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2019–2024years
100% recommend
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- A few of the books that stand out that I've read this year.
Troubled - Rob Henderson. About how Henderson was in state care and wound up at prestigious universities and his thoughts on the world.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176444107-troubled
Not the End of the World - Hannah Ritchie from 'Our World in Data' about the state of the planet.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145624737-not-the-end-of...
Dictatorland - Paul Kenyon - About the dictators who have impoverished Africa.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36260719-dictatorland
Magic Pill - Johann Hari - About Semaglutide and how people got fat.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201319612-magic-pill
On the Edge - Nate Silver - About how seeing the world in terms of risk and expected value can work.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204236707-on-the-edge
Orbital - Samantha Harvey - Booker Prize winner about people on the ISS and the world.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123136728-orbital
Build, Baby, Build - Bryan Caplan on why YIMBYism is a good idea. This is a graphic novel. It's really fun.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181564537-build-baby-bui...
- Have you by any chance read the book "Dictatorland" by Paul Kenyon? If you haven't, you'll love it. Anyways, another incredible history if Eritrea, and their common history with Ethiopia is pretty crazy too. One of those countries the world really knows nothing about...
