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Still relevant. Interesting.

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Lying | Sam Harris
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Felt more like an essay of Sam's opinions than a book.

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"4 legs good 2 legs better" - George Orwell is brilliant

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Great follow up to "Sapiens"

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Felt more like a criticism of academia. Radical, had some compelling arguments, but I felt like he contradicted himself sometimes.

For example he seemed to be proud of Steve Jobs because he built a business like an artisan - even focusing on making the inside of the iPhone beautiful - granted. Then he goes on to talk about how great products do not need advertising .

Well, the disconnect here is that, Apple has a big budget for advertising.

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There is a lot that goes into why we do what we do

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How the Mind Works | Steven Pinker
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Interesting but gets a bit technical.

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Not one of his best works, but a good read.

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Practical

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What do you want to want

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... Election night. 2016

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Brilliant writer

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Not sure what the author was trying to get at.

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Practical use of maths

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Station Eleven | Emily St John Mandel
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Amazing. Interesting how we take things for granted, then again do we need the things we want?

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Hawaii: A Novel | James A. Michener
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Awesome historian... Told as a fiction.

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Hilarious!! Can get sad in certain chapters.

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An academic work that tries to appeal to the average person at the same time.

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Repeats concepts in other books. Not a bad read though

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Great read, good to think differently and not just follow the crowd

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Fiction, but I had higher expectations based on reviews.

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Another good book on evolutionary psychology

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Good follow up to "You are not so smart"

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More on inequality

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This book is great in general, but some chapters can get a bit arid.

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The Republic | By Plato
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Classic

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Free Will | Sam Harris
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Sam Harris is a great philosopher

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A must read, especially for managers.

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Capitalism has been hijacked by politics

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How much control do you think you have.

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A must read. Most of us live in an unrealistic world, unfortunately. Even though this book makes sense, society is far from achieving anything like this.

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The brain is very interesting

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Mutual understanding is complicated

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The First-Time Manager | Loren B. BELKER, Jim MCCORMICK, Gary S. TOPCHIK
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Good pointers

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Show is great but books are better

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Show is great but books are better

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Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution | Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith
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An attempt to explain humanity

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Interesting questions

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Read before you start a business

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The God Delusion | Richard Dawkins
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Depends on what you believe in... Great read.

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Good follow up to freakeconomics

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Real life economics, no BS, no complicated models.

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Money is an illusion

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A great place to start learning about the Middle East

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Break down of inequality

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Another interesting take on why society is structured the way it is

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Maths for the non math buff

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Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe
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Set in pre-colonial Nigeria, this fiction sheds light on a culture that was disrupted by a foreign culture. A friendly "innocent" culture that will never be the same again.

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What shapes society. Helps make sense on why we do what we do. Strong on evolutionary psychology. A must read.

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Throws more light on how fear is necessary for belief