Books like Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know
12 books with a reading profile close to Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
by Emily Oster
Also clear-cut · practical, analytical
Emily Oster applies economic logic to early childhood hurdles, analyzing data on breastfeeding, sleep training, and vaccinations.
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
by Hans Rosling
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
Hans Rosling identifies ten mental instincts that distort our perception of global reality, such as the gap instinct, which falsely divides the world into "us" and "them," and the negativity instinct, which causes us to…
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Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible
Chris van Tulleken examines the rise of Ultra-Processed People (UPP) and the industrial manufacturing methods that create substances designed for overconsumption.
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Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, accessible
David Sinclair proposes that aging is a treatable medical condition rather than an inevitable biological decay.
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, accessible
David Wallace-Wells argues that climate change is occurring much faster and with more devastating consequences than current political discourse suggests.
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
In Michael Pollan’s analysis of the Western diet, he identifies the rise of nutritionism—the ideology that views food merely as a collection of nutrients rather than a whole substance.
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The science of Game of thrones
by Helen Keen
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible
Helen Keen investigates the technical and historical realities behind George R.R.
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
by Bill Gates
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, analytical
Bill Gates outlines a technological and economic roadmap to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, accessible
James Nestor investigates the biological decline of human breathing and its impact on modern health.
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, analytical
Atul Gawande examines how increasing complexity in professional fields leads to avoidable human errors.
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible
Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths explain how mathematical principles used in computer science apply to human dilemmas.
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Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
Also outward-looking · analytical, accessible
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz argues that traditional surveys and public statements are unreliable because people constantly filter their responses to appear socially acceptable.
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