World View


Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Man's Search for Meaning
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
The Selfish Gene
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Meditations
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Mere Christianity
How Now Shall We Live?
The Art of War
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Something Intellectual
71 books — 10 voters

Andrew Sean Greer
“ He is not the best. But he is the best I ever had. Because to love someone ridiculous is to understand something deep and true about the world. That up close makes no sense. Those of you who choose sensible people may feel insecure, but I think you water your wine; the wonder of life is in its small absurdities, so easily overlooked. And if you have not shared somebody's tilted view of the horizon (which is the actual world), tell me: what have you really seen? ...more ”
― Andrew Sean Greer, Less Is Lost

Helen Macdonald
“ The attempt to see through eyes that are not your own. To understand that your way of looking at the world is not the only one. To think what it might mean to love those that are not like you. To rejoice in the complexity of things. ”
― Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights

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