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The Devil's Cradle: The Story of Finnish Black Metal

by Tero Ikäheimonen

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From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

by Daniel C. Dennett

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The 48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer

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High-context cultures tend to have a long shared history. Usually they are relationship-oriented societies where networks of connections are passed on from generation to generation, generating more shared context among community members.

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“We asked Shoup if his research allows him to optimize his own commute, through the Los Angeles traffic to his office at UCLA. Does arguably the world’s top expert on parking have some kind of secret weapon? He does: “I ride my bike.”
― Brian Christian, Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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“Mathematics is the study of anything that obeys the rules of logic, using the rules of logic.”
― Eugenia Cheng, How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics

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“When balancing favorite experiences and new ones, nothing matters as much as the interval over which we plan to enjoy them.”
― Brian Christian, Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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“IN ORDER TO BE A PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL COMPUTING MACHINE, IT IS NOT REQUISITE TO KNOW WHAT ARITHMETIC IS.”
― Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

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“To be human was to continually dumb the world down into an understandable story that keeps things simple.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

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