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Seeking recs for awesome books that are between pop-accessibility and full-blown academia, and will still be interesting for someone who pays medium attention to current research. For reference I liked GEB and Sapiens, but didn't like the Madness of Crowds or Jed McKenna

Aella

@Aella_Girl

i am.... an idiot. i actually wasn't a huge fan of sapiens, I meant to say the Selfish Gene. I get the two books mixed up constantly because they both start with S

11:22 PM · Aug 21, 2020

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It's ok. I, the patron saint of forgetting and confusing things in 2 seconds or less, forgive you and bless you on your quest to not get confused.

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If this is a troll it's the best. Or at least pretty good. Like 3/5 easy.

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The Origins of Political Order by

@FukuyamaFrancis

Matthew H Welch Songs

@WelchSongs

Aug 22, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

Noise by Jacques Attali Or Germs and Steel Or Wireless Imagination

Giulio Giacomo Cantone

@GGCanto

Aug 22, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

Fooled by Randomness, Taleb Burst, Barabasi Ranking, Peter Erdi Niall Ferguson Mark Buchanan

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That shows much better taste!

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I mean, if you like selfish gene, just keep reading Dawkins Dudes made a fair few books

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I was gonna say, Sapiens was a lot of head-nod "look I'm smart" buy-in, then sudden inexplicable leaps in logic by the time the reader accepted the author on authority.

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This is my least favourite tweet so far 😭