SighBapanada@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat nonfiction books have caused a paradigm-shift in your life?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1110arrow-down1message-squareWhat nonfiction books have caused a paradigm-shift in your life?SighBapanada@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-square001Guy001@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months agoNot sure if they all fit entirely but: The Story Of Stuff (Annie Leonard) How The World Works (Noam Chomsky) Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Dan Ariely) The Hidden Brain (Shankar Vedantam) / Idiot Brain (Dean Burnett) The Myth Of Choice (Kent Greenfield) / The Paradox Of Choice (Barry Schwartz) The Free Will Delusion: How We Settled For The Illusion Of Morality (James B. Miles) Getting Free: Creating An Association Of Democratic Autonomous Neighborhoods (James Herod) The Best That Money Can’t Buy (Jacque Fresco) No Contest: The Case Against Competition (Alfie Kohn)
minus-squareSighBapanada@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoI’ve been meaning to start reading some Chomsky & Alfie Kohn! Both very revolutionary writers from the reviews I’ve been checking out
minus-squareMaungaHikoi@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoPredictably Irrational is really good. I feel like I read Chomsky’s books at a key point in my life where I didn’t really get all of it but it primed me for later learning. Good list overall 👍🏼
Not sure if they all fit entirely but:
I’ve been meaning to start reading some Chomsky & Alfie Kohn! Both very revolutionary writers from the reviews I’ve been checking out
Predictably Irrational is really good.
I feel like I read Chomsky’s books at a key point in my life where I didn’t really get all of it but it primed me for later learning. Good list overall 👍🏼