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Rated Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier 8/10

Amazing insights into cities, but he repeats himself a bit.<br/><br/>If you're into cities, absolutely recommended.

Rated Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion 10/10

This is the perfect follow-on to 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works.<br/><br/>Sam does such a great job of explaining why we want to meditate. And what we can get from it.<br/><br/>I cannot recommend it enough.

Wants to read A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

Wants to read Who Owns the Future?

Rated A History of the World in 6 Glasses 8/10

This book probably goes along with those TV shows showing connections between everything. Likely the thesis was taken a bit too far to make a nice story...but it was a nice story.<br/><br/>Great anecdotes. Great history. Fun stories. Glad I read it. Happy to recommend it.

Wants to read Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

Wants to read Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Rated Fugitive Telemetry 8/10

Rated Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content 6/10

This one is tough. Mark's ideas are very interesting and likely useful, but this book very much felt like a long article turned into a book.<br/><br/>Maybe the reputation is necessary to really hit his point home.<br/><br/>This felt a <b>lot</b> like the The Einstein Factor: A Proven New Method for Increasing Your Intelligence.

Wants to read In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

Wants to read Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World

Wants to read Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning

Wants to read Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

Wants to read Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts

Wants to read Attack of the Theocrats!: How the Religious Right Harms Us All — and What We Can Do About It

Wants to read Feynman

Rated Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It 10/10

Rated Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality 10/10

Wants to read An Introduction to General Systems Thinking

Rated The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution 8/10

Rated Moving Pictures 10/10

Rated The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism 10/10

Rated 12 Miles Below V: The Warlock: A Progression Fantasy Epic 8/10

So fun. Amazing, exciting world. Great would BUILDING. Novel use of science and magic systems.

Rated A Court of Thorns and Roses 6/10

Entertaining. A bit too tropey for me, but the set up for book 2 was amazing and I'm into book 2.<br/><br/>So...more romantacy for me!

Rated Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones 8/10

A very by-the-numbers teach a lesson with 1 or more compelling anecdotes. I will certainly be revisiting.