Transform the World by David Deutsch Not the easiest read, but it made me smarter. [79] Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari A history of the human species. The observations, frameworks, and mental models will have you looking at history and your fellow humans differently. [1] Sapiens is the best book of the last decade I have read. He had decades to write Sapiens. There are lots of great ideas in there and it’s just full of them, chock-full per page. [1] The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley The most brilliant and enlightening book I’ve read in
Transform the World by David Deutsch Not the easiest read, but it made me smarter. [79] Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari A history of the human species. The observations, frameworks, and mental models will have you looking at history and your fellow humans differently. [1] Sapiens is the best book of the last decade I have read. He had decades to write Sapiens. There are lots of great ideas in there and it’s just full of them, chock-full per page. [1] The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley The most brilliant and enlightening book I’ve read in years. He has writt en four of my top twenty books. [11] Everything else writt en by Matt Ridley. Matt is a scientist, optimist, and forward thinker. One of my favorite authors. I’ve read everything of his, and reread everything of his. [4] → Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters → The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature → The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation → The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb The best book I read in 2018, I highly recommend it. Lots of great ideas in there. Lots of good mental models and constructs. He has a bit of an att itude, but he has that because he’s brilliant, and it’s okay. So just look past the att itude and read the book, learn the concepts. It’s one of the best business books I’ve ever read. And luckily, it doesn’t masquerade as a business book. ...
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