I heard “Guns Germs & Steel” is not accurate nor, “Thinking Fast & Slow” i want to read some non fictional books, that may broaden my views about the world, civilization, human behavior, something on these lines, but also by being accurate, Can you guys Recommend me such books
Is it true that, " Guns Germs & Steel" is not accurate?
The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell was interesting. I like all of Gladwell and have not read Thinking Fast and Slow, yet. It’s on my Want to Read shelf.
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I suggest Sapiens by Yuval Harari,
I also suggest reading Guns Germs & Steel & Thinking Fast & Slow, and following up those with what the criticisms are. While some of this theories have been disproven and/or are not mainstream, that does not mean everything he teaches is wrong or inaccurate.
AstralSlide_ on
I haven’t read either but I’ve seen 1491 and The Dawn of Everything recommended as alternatives to Guns Germs and Steel
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I’ve read both of those and gotten valuable insights and would 100% recommend them. I have no idea what the “not accurate” part means. Maybe critics taking exception to one small part? I have often recommended “Thinking fast and slow” , Kahneman is simply relaying their research and the implications they believe it suggests. It particularly resonated with me by explaining a lot of inexplicable behavior I see constantly. Basically, their research suggests that no matter how smart, well educated or enlightened we are, our biases often override other factors. The experiments related to biases among economists particularly resonated. Every economic postulate begins with something like “assume a rational market”. turns out this may not be good assumption at all.
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The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell was interesting. I like all of Gladwell and have not read Thinking Fast and Slow, yet. It’s on my Want to Read shelf.
I suggest Sapiens by Yuval Harari,
I also suggest reading Guns Germs & Steel & Thinking Fast & Slow, and following up those with what the criticisms are. While some of this theories have been disproven and/or are not mainstream, that does not mean everything he teaches is wrong or inaccurate.
I haven’t read either but I’ve seen 1491 and The Dawn of Everything recommended as alternatives to Guns Germs and Steel
I’ve read both of those and gotten valuable insights and would 100% recommend them. I have no idea what the “not accurate” part means. Maybe critics taking exception to one small part? I have often recommended “Thinking fast and slow” , Kahneman is simply relaying their research and the implications they believe it suggests. It particularly resonated with me by explaining a lot of inexplicable behavior I see constantly. Basically, their research suggests that no matter how smart, well educated or enlightened we are, our biases often override other factors. The experiments related to biases among economists particularly resonated. Every economic postulate begins with something like “assume a rational market”. turns out this may not be good assumption at all.