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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

Jordan Ellenberg

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The top 4 this year for me: How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them Phenomenal books. I have a longer list of recommendations I've collected over the decades: http://yboris.com/reading/
mindcrime
The Four Steps To The Epiphany - Steve Blank Code by Charles Petzold Artificial Life - Steven Levy Time Reborn - Lee Smolin The Singularity is Near - Ray Kurzweil Surfaces and Essences - Douglas Hofstadter How to Measure Anything - Douglas Hubbard -- One of my favorites is How Not to Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenbreg I have that on my list of "to read real soon now". Sounds fascinating.