Me: I find myself avoiding 'big picture geopolitics'-type books these days, mostly because I can't verify the quality of the thinking.
Also me: *reads as many Lee Kuan Yew books as I can find, because Singapore is a ridiculous systems thinker paradise.*
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If it's LKY you're talking about, I think you should probably start with From Third World to First. Though LKY: The Man And His Ideas comes highly recommended. But I like reading source material.