What a Wonderful World

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1. mariushnSep 2018
   I spend a lot of time in the startup bubble, and seldom find people to discuss/learn about other areas, such as history and psychology explaining why country X did Y at that time, or why Z works that way, or why person A reacted like that (or will react like this if you do this).

   What are some books/articles/documentaries that you found useful to broaden your world understanding in an engaging way? History, psychology, science...

   Personal examples:

   * Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

   * Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

   * A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

   * The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

   * Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future by Ian Morris

   * What a Wonderful World: One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff by Marcus Chown

   * The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life by Nick Lane

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2. chriswittsJan 2018
   Just finished in the last week:

   - What a wonderful world by Marcus Chown

   - 47 Ronin by Joan D. Vinge

   - Practical Monitoring by Mike Julian

   Currently reading:

   - The Four by Scott Galloway

   - The Art of Capacity Planning 2nd Edition by Arun Kejariwal, John Allspaw

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