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Books That Change How You Think
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items Some books teach you what to think. Others give you better tools for thinking. This collection explores psychology, decision-making, human behaviour, mental models, and big ideas that can change how you see the world—and occasionally make you questio...
Sections
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Psychology & Human Behaviour
Decisions, Biases & Better Judgment
Mental Models & First-Principles Thinking
Big Ideas & How the World Works
Psychology & Human Behaviour
Books for understanding why people think, behave, make mistakes, form habits, influence one another, and sometimes act in ways that aren't as rational as we'd like to believe.
This is often recommended for readers interested in a deep exploration of the mental processes behind our judgments and decisions. It can be a demanding read, but it's a useful introduction to cognitive biases and the ways our minds can mislead us.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
A useful introduction to the psychology of persuasion. It explores the principles that can influence people's decisions, making it relevant to anyone interested in marketing, communication, or simply understanding social influence.
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
An accessible introduction to behavioural economics and human decision-making. Looks at the surprisingly predictable ways people make decisions that aren't entirely rational.
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition
An ambitious examination of human motives, emotions, and social behaviour. Some of its claims are broad, so I'd treat it as a thought-provoking perspective rather than a scientific textbook.
The Laws of Human Nature
Explores why people can look at the same situation and arrive at completely different moral conclusions. Useful for anyone interested in understanding disagreement and human behaviour.
The Righteous Mind : Why Good People Are ...
Decisions, Biases & Better Judgment
Books about the mistakes we make when evaluating information, predicting outcomes, and making decisions—and how becoming aware of those mistakes can improve your judgment.
One of my best reads. What I actually loved about it was how the author Explored why different people can make very different judgments about essentially the same situation, and i think it helped me a lot on how to deal with others especially those h...
Noise
A collection of accessible chapters about common cognitive errors. Easy to dip into when you want to learn one thinking trap at a time.
The Art of Thinking Clearly
Examines what separates people who make consistently better predictions from those who don't. Particularly interesting if you want to improve how you think about uncertainty.
Superforecasting: The Art And Science Of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock, (Paperback)
Uses decision-making under uncertainty to explain why a good decision can sometimes produce a bad outcome—and vice versa.
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter... book by Annie Duke
Challenges our tendency to mistake luck for skill and patterns for certainty. A useful book for thinking more carefully about success, failure, and probability.
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Mental Models & First-Principles Thinking
These books are useful for building a mental toolkit: different ways of looking at problems instead of relying on one familiar way of thinking.
I schemed through it once and honestly, I think it's a great fit for anyone who wants a wide-range or collection of ideas around psychology, business, decision-making, and mental models. Particularly useful if you're interested in building a broad fr...
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and... book by Charles T. Munger
Introduces useful concepts from different disciplines and shows how they can be applied to everyday decisions and problems.
The Great Mental Models, Volume 1
Brings together ideas from psychology, economics, biology, and other disciplines to explore why people make mistakes and how to think more clearly.
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
Big Ideas & How the World Works
Books that step outside individual self-improvement and examine economics, society, technology, history, and the forces that shape the world around us.
A sweeping history of humanity that connects biology, culture, economics, and institutions. Ambitious and thought-provoking, though some interpretations are debated.
Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, (Paperback)
A useful antidote to the tendency to assume the world is always getting worse. It uses data to challenge several common misconceptions about global development
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think