Roma R
wants
to read:
Looking for something like Our Mathematical Universe or Causality
Basically looking for nonfiction that doesn't hold your hand too much (Mathematical Universe by Tegmark kind of did that, but the book was interesting enough that I did not even notice)Looking for something like Our Mathematical Universe or Causality
Basically looking for nonfiction that doesn't hold your hand too much (Mathematical Universe by Tegmark kind of did that, but the book was interesting enough that I did not even notice). I read Calling Bullshit and Thinking in Systems recently and both felt way too 101, explaining stuff I that is pretty basic and repeating same ideas over and over again, though the ideas are by no means wrong. Also used to read a lot of Michio Kaku's later books, feels like the ideas are stretched to fill pages that didn't need filling, same thing with Range (another issue with that book is it relying on cherrypicked examples).
The Armchair Economist and Why Nations Fail I liked a lot, especially the first book. While I am certainly skeptical about some of its claims, it was a collection of very interesting perspectives that were genuinely surprising.
Genre doesn't matter much, physics, math, econ, AI, history, whatever, I just want it to not provoke ideas that are outdated (like people note some books such as Predictably Irrational do) and not dumb anything down too much/stretch or repeat one thing over and over again. Someone recommended me The Book of Why and The Beginning of Infinity, anyone read those and can vouch they're actually good and not just hyped up? I am open to any other suggestions as well.
Thanks for your help!
Also open to newer stuff, like 2020 onward, if people think something's genuinely become a favorite and not just a bestseller that'll be forgotten in a few years.
