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Doing Good Better by William MacAskillSuperintelligence by Nick BostromThe Life You Can Save by Peter SingerThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer
Effective Altruism Books
261 books — 154 voters
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Ravenclaw's Rationality
131 books — 86 voters

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas MurrayCynical Theories by Helen PluckroseThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtThe Strange Death of Europe by Douglas MurrayThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Critical Thinking in the Age of Woke
155 books — 59 voters
Science and Spiritual Practices by Rupert Sheldrake30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThe Sacred Depths of Nature by Ursula GoodenoughTao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Spiritual Naturalism
124 books — 46 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanWhat If? by Randall MunroeQuantum Computing Since Democritus by Scott AaronsonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSuperforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock
Books metioned in rationally speaking podcast
118 books — 22 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyBioterror! by Laurence E. DahnersArtemis Fowl by Eoin ColferWood Sprites by Wen Spencer
Pre-Teen Genius
7 books — 4 voters

The Oxford Handbook of Rationality by Alfred R. MeleObliquity by John KayUlysses and the Sirens by Jon ElsterRationality in Action by John Rogers SearleThe Limits of Rationality by Karen Schweers Cook
Rationality
100 books — 3 voters
Extreme Economies by Richard DaviesThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan HaidtSo You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon RonsonThe Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel
Heterodox Bookclub
5 books — 2 voters

Black-and-White Thinking by Kevin DuttonThe Skeptics' Guide to the Universe by Steven NovellaSuper Thinking by Gabriel WeinbergEscaping the Rabbit Hole by Mick WestThe Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
Becoming More Rational
18 books — 1 voter
Manifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxConstitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Kremlin, MoscowAnti-Dühring by Friedrich EngelsEconomic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph StalinSocialism by Friedrich Engels
Planned Economies - Socialism
17 books — 1 voter

The Economic Reconstruction of Northeast China by Gao GangAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensManifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Tax in Kind by Vladimir LeninTHE MERITS OF STALIN by Ludo Martens
State Capitalism/Planned Capitalism to Socialism
6 books — 1 voter
Summa technologiae by Stanisław LemThe Knowledge Machine by Michael StrevensThe Epistemic Life of Groups by Michael S. BradyThe Engines of Cognition by LessWrongEmpire and Communications by Harold A. Innis
PIBBSS Library
71 books — 1 voter

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