xylogx rated A short history of nearly everything: 5 stars
A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything by American author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas …
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xylogx rated Freakonomics: 5 stars
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What …
xylogx rated The attention merchants: 5 stars
The attention merchants by Tim Wu
"From Tim Wu, author of award-winning The Master Switch, and who coined the phrase "net neutrality"--a revelatory look at the …
xylogx rated Next: The Future Just Happened: 5 stars
xylogx rated The Undoing Project: 5 stars
The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis, Michael Lewis
Examines the history of behavioral economics, discussing the theory of Israeli psychologists who wrote the original studies undoing assumptions about …
xylogx rated Lincoln in the Bardo: 2 stars
xylogx rated Dark territory: 5 stars
Dark territory by Fred M. Kaplan
"As cyber-attacks dominate front-page news, as hackers displace terrorists on the list of global threats, and as top generals warn …
xylogx rated The Phoenix Project: 3 stars
xylogx rated The Black Swan: 5 stars
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize …
