Abstract Thinking Books

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Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 993 ratings — published 2020
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Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,992 ratings — published 2020
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The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 4.19 — 38,756 ratings — published 1975
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 8,672 ratings — published 2012
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 3.99 — 15,444 ratings — published 2010
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The Wisdom of Crowds The Wisdom of Crowds (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 24,687 ratings — published 2004
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The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 4.23 — 717 ratings — published 1939
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My Toothbrush Is Missing (The Giggle Gang, #4) My Toothbrush Is Missing (The Giggle Gang, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 4.15 — 692 ratings — published
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Walk in the Park Walk in the Park (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 3.94 — 149 ratings — published 1977
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A Light in the Attic A Light in the Attic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 4.36 — 472,979 ratings — published 1981
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Through the Magic Mirror Through the Magic Mirror (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 4.02 — 180 ratings — published 1976
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Shapes, Shapes, Shapes Shapes, Shapes, Shapes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 3.62 — 277 ratings — published 1986
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Nothing Nothing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as abstract-thinking)
avg rating 3.97 — 539 ratings — published 2007
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Tom Golway
“The increased velocity of technological change is introducing questions that were not relevant 10 years ago, and which we have no clear answers. More importantly we are faced with the realization that we will be challenged to find answers to questions we have yet to consider.

Approaching the undiscovered requires a more comprehensive approach, one that is multi-discipline with an emphasis on critical thinking around abstract concepts. One that builds on current measurable knowledge, without being restrained by it. One that leverages the Humanities and encourages abstract thinking so we avoid being overly reliant on our current perception of what is considered baseline knowledge.”
Tom Golway

David Foster Wallace
“The most dangerous thing about an academic education is that it enables my tendency to over-intellectualize stuff, to get lost in abstract thinking instead of simply paying attention to what’s going on in front of me.
Instead of paying attention to what's going on inside me.”
David Foster Wallace

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