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I also read Meditations this year. Definitely not what I was expecting. It's not cohesive at all. My biggest takeaways were the inevitability of death and generally letting go of our sense of control.

Expecting it to be "cohesive" seems like an odd thing, considering it's literally a bunch of musings & meditations which were taken from a man's private journal.

I've found many of the individual musings to be quite interesting. In particular the ones that relate to perception (my own biggest pitfall).

Which version did you read? I read this one: https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Penguin-Classics-Hardcove..., which provides a lot of context. Here are my thoughts on it: https://vtomole.com/blog/2025/12/14/aurelius

The Gregory Hays book.

Did you read the rest of the 3 body problem books? Some of the best scifi i've read in a looong time for sure.

No, not yet. I only recently found out there was more.

Man, you're in for a treat.. wait'll you find it why it's called the dark forest :P