I’ve spent at least 2300 hours reading books outside school/university.
I try to read broadly, so I don’t necessarily agree with what the listed authors have written.
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Under Red Skies
Karoline Kan
★★
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Wild Swans
Jung Chang
★★★
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On Liberty
John Stuart Mill
★
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Life 3.0
Max Tegmark
★★
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8 Billion and Counting
Jennifer D. Sciubba
★
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THE 2020 COMMISSION REPORT ON THE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES —A
SPECULATIVE NOVEL
Jeffrey Lewis
★★★
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Atlas of the Heart
Brené Brown
★★★
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AI Superpowers
Kai-Fu Lee
★★
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The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
★★★★★
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates
★
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The Dark Forest
Liu Cixin
★★★★★
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The Three Body Problem
Liu Cixin
★★★★★
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The Scout Mindset
Julia Galef
★
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What We Owe The Future
William MacAskill
★★★★
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The Alignment Problem
Brian Christian
★
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Animal Liberation
Peter Singer
★★★★
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Feeling Good
David D. Burns, M.D.
★★★★★
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The War on Normal People
Andrew Yang
★
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Bullshit Jobs
David Graeber
★★★★
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Never Remember
Masha Gessen
★★
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The Man Without a Face
Masha Gessen
★
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The Doomsday Machine
Daniel Ellsberg
★★★
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The Future Is History
Masha Gessen
★★★
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Leviathan Falls
James S. A. Corey
★★
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Tiamat's Wrath
James S. A. Corey
★★
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Persepolis Rising
James S. A. Corey
★★
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Babylon's Ashes
James S. A. Corey
★★
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Nemesis Games
James S. A. Corey
★★
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Cibola Burn
James S. A. Corey
★★
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Abaddon's Gate
James S. A. Corey
★★
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Caliban's War
James S. A. Corey
★★★
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Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey
★★★
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Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
★★★★★
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Artemis
Andy Weir
★★★
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Our Final Warning
Mark Lynas
★
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The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
Dr Tony Attwood
★
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Two Cheers for Anarchism
James C. Scott
★
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Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
★★
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
Karl Popper
★★★★
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Against the Grain
James C. Scott
★
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The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt
★★★★
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker
★
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Debt - Updated and Expanded
David Graeber
★
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The Perfect Weapon
David E. Sanger
★
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Braving the Wilderness
Brené Brown
★★
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The Precipice
Toby Ord
★★★★★
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Seeing Like a State
James C. Scott
★
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Human Compatible
Stuart Russell
★
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Emotional First Aid
Guy Winch Ph.D.
★
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Fat Chance
Robert H. Lustig
★
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All the Devils
Barry Eisler
★
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Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell
★
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Why Marx Was Right
Terry Eagleton
★
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The Happiness Hypothesis
Jonathan Haidt
★
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Turtles All the Way Down
John Green
★★
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Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
★★
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The Salt Fix
Dr. J. DiNicolantonio
★★
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson
★
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The Killer Collective
Barry Eisler
★
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The Willpower Instinct
Kelly McGonigal Ph.D.
★
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Facing Violence
Rory Miller, Barry Eisler
★
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The Night Trade
Barry Eisler
★
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Waking Up
Sam Harris
★
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Rising Strong
Brené Brown
★★★★★
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Spark
John J. Ratey
★★
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Are u ok?
Kati Morton
★
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How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett
★★
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green
★
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The Dispatcher
John Scalzi
★
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The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown
★★★★★
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Daring Greatly
Brené Brown
★★★★★
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Quiet
Susan Cain
★★★
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The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
★
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The Singularity Trap
Dennis E. Taylor
★★★
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Lock In
John Scalzi
★★
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Head On
John Scalzi
★★
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Tribe
Sebastian Junger
★
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Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
★★
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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink
★
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The Effective Executive
Peter F. Drucker
★
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Up the Organization
Robert C. Townsend, Warren Bennis
★★
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Zero Sum
Barry Eisler
★
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No god but God
Reza Aslan
★
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Command and Control
Eric Schlosser
★
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Caitlin Doughty
★
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Paper Towns
John Green
★
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Never Eat Alone
Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz
★
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We Learn Nothing
Tim Kreider
★
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The Year of Living Biblically
A. J. Jacobs
★
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The Magic of Thinking Big
David Schwartz
★
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Predictably Irrational
Dan Ariely
★
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie
★
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The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
★
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The Dictator's Handbook
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
★★★★★
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The Way of the Superior Man
David Deida
★
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Livia Lone
Barry Eisler
★★
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Inside Out
Barry Eisler
★
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A Mind for Numbers
Barbara Oakley
★★★★
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Speak Like Churchill
Stand Like Lincoln, James C. Humes
★
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Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
★
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Nudge
Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
★
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The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
★
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The Khmer Kill
Barry Eisler
★
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Fault Line
Barry Eisler
★
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London Twist
Barry Eisler
★
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Graveyard of Memories
Barry Eisler
★★★★
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The Detachment
Barry Eisler
★
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Paris Is a Bitch
Barry Eisler
★
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The Killer Ascendant
Barry Eisler
★★
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Extremis
Barry Eisler
★★★
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Redemption Games
Barry Eisler
★★★
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Winner Take All
Barry Eisler
★★★
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A Lonely Resurrection
Barry Eisler
★★★
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A Clean Kill in Tokyo
Barry Eisler
★★★
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Team of Teams
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, Chris Fussell
★
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The Art of Asking
Amanda Palmer
★★★
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Abundance
Steven Kotler, Peter H. Diamandis
★
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Who
Geoff Smart, Randy Street
★
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Influence
Robert B. Cialdini
★
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Awaken the Giant Within
Anthony Robbins
★
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The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
★★★★
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Richard P. Feynman
★★★
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Money: Master the Game
Tony Robbins
★★★
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The Art of Learning
Josh Waitzkin
★
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Daily Rituals
Mason Currey
★
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Vagabonding
Rolf Potts
★★★★
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Mindless Eating
Brian Wansink Ph.D.
★
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Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
★
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The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver
★
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Chasing the Scream
Johann Hari
★
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The 4-Hour Body
Timothy Ferriss
★
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss
★★
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The Millionaire Mind
Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D., William D. Danko Ph.D.
★
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The Martian
Andy Weir
★★★★★
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Jon Ronson
★
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Getting Things Done
David Allen
★★★★
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
★★★★★