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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>
{{br|Breaking the Spell}} - {{author|Daniel Dennett}} <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>
{{br|Freedom Evolves}} - {{author|Daniel Dennett}} <br>
{{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>
{{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>
{{bookreview|From Bacteria to Bach and Back Again}} - {{Author|Daniel Dennett}} <br>


===Good books about technology===
===Good books about technology===
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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>
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Revision as of 13:50, 7 October 2019

Recent roll

The Art of Gathering:How We Meet and Why It MattersPriya Parker
Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and PersuadeRobert Cialdini
Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioural Science to Transform Your Working LifeCaroline Webb
Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert Cialdini
AntifragileNassim Nicholas Taleb
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily LifeNassim Nicholas Taleb
The Book of WhyJudea Pearl
Time TravelJames Gleick
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of PredictionPhillip Tetlock
Superpumped:The Battle for UberMike Isaac
Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse ThinkingMatthew Syed
Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can TrustGary Marcus & Ernest Davis
Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't MatterScott Adams
The World of YesterdayStefan Zweig
The InformationJames Gleick
Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas that Don't Make SenseRory Sutherland
Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialised WorldDavid Epstein
The GoalEliyahu Goldratt
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural EconomicsRichard Thaler
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley StartupJohn Carreyrou

The Daniel Dennett collection

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 CivilizationParag 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 2.0Andrew 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

Affluenza - Oliver James
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

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