Books like What Is Intelligence?
12 books with a reading profile close to What Is Intelligence? by James R. Flynn. Deep; a moderate read.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Also deep · analytical, academic
Daniel Kahneman details the internal conflict between two cognitive engines: System 1 and System 2.
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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Also deep · analytical, academic
Philip Zimbardo provides a detailed account of the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, examining how systemic forces and situational variables overwhelm individual morality.
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Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione
Also deep · analytical, academic
Jonathan Haidt argues that moral judgment arises from rapid, emotional intuitions rather than logical reasoning.
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Also deep · analytical, academic
Robert Sapolsky explains human action by tracing its origins across different timescales, starting seconds before a behavior occurs and moving back through centuries.
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A Macat Analysis of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow
analytical, academic
Jacqueline Allan analyzes Daniel Kahneman’s research on the dual-process model of the human mind, which distinguishes between System 1 and System 2.
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Lectures on Don Quixote
by Vladimir Nabokov, Fredson Bowers
Also deep · analytical, academic
This volume collects Vladimir Nabokov’s classroom lectures delivered at Harvard, focusing on Miguel de Cervantes’ classic novel.
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Aldous Huxley's Brave new world
by Harold Bloom
Also deep · analytical, academic
In this volume of the Modern Critical Interpretations series, Harold Bloom compiles academic essays that dissect the mechanics of a world governed by biological engineering and forced hedonism.
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Also deep · academic, psychology
In this work, Steven Pinker challenges the prevailing intellectual consensus that human minds are shaped entirely by environment and culture.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
by Wai-chew Sim
analytical, academic
Wai-chew Sim provides a technical examination of Kazuo Ishiguro’s prose from his debut through the publication of Never Let Me Go.
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Altered Traits
by Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson
analytical, data driven
Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson analyze the scientific data surrounding meditation to distinguish between temporary mental states and enduring neurological shifts.
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