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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 May 2019
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    I'll say this for the Jared Diamonds of the world though... it's worth reading 1-2 such books when you're in college just to expand your mind so you can think at larger scales. I did like Guns, Germs and Steel when it first came out. I benefitted before I discovered its flaws.

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      2. Jordan Jackson‏ @samehueasyou 20 May 2019
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        Any others you recommend?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 May 2019
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        Doesn't really matter. Pick the nearest convenient one. They're all about as nonsensical, but all work the trick of mind expanding.

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      1. Adam David Long‏ @adamdavidlong 20 May 2019
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        Does this map onto hedgehogs vs. foxes? I.e. you should mostly be a fox but good to run with a hedgehog or two so you don't become too vulpine . . .

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        Same.

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      2. Raghav‏ @rargulati 20 May 2019
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        Would love to read your thoughts on where GGS is strong vs flawed, and how (if) it fits into your current framework. Good place to start, or nothing public yet?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 May 2019
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        Nah not worth the effort

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      2. Varun Jain‏ @varun_jain 20 May 2019
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        Lol. A winded way of saying you outgrew these pop-sci books. Would you say the same about, say, ‘Metaphors we live by’ 20 years down the line? :)

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      3. hewhocutsdown‏ @hewhocutsdown 20 May 2019
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        I read Images of Organization before Metaphors... the former was far better and it made the read incredibly underwhelming

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      2. Maynard Handley‏ @handleym99 20 May 2019
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        I think the win is not in reading GGS, it's in reading books containing ambitious ideas before they become mainstream. Once mainstream the ideas should be part of your mental toolkit and reading the book gives you little extra. GGS is now throughly mainstream. 1/

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      3. Maynard Handley‏ @handleym99 20 May 2019
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        There's one other category which is books that are mainstream misunderstood. Seeing like a State seems to fall into this category -- it's easy to claim it supports a particular agenda, and so that's how it's taught. 2/

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