This Explains Everything

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1. imakwanaMay 2019
   # Intuition Pump and other tools for thinking by Daniel Dennett

   # Books edited by John Brockman - 1) This Explains Everything, 2) This Idea is Brilliant, 3) This Will Make You Smarter, 4) Thinking

   # Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman

   Also second the recommendation of other books based on Charlie Munger's wisdom and farnam street's reading list.

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2. markbaoJul 2014
   I'm currently reading This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works, a regretfully titled yet excellent book. [0]

   Edge.org, in its annual question to prominent scientists and 'thought leaders', asked them "What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?" My favorite ones so far include the many offshoots of natural selection and evolution, plus all of the stuff about the brain.

   I recently finished The Cold War: A New History, a great primer to how we got to the geopolitical situation we are in now (at least the major western/eastern powers), and A Short History of Nearly Everything, which was an awesome birds-eye view of modern science. ★★★★☆ to both.

   My next book is going to be about AI; let me know if you have any recommendations. (I'm not sure I'm ready for GEB.)

   [0] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062230174/

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