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1. Sapiens - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens 2. The Gene: An Intimate History - https

1. Sapiens - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens 2. The Gene: An Intimate History - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27276428-the-gene https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27276428-the-gene 3. I Contain Multitudes - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29083367-i-contain-multitudes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29083367-i-contain-multi... 4. Stuff Matters - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19553030-stuff-matters https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19553030-stuff-matters 5. Rework - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6732019-rework https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6732019-rework

mirceal 8y ago
Sapiens is an okay book, but it’s all over the place. On one hand it kinda says that in many regards we have hypothesis at best (ie we don’t know) to follow it with [sometimes] wild theories. There is no way you can cover as much ground as the author wanted in a book this size. It got diluted and turned into the classic “X best seller” crap.
- dominotw 8y ago
  I listened to the audiobook but never understood the hype behind it. Seemed like bunch of speculation akin to Malcom Gladwell books.
  - mirceal 8y ago
    That’s the classic recipe for a “best seller”. A lot of hype and polish but of little substance.
- theWheez 8y ago
  For me, it was probably the most important book I have read in the last 10 years, if only to expand my thinking to stop making assumptions about everything. To me, rather than a textbook claiming authority over an entire field, it was a demonstration of the exercise of searching for reason for the way things are beyond "that's the way it is", for things I took for granted in an extremely religious upbringing.
  - mirceal 8y ago
    I had a different experience. There is a lot of speculation in the book and normally I would not mind it that much, but again you have to practice what you preach (which the author does not). Again, it’s an okay book. I wouldn’t say the best in the last 10,5,2,1,0 years but worth reading, if only to form your own opinion and learn a few interesting factoids here and there.

mirceal 8y ago

Sapiens is an okay book, but it’s all over the place. On one hand it kinda says that in many regards we have hypothesis at best (ie we don’t know) to follow it with [sometimes] wild theories. There is no way you can cover as much ground as the author wanted in a book this size. It got diluted and turned into the classic “X best seller” crap.

dominotw 8y ago
I listened to the audiobook but never understood the hype behind it. Seemed like bunch of speculation akin to Malcom Gladwell books.
- mirceal 8y ago
  That’s the classic recipe for a “best seller”. A lot of hype and polish but of little substance.
theWheez 8y ago
For me, it was probably the most important book I have read in the last 10 years, if only to expand my thinking to stop making assumptions about everything. To me, rather than a textbook claiming authority over an entire field, it was a demonstration of the exercise of searching for reason for the way things are beyond "that's the way it is", for things I took for granted in an extremely religious upbringing.
- mirceal 8y ago
  I had a different experience. There is a lot of speculation in the book and normally I would not mind it that much, but again you have to practice what you preach (which the author does not). Again, it’s an okay book. I wouldn’t say the best in the last 10,5,2,1,0 years but worth reading, if only to form your own opinion and learn a few interesting factoids here and there.