Listopia > Don-E Merson's votes on the list 2017 Baker's Dozen (13 Books)
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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"Read this to understand how you really think"
Don-E
rated it 5 stars
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
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"Kevin Kelly understands the world better than anyone and sees deeper than anyone else. "
Don-E
rated it 5 stars
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The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
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"What is AI, Machine Learning, Data Science? This is a good book on how to put all the different methods into a logical framework."
Don-E
rated it 5 stars
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
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"Our tools are powerful and lead to dangers that we haven't understood. O'Neil shows how to find 'bad' algorithms."
Don-E
rated it 5 stars
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Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity
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"The best critique of modern culture I have read."
Don-E
rated it 5 stars
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Who Gets What ― and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
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"Why there is no such thing as a "free market""
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
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"How two Isarelis changed how the world understands cognition. My favorite book right now."
Don-E
rated it 5 stars
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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
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"The book that lead to fivethirtyeight.com"
Don-E
rated it 5 stars
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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"How we reason in our moral dilemnas"
Don-E
rated it 5 stars
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong
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"Many problems with our morality lead to impossible dilemas"
Don-E
rated it 5 stars
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The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
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"The problem with truth."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity
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"Why there is no such thing as self"
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
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