Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?

Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by ericdykstra on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:43AM (#17520754)

First, I'll recommend Discrimination and Disparaties by Thomas Sowell, another fantastic work from Sowell put out this year that builds on some ideas from previous essays. It's short, but the arguments are concise, empirical, and convincing.

And 3 books that have most recently made it into my "must-reread" category.

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

Antifragile by Nassim Taleb

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by adora on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:50AM (#17520781)

I grew up on Thomas Sowell. Extremely articulate economist. I've now come to disagree with probably one-third of what he writes but all of his works are really good frameworks of how to think.

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Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by ericdykstra on Friday July 13, 2018 @02:52AM (#17520989)

I wouldn't want to read someone I agreed with 100% ;)

I really like Sowell's writing style and willingness to tackle issues in a straightforward way that others skirt around. I still have many of his past writings to get to, as I only recently started reading him, to my own detriment.

We're blessed to have nearly 50 years of his writing and that he's still at it at 88.

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Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by swah on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:41AM (#17522882)

> he's still at it at 88.

Actually IIRC he retired ;)

Something I didn't even knew writers did...

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Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by Stronico on Friday July 13, 2018 @04:54AM (#17521448)

Hey - same here - still a premier thinker though - he introduced me to Eric Hoffer too.

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