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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>
{{c|The Jolly Contrarian}}
{{c|The Jolly Contrarian}}
{{c|Review}}
{{c|Review}}