Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?

Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? by brandonmenc on Saturday December 28, 2019 @10:59PM (#21903867)

Finally got around to reading The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes.

It was on my list for the past like, twenty years, and after reading it I really wish I would have read it back then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Jaynes

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Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? by Wildgoose on Monday December 30, 2019 @07:47AM (#21912969)

I loved this book as well. I am sure he "over-egged the pudding", but I am also convinced that there are some genuine insights in what he was saying.

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Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? by eggsbenedict on Sunday December 29, 2019 @02:45AM (#21904664)

I loved this book

It's not exactly science - but it's very stimulating.

It guides you through a wide variety of historical, scientific, and literary sources, painting a picture of contemporary human consciousness evolving right before your eyes.

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