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The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
“a rather deep reflection on knowledge and the power of knowledge to improve the human condition”
“this book enlightenment now is influenced by David Deutsch as the beginning of infinity a rather deep reflection on knowledge”— Steven Pinker
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One Two Three Infinity
George Gamow
“very accessible in humorous explanations of relativity of number theory of dimensionality... still delightful seventy years after it was published”
“loved a book called one two three infinity when I was a young adult I read that book by George gamma the physicist very accessible”— Steven Pinker
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The Blind Watchmaker
Richard Dawkins
“enormously influential... for the writing style the ability to explain abstract concepts in lively prose”
“Richard Dawkins two books the blind watchmaker and The Selfish Gene or enormous Li influential”— Steven Pinker
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The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
“enormously influential... for the writing style the ability to explain abstract concepts in lively prose”
“Richard Dawkins two books the blind watchmaker and The Selfish Gene or enormous Li influential”— Steven Pinker
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Ever Since Darwin
Stephen Jay Gould
“also excellent example of lively writing”
“Stephen Jay Gould first collection ever since Darwin also excellent example of lively writing”— Steven Pinker
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Enlightenment Now
Steven Pinker
“the short answer would be to read the sections that I wrote an Enlightenment I know about AI”— Steven Pinker
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker
“starting from enlightenment now to the better angels of our nature blank slate how the mind works”— Lex Fridman
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The Blank Slate
Steven Pinker
“starting from enlightenment now to the better angels of our nature blank slate how the mind works”— Lex Fridman
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How the Mind Works
Steven Pinker
“to the better angels of our nature blank slate how the mind works the the one about language language instinct”— Lex Fridman
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The Language Instinct
Steven Pinker
“blank slate how the mind works the the one about language language instinct bill gates big fan”— Lex Fridman
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The History of Force
James Payne
“I read a book called the history of force self-published by a political scientist named James Payne on the historical decline of violence”— Steven Pinker
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Reflections on Language
Noam Chomsky
“I read as a college student the book reflections on language by Noam Chomsky spent most of his career here at MIT”— Steven Pinker
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