Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Books that have helped

I got an email from an organizer asking for a presentation for seniors. I thought of what I might say that could be valuable and I came up with some books that have helped me.


  1. Incognito by David Eagleman

  2. The Improbability Principle by David Hand

  3. Books by Chade-Meng Tan: Search Inside Yourself & Joy on Demand

  4. Final Gifts by Callahan and Kelley

  5. How to Lie with Statistics by D. Huff

  6. Breath by Breath by Rosenberg

  7. Caste by Wilkerson

  8. 10% Happier and Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris

  9. Exercised by Daniel Lieberman

  10. Gutenberg to Google by Wheeler

  11. The 10,000 Year Explosion by Cochran and Harpending
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