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{{br|Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion}} — {{author|Robert Cialdini}} <br> | {{br|Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion}} — {{author|Robert Cialdini}} <br> | ||
{{br|Antifragile}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} <br> | {{br|Antifragile}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} <br> | ||
{{br|Skin in the Game}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} <br> | {{br|Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} <br> | ||
{{br|The Book of Why}} — {{author|Judea Pearl}} <br> | {{br|The Book of Why}} — {{author|Judea Pearl}} <br> | ||
{{br|Time Travel}} — {{author|James Gleick}} <br> | {{br|Time Travel}} — {{author|James Gleick}} <br> | ||
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{{br|Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup}} — {{author|John Carreyrou}} <br> | {{br|Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup}} — {{author|John Carreyrou}} <br> | ||
===The [[Daniel Dennett]] collection=== | |||
*{{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}} | |||
*{{br|Consciousness Explained}} | |||
*{{br|Freedom Evolves}} | |||
*{{br|Breaking the Spell}} | |||
*{{Br|From Bacteria to Bach and Back Again}} | |||
===the [[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]] collection=== | |||
{{bookreview|Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets}} - {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} <br> | |||
{{bookreview|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable}} - {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} <br> | |||
{{br|Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life}} - {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} <br> | |||
===Rip-snorting business books=== | ===Rip-snorting business books=== | ||
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{{bookreview|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} - {{author|Thomas Kuhn}} <br> | {{bookreview|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} - {{author|Thomas Kuhn}} <br> | ||
{{bookreview|A Grand Design}} - {{author|Stephen Hawking}} <br> | {{bookreview|A Grand Design}} - {{author|Stephen Hawking}} <br> | ||
{{bookreview|Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos}} - {{author|Roger Lewin}} <br> | {{bookreview|Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos}} - {{author|Roger Lewin}} <br> | ||
{{bookreview|Consilience}} - {{author|E. O. Wilson}} <br> | {{bookreview|Consilience}} - {{author|E. O. Wilson}} <br> | ||
{{bookreview|Models.Behaving.Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality can be a Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life}} - {{author|Emanuel Derman}} <br> | {{bookreview|Models.Behaving.Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality can be a Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life}} - {{author|Emanuel Derman}} <br> | ||
{{bookreview|How to Teach Quantum Physics to your Dog}} - {{author|Chad Orzal}} <br> | {{bookreview|How to Teach Quantum Physics to your Dog}} - {{author|Chad Orzal}} <br> | ||
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{{bookreview|The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives}} - {{author|Leonard Mlodinow}} <br> | {{bookreview|The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives}} - {{author|Leonard Mlodinow}} <br> | ||
{{bookreview|The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next}} - {{author|Lee Smolin}} <br> | {{bookreview|The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next}} - {{author|Lee Smolin}} <br> | ||
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{{bookreview|Thinking, Fast and Slow}} - {{author|Daniel Kahneman}} <br> | {{bookreview|Thinking, Fast and Slow}} - {{author|Daniel Kahneman}} <br> | ||
{{bookreview|Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance}} - {{author|Robert M. Pirsig}} <br> | {{bookreview|Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance}} - {{author|Robert M. Pirsig}} <br> | ||
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{{bookreview|Affluenza}} - {{author|Oliver James}} <br> | {{bookreview|Affluenza}} - {{author|Oliver James}} <br> | ||
{{br|The God Delusion}} - {{author|Richard Dawkins}} <br> | {{br|The God Delusion}} - {{author|Richard Dawkins}} <br> | ||
{{c|The Jolly Contrarian}} | {{c|The Jolly Contrarian}} | ||
{{c|Review}} | {{c|Review}} | ||
Revision as of 13:50, 7 October 2019
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The Art of Gathering:How We Meet and Why It Matters — Priya Parker
Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade — Robert Cialdini
Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioural Science to Transform Your Working Life — Caroline Webb
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion — Robert Cialdini
Antifragile — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Book of Why — Judea Pearl
Time Travel — James Gleick
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction — Phillip Tetlock
Superpumped:The Battle for Uber — Mike Isaac
Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking — Matthew Syed
Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust — Gary Marcus & Ernest Davis
Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter — Scott Adams
The World of Yesterday — Stefan Zweig
The Information — James Gleick
Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas that Don't Make Sense — Rory Sutherland
Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialised World — David Epstein
The Goal — Eliyahu Goldratt
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural Economics — Richard Thaler
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup — John Carreyrou
The Daniel Dennett collection
- Darwin’s Dangerous Idea
- Consciousness Explained
- Freedom Evolves
- Breaking the Spell
- From Bacteria to Bach and Back Again
the Nassim Nicholas Taleb collection
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Rip-snorting business books
Barbarians at the Gate - Bryan Burrough Liar’s Poker
Science, mathematics and the philosophy of science
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Kuhn
A Grand Design - Stephen Hawking
Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos - Roger Lewin
Consilience - E. O. Wilson
Models.Behaving.Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality can be a Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life - Emanuel Derman
How to Teach Quantum Physics to your Dog - Chad Orzal
The Dappled World – A Study of the Boundaries of Science - Nancy Cartwright
Lake Views: This World and the Universe - Steven Weinberg
The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives - Leonard Mlodinow
The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next - Lee Smolin
Good books about technology
Code: Version 2.0 - Lawrence Lessig
The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves - Brian Arthur
Bad books about technology
Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization – Parag Khanna and Ayesha Khanna
The Singularity is Near - Ray Kurzweil
Business and process engineering
Blockbusters: Why Big Hits - and Big Risks - Are the Future of the Entertainment Business - Anita Elberse
Enterprise 2.0 – Andrew MacAfee
Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right - Atul Gawande
The Design of Business: Why Design is the Next Competitive Advantage - Roger Martin
Rework - Jason Fried
Writing and the law
How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One - Stanley Fish
Good books about philosophy and psychology
Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl
The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - Julian Jaynes
Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig
Bad books about philosophy
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