts? can i streamline?)                        D. Expositions on different styles of hello worlds 38|"101 Authentic Experiences"                   - recognizing how to reframe your surroundings to see the new                   - what tools, frameworks, and other thing

Book Ideas V

31|"From nothing" - identify a topic on which you cannot speak - know nothing                                  read up on on and write down points of confusion/questions                                  do so until you find a question that isn't answered                                  interview SMEs on the topic / write book about it 32|pseudomedia       create a new form of artistic expression                                  maybe from a different material or using different senses                                  describe how it changes our world                                  maybe a plot involving theft, superheroes, or literature                                  maybe Cassandra (nobody believes it exists, etc)                                  maybe properties available based upon oberver                                      like - actually impacted by physiology of the user                                      example: only works for color-blind peop

Book Ideas IV

26|Comedy as a drug - comedians are drug dealers                                       all successful comedians have had surgery or trials                                       the trials rewrite mental pathways                                           without live stand-up it rewrites                                       the surgery manually causes the pathway change                                           without usage the brain "heals"                                       active mental pathways create laphotonin                                       excessive intake of laphotonin causes insanity 27|a robot named "libel"                                        create fake celebrities                                           mock movies, stories, etc they were in                                           make them interesting people - the sort we'd relate to                                         then describe the antics of the robot in their

Book Ideas III

21|Do hard work - Smart people who have no drive/success are told:                                "Oh, you just don't know how to work hard"                                This really means "you quit when things fail or are hard"                                However, sometimes prudence warrants quitting.                                So write a book providing examples of how to detect each 22|Self - "Write what you know" can be hard if you don't know who you are                            However, how do you identify it?                            Provide examples of how to do so:                               1. By identifying what you are not                               2. By suggesting different ways of categorization                               3. By identifying from whom this could be asked                               4. By associating different occupations with kinds of answers                               5. By identify

Book Ideas II

13|Stereotypes - what if all stereotypes were true                       they're "hackable" categorization that anyone can play                       professional stereotypers are most influential (they know rituals) 14|Waiting - what if our internal dialog while we're waiting matters                     what if we can intentionally define who we are                        by changing/controlling what we think about                        while we're in between tasks                     overnight a NASA engineer could be a homeless person                     maybe the purpose of education is to steer people away from this                     and those who know the truth are quietly removed or repurposed 15|EnergyX - scientists accidentally create a new energy form                     2 slacker scientists working together on a project at home                     called "Shadow Energy" - allows you to store energy on the edges               

Book ideas

Literally - a book about ideas   You want to know where to get ideas?    Here are X ideas and how to get more   Writing is not really about the idea      It is about technical mastery, passion, and story      The idea is "just" the vehicle Music - pick an album    Each track is a chapter        Literally the chapters soundtrack   The thrust of the song is that chapters heart Names - how we are all trying to finish what Adam started Hope - is it evidence of the possible              or the evidence of addiction                   to controlling the descent                   of our shared plane crash Choice - you are what you focus on or think about A child's guide to success   Take [xxx] and retell as stories for a youth   What should success mean for a child?   Does it fundamentally map to adults? Pace - what you do not matter what             Who you are on autopilot                 ... are you yourself when you are? Genius - if you only know