General Knowledge


Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
The Book of General Ignorance
A Brief History of Time
Outliers: The Story of Success
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Samama Reza
Guessing a person’s ethnicity right without asking them is a talent that flows within you once you start living in the UAE.
Samama Reza, Anti-Romantic

Mortimer J. Adler
No general knowledge is expressible except in abstract terms. There is nothing particularly difficult about abstractions. We use them every day of our lives and in every sort of conversation. However, the words "abstract" and "concrete" seem to trouble many persons. [How to Read a Book (1972), P. 283] ...more
Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren

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