Books like God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
12 books with a reading profile close to God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
The text outlines how humanity, having largely managed the historical threats of famine, war, and plague, is refocusing its efforts on achieving immortality, bliss, and god-like powers.
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Nexus
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Nexus examines the historical relationship between information networks and the survival of social structures.
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Ways of Seeing
by John Berger
analytical, philosophy
John Berger examines how the invention of the camera altered the perception of European oil painting by detaching images from their original physical contexts.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Jared Diamond argues that the uneven distribution of wealth and power across different continents stems from environmental and geographical factors rather than biological superiority.
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Are Prisons Obsolete?
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Angela Davis argues for the total abolition of the prison system, asserting that incarceration serves as a tool for social control rather than a solution to crime.
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Women & Power: A Manifesto
by Mary Beard
history, analytical
In this manifesto, classicist Mary Beard traces the historical roots of female silence back to ancient Greek and Roman literature.
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The Road to Serfdom
Also outward-looking · analytical, philosophy
Friedrich August Hayek argues that central economic planning inevitably leads to the erosion of personal freedom and the rise of totalitarian governance.
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman
analytical, philosophy
Neil Postman argues that the medium of communication determines the quality of public thought.
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Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Also outward-looking · philosophy, theoretical
Nassim Nicholas Taleb argues that true understanding and ethical behavior only exist when individuals face personal consequences for their decisions.
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Nancy Isenberg dismantles the myth of American class mobility by tracing the persistent existence of a marginalized white underclass from the colonial era to the present.
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Common Sense
by Thomas Paine
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Thomas Paine argues that monarchy is an unnatural form of government that violates human equality and reason.
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Other Minds
analytical, philosophy
In this study of evolutionary biology, Peter Godfrey-Smith traces the development of subjective experience by examining the cephalopod nervous system.
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