Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

Andy Hunt · 2008

Together we'll journey together through bits of cognitive and neuroscience, learning and behavioral theory. You'll discover some surprising aspects of how our brains work, and see how you can beat the system to improve your own learning and thinking skills. In this book you'll learn how to: Use the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to become more expert Leverage the architecture of the brain to strengthen different thinking modes Avoid common "known bugs" in your mind Learn more deliberately and more effectively Manage knowledge more efficiently Software development happens in your head. Not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. It's time to take a pragmatic approach to thinking and learning, and start to refactor-and redesign-your brain.

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rasulkireevSep 2023
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning, Thinking Fast & Slow and Predictably Irrational are the first that come to mind for me.
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thedanglerNov 2022
I enjoyed Pragmatic Thinking & Learning. by Andy Hunt.
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dobrinovOct 2022
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware
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slowhand09Sep 2022
The Art of the Long View - Peter Schwartz
Any book by Tom Kyte.
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware - Andy Hunt
The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at M.I.T. - Stewart Brand
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds - Charles Mackay
Only the Paranoid Survive - Andy Grove
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samuellSep 2022
These are the books that IMO felt worth really carefully digesting:
Software engineering practices:
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Software Engineering at Google
- Designing Event-Driven Systems
- The Data-Centric Revolution
- Code Complete
- Data Management at Scale
Self-help:
- So Good They Can't Ignore You
- Deep Work
- A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science
- Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Ultralerning
Misc:
- The book of proverbs in the Bible
- The rest of the Bible
- On Intelligence
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