Read these 7 books before you go to Mars
- heheheherson
- Aug 13, 2020
- 5 min read
Updated: Apr 16
I’ll be straightforward. The books listed here are some of my personal favorites and are all non-fiction. Forgive me if I used a clickbait title. But if you still want to read this blog, then welcome aboard!
So, how would you react if it has been completely proven that humans can thrive on Mars? Would you go there and leave the Earth for good? If you do, make sure to read these seven books before you leave our Earth. I believe that these books would fill the Red Planet with resilient people because we can’t afford its destruction due to failures that we humans have done for the third nearest planet to the Sun.
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1. Software Engineering
Author: Ian Somerville
Book cover photo retrieved from Amazon
You read that right.
The operating system running on your device allowed you to read this blog, and messaging apps made work-from-home arrangements feasible. Living on Mars shouldn’t completely separate us from living on Earth. Unfortunately, many software engineers do not want to live on the Red Planet. The number of software engineers who are ready to live for good on Mars may not be enough to develop the software to make contact-to-Earth phone and work-from-Mars scheme possible.
Consider a fulfilling career in software engineering—or if you already have, consider a crossover—and start reading this easy-to-love college textbook to make a difference for the Solar System!
2. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
Author: Lee Kuan Yew
Book cover photo retrieved from Amazon
Ah, the man who converted a little land into one of the world’s models of authentic progress. Lee Kuan Yew had many critics, but nobody can deny how he molded Singapore to become the lion nation of South East Asia.
This book is Lee’s narration of his instincts and inhibitions as Singapore’s leader. He noted, however, that the decisions he made should not be treated as a user manual for leading a nation, for Singapore had a unique situation when he stood up as its chief, and other countries have distinct settings. But when it comes to inspiration, Lee Kuan Yew’s book is worth the read.
If you wish to live on the Red Planet until you reach nirvana, you might become the President of the United States of the People’s Republic of Mars. Better be geared if that time comes.
3. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Authors: Robert Kiyosaki, Sharon Lechter
Book cover photo retrieved from Amazon
The planet named after the Roman god of war needs financial prowess-oriented individuals. You can be financially capable, but you may not be financially wise. The presumptive new planet for humans will become a survival of the fittest platform for those who will live there, and dumb spenders have high chances of being thrown back to the Earth.
Strong individuals work to make finances, but the strongest individuals know how to make finances work for them. This book would encourage you to escape the lifelong race of ignorance on spending, making, and sustaining money. We don’t want Mars to run out of extreme debt. Don’t let newborn babies for a span of six generations pay for it, so be smart on finances by taking a journey in this piece of best-selling delicious Cathedral Window by Kiyosaki and Lechter.
4. Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone
Authors: Satya Nadella, Greg Shaw, Jill Tracie Nichols
Book cover photo retrieved from Amazon
Learning from mistakes. Innovation. Inclusivity. Teamwork. Optimism.
This packed aggregation of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s autobiography, memoir, and forecasting amply addresses the challenges of the new industrial revolution and sympathetic solutions in creating a better world for humanity.
Find out also how the leader of the world’s top software company spends his free time, what he feels when he is on duty, and why his Indian heritage is fascinating. See it in parallel with your plans to live on Mars as a benchmark for improving the lives of all prospective citizens of Mars.
5. Textbook on the Philippine Constitution
Authors: Hector S. De Leon, Hector M. De Leon, Jr.
Book cover photo retrieved from REX E-Store
Ignorance of the law excuses no one. Even when you go to Mars.
The democracy of the Philippines may not be perfect, but it was molded by disasters, wars, and failures to become a stronger republic than when its national liberty was declared in 1898.
Is this book recommended for non-Filipinos? Definitely yes! The Philippines promulgated the 1987 Constitution a year after the first historic bloodless revolt that restored democracy in the country. This textbook is a staple for every college student in the Philippines as they take a course on the political landscape and fundamental laws of the country. It provides an utterly easy understanding of the supreme laws of the Philippine territory as it explains the premise behind each provision declared in the Constitution and presents a flavorful history of the Pearl of the Orient.
6. Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?: Mga Kuwentong Barbero ni Bob Ong
Trans. Why Do Filipinos Read A Book Upside Down?: Bob Ong’s Stories of a Barber
Author: Bob Ong
Book cover photo retrieved from Amazon
I feel that this pop culture-based book is evolving to become a replacement for the Good Manners and Right Conduct textbook currently used in the Philippine education system. This nostalgic book (for Filipinos) never failed to address perennial issues that the people of the Philippines are suffering from a situation seemingly due to their own faults.
The mysterious author punched numerous Filipinos who remain to lack discipline, live under colonial and “crab” mentalities, and keep on electing incompetent leaders in its government. But no matter how sad Bob Ong’s commentaries are, this book could be a delicious breakfast for all Mars citizens. Mornings in the Red Planet must not be filled with unmotivated and evil people who would eventually destruct this rare piece of gem whose scientists from Earth have worked so hard in exploring its existence and capacity to support life.
7. ABNKKBSNPLAko?!: Mga Kwentong Chalk ni Bob Ong
Read phonetically as Aba, nakakabasa na pala ako?
Trans. Wow, I Can Actually Read Now?!: Bob Ong’s Chalk Stories
Author: Bob Ong
Book cover photo retrieved from Amazon
You might have guessed it. I’m a fan of Bob Ong.
It takes a person who values education so much to become an idol. Aside from bountiful nostalgia (again, for most Filipinos) this book delivers, ABNKKBSNPLAko?! shoots the bull’s eye of students who are not passionate about schooling. As the legend himself said, what is two decades of draining and tedious schooling compared with enduring five decades of irrevocable poverty due to illiteracy and ignorance?
Mars should be resided by people who treat education with high importance.
That's it. No elaboration needed.
Final words: don’t leave the Earth if you haven’t read a good book. Start finding it and prepare your space suit as we go to Mars soon.
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