That is a wonderful list. In addition I would add "Sapiens". It showed me how the world really operates. Its key ideas is: Humans are different from other species because they can communicate in larger groups by telling stories, even about imaginary things. These are called 'Myths'. Some examples of popular myths are Money, Religion, Companies, Laws, Nations etc.
noun
1.
a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
The story of money is one of the oldest ever told, which allowed us to go from physically trading items such as my goat for your sacks of potatoes, to being able to click on a button and receive a physical item such as a book, two days later.
I think Yuval explains this the best in his blog post: "How does money work?
Gold coins and dollar bills have value only in our common imagination. Their worth is not inherent in the chemical structure of the metal or paper, nor in their color or shape. Money isn’t a material reality—it is a mental construct."
A nice list, except for Choose Yourself, which seems a rather typical 'be an entrepreneur, it's easy' message (or maybe I misunderstood the summary) and Rich Dad Poor Dad, which is a bunch of made up stories by a guy that himself has not actually had a healthy financial life (until the book became profitable) and introduces some nice ideas but is mostly nonsense.
Well-intentioned, actually the exposition it the best part. The book list - well are mostly about “beating the system.”
The Frankl book is excellent for readers from any century, it will be a future classic on the scale of Epictetus, unless suffering is someday conquered by future people.
My top book for young minds: Cosmos by Carl Sagan.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 35.7 ms ] threadI can understand how aspects of religion are mythical, but the others ...
noun 1. a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
The story of money is one of the oldest ever told, which allowed us to go from physically trading items such as my goat for your sacks of potatoes, to being able to click on a button and receive a physical item such as a book, two days later.
Here is the link if you would like to read further: https://www.ynharari.com/topic/money-and-politics/
The Frankl book is excellent for readers from any century, it will be a future classic on the scale of Epictetus, unless suffering is someday conquered by future people.
My top book for young minds: Cosmos by Carl Sagan.