Books like Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
12 books with a reading profile close to Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by Naomi Klein
Also outward-looking · analytical, economics
Naomi Klein argues that the current global economic model and the survival of the planetary ecosystem are fundamentally at odds.
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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
by Nate Silver
Also outward-looking · analytical, economics
Nate Silver examines why human forecasts often fail by distinguishing between the "signal," which represents meaningful patterns, and "noise," which is random data that obscures truth.
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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
by Chris Miller
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics
Chris Miller explains how semiconductors became the backbone of modern civilization, determining both economic success and military dominance.
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, economics
Burton G.
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Also outward-looking · analytical, economics
Steven D.
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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics
Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner apply microeconomic principles to unconventional human behaviors, arguing that people respond directly to incentives regardless of moral implications.
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The Great Escape
by Angus Deaton
Also outward-looking · analytical, economics
Angus Deaton examines the historical divergence in global living standards, tracking how breakthroughs in medicine and economic productivity allowed specific populations to exit lives of poverty and early death.
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, data driven
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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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, economics
Thomas L.
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, data driven
Jane Mayer tracks the decades-long evolution of a coordinated political network funded by ultraconservative billionaires, most notably Charles and David Koch.
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Abundance
by Ezra Klein
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, economics
Ezra Klein examines the structural hurdles preventing the United States from building the infrastructure, housing, and clean energy technology required for a functional future.
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Capital in the Twenty First Century
Also outward-looking · analytical, economics
Thomas Piketty examines the historical evolution of wealth concentration through an analysis of data spanning three centuries across twenty countries.
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