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The following have all had a significant effect on my worldview. You can find more information at [1].

- The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

- Thinking, Fast and Slow

- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

- Crime and Punishment

- The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

- The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

- Franny and Zooey

- Master of the Senate

- Atlas Shrugged

- Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

- Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?

- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

- The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

- The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

- Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

- Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

- Ethics in the Real World: 86 Brief Essays on Things that Matter

- A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

- Humankind: A Hopeful History

- The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think

[1] https://jacobw.xyz/books/



Thank you for the great recommendations!




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