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Most things I learn feel like they add to my knowledge base, but don't upgrade my thinking. The two things I've read that felt like they actually upgraded my thinking were the Lesswrong sequences, and Gödel, Escher, Bach. What are some things in that category for you?

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Yes, that! I'd recommend reading AI to Zombies, which is the sequences but streamlined, available here:

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lesswrong.comRationality: From AI To Zombies - LessWrongRationality: From AI to Zombies is a 2015 ebook by Eliezer Yudkowsky on human rationality and irrationality in cognitive science. The ebook can be downloaded on a "pay-what-you-want" basis from...

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