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Favourite non-fiction reads? (self.books)

submitted 2 years ago by FantasticFox to c/books

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I'm currently reading The Case for Space by Robert Zubrin and it's really good. You can tell the guy dedicated his career and life to really thinking about how humans might live in Space, whether that be on the Moon, Mars or in the Asteroid Belt.

I recently read Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoğlu and that was also very good, it explained the shortcomings of other theories such as the geographic determinism espoused by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs and Steel although I think Why Nations Fail was a bit repetitive at times.

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[–] skullvalanche 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Pretty much anything by Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens, Homo-Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Taken as a trilogy of sorts, they manage to do a great job of explaining how humanity got to where we are now, and assuming current trends continue, where we're headed in the future. All without being super dense and academic.

[–] FantasticFox 2 points 2 years ago

I have read Sapiens. I haven't read the others although I have had Homo Deus on my reading list for a while.