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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

by Kiran Desai

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Slingshot: Building the largest machine in human history

by Robert G. Williscroft (Goodreads Author)

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Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality

by Anil Ananthaswamy (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference

Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference by William MacAskill

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When it comes to helping others, being unreflective often means being ineffective.

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“Remember, if there is one core teaching at the heart of this philosophy, it’s that we’re not as smart and as wise as we’d like to think we are. If we ever do want to become wise, it comes from the questioning and from humility—not, as many would like to think, from certainty, mistrust, and arrogance.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

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“We should not trust the masses who say only the free can be educated, but rather the lovers of wisdom who say that only the educated are free.” —”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

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“It’s not food if it’s called by the same name in every language. (Think Big Mac, Cheetos, or Pringles.) .”
― Michael Pollan, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

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“If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t. .”
― Michael Pollan, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

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“today, though, if someone were to hand you a hundred-dollar bill, you might rub it between your fingers or hold it up to the light, just to confirm it wasn’t a fake. All this for an imaginary currency, an invention of society. The point of this metaphor is to highlight how much effort we put into making sure money is real, whereas we accept potentially life-changing thoughts or assumptions without so much as a question. One”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

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