The Upside of Irrationality

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1. coderintheryeAug 2020
   His follow-on book: "The Upside of Irrationality" is also a great read.
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2. razzajJun 2017
   The upside of irrationality. Ariely

   Germs guns and steel. Jared Diamond

   Influence, the psychology of persuasion. Cialdini

   Justice: what's the right thing to do. Sandel

   QED. Fyenman

   All of Feynman lectures on physics

   The hard thing about hard things. Horowitz

   Al muqqadimah. Ibn khaldun

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3. 0xmohitJul 2016
   - The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong by Lawrence J. Peter & Raymond Hull

   - The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely

   - Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life by Sir Richard Branson

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4. madmax108Aug 2015
   The Upside of Irrationality really works to pinpoint so many things happening in the world. The number of times I've quoted that book in discussions leaves me flabbergasted.
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5. pitchupsNov 2012
   Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer by Duncan J. Watts

   Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson

   The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely

   The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars by Shankar Vedantam

   The Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should Worry) by Siva Vaidhyanathan

   In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy

   Idea Man: A Memoir by Paul Allen

   The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar

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6. MichailPMay 2012
   Its "The Upside of Irrationality", Chapter 7. Great read.
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