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You are not so smart / You can beat your brain
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Carl Sagan
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Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
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Homo Deus - Yuval Noah Harari
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How to find fulfilling work - Roman Krznaric
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Ego is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday
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James Clear
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Facebook
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The Shock Doctrine
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Selfie - Will Storr
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Irresistible - Adam Alter
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Quiet - Susan Cain
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Simon Sinek
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When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
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Nudge - Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
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Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker
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Genome - Matt Ridley
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Instant Expert - Artificial Intelligence 2nd December 2017
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The Beginning of Infinity - David Deutsch
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Bitcoin
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Creating Freedom - Raoul Martinez
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Straw Dogs - John Gray
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12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson
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The Road to Character - David Brooks
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The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz
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Doubt - Jennifer Hecht
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Affluenza - Oliver James
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Deep Work - Cal Newport
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Notes on a nervous planet - Matt Haig
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Not Working - Josh Cohen
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The Age of Absurdity - Michael Foley
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How to Be Right - James O'Brien
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The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
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Democracy and Its Crisis - AC Grayling
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Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport
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The Twittering Machine - Richard Seymour
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Amusing Ourselves to Death - Neil Postman
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The Intelligence Trap - David Robson
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