First Principles


The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
Principles: Life and Work
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Thinking In Systems: A Primer
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
Roger Spitz
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Plato
There's no chance of their having a conscious glimpse of the truth as long as they refuse to disturb the things they take for granted and remain incapable of explaining them. For if your starting-point is unknown, and your end-point and intermediate stages are woven together out of unknown material, there may be coherence, but knowledge is completely out of the question. ...more
Plato, The Republic

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