Don-E Merson's votes on the list 2017 Baker's Dozen

Listopia > Don-E Merson's votes on the list 2017 Baker's Dozen (13 Books)

1	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 4.17 avg rating — 585,340 ratings "Read this to understand how you really think" Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 11,950 ratings "Kevin Kelly understands the world better than anyone and sees deeper than anyone else. " Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World by Pedro Domingos 3.74 avg rating — 6,448 ratings "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 See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil 3.87 avg rating — 29,970 ratings "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 See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity by Douglas Rushkoff (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 1,501 ratings "The best critique of modern culture I have read." Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Who Gets What ― and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design by Alvin E. Roth 3.85 avg rating — 3,172 ratings "Why there is no such thing as a "free market"" Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis 3.99 avg rating — 63,876 ratings "How two Isarelis changed how the world understands cognition. My favorite book right now." Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't by Nate Silver 3.97 avg rating — 52,344 ratings "The book that lead to fivethirtyeight.com" Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt 4.19 avg rating — 65,721 ratings "How we reason in our moral dilemnas" Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 1,735 ratings "Many problems with our morality lead to impossible dilemas" Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 1,443 ratings "The problem with truth." Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity by Bruce M. Hood 3.84 avg rating — 2,305 ratings "Why there is no such thing as self" Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 57,458 ratings Don-E rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars