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1. noufalibrahimNov 2022
   A few of them.

   1. This book made all the patchwork ideas I had about the incompleteness theorem fall into place and click while I was doing my bachelors https://www.amazon.in/Godels-Proof-Ernest-Nagel/dp/081475837...

   2. This similarly solidified a lot of patchwork ideas I had about money https://www.amazon.com/Money-Unauthorized-Biography-Coinage-...

   3. This didn't make the topic click but it shed light on the entire landscape after which anything I read on unicode made sense and filled up my mental map of the whole area https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minim...

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2. irq-1Dec 2021
   Money: The Unauthorised Biography by Felix Martin
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3. noufalibrahimMar 2020
   Money: The unauthorized biography by Felix Martin discusses money as social technology and its history https://www.amazon.com/Money-Unauthorized-Biography-Coinage-...
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4. adaisadaisFeb 2020
   I would highly recommend Felix Martin’s “Money: The Unauthorized Biography” to anyone who is interested in the underlying subject of money.

   Martin’s basic argument is that money is simply a social technology.

   I don’t believe that bitcoin is the internet’s native “money” but I do believe it is the internet’s native “gold.” I believe future currencies (as some currently do) will peg their value to Bitcoin. However, once the first major corporation begins accepting bitcoin then it just might as well be what we classically view as “money”.

   https://www.amazon.com/Money-Unauthorized-Biography-Coinage-...

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5. noufalibrahimJul 2019
   A recent book that I read which really helped my outlook on things business was "Money: The Unauthorized Biography" by Felix Martin. Perhaps my general lack of knowledge in the general area made me feel that the book was profound but it's a good read either way.

   If you prefer fiction, I highly recommend "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr. One of my alltime favourite books.

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6. mattnewtonApr 2017
   I read about this in Felix Martin's Money: The Unauthorized Biography, which was quite good (in my uninformed opinion).
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