Books which are important to me because they changed my perspective or introduce and explain important concepts. All of them are highly recommended reads
Influential Books Public
Created by Claudius Link
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Thinking, fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman
4 stars
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a best-selling book published in 2011 by Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate Daniel …
Claudius Link says: The theory of thinking described in this book ("System 1" fast & effortless, "System 2" slow and effortful) helps to understand many things. Including why and how #SocialEngineering works, usability problems and many other things.
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Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Sharif
4 stars
An examination of how scarcity--and our flawed responses to it--shapes our lives, our society, and our culture.
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Set this house in order by Matt Ruff
5 stars
Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather... It was no ordinary murder. Though …
Claudius Link says: This is one of the few "fictional" books on this list. It significantly changed my view on gender. Reading it I realised that it's not at all straightforward and determine other persons genders are none of my business. Teir gender is what they tell you it is.
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Thinking in systems by Donella H. Meadows
4 stars
Meadows’ Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from …
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How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra
5 stars
A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us
Infrastructure …
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Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
4 stars
Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek (alternatively subtitled And How …
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Wer den Wind sät by Michael Lüders (C.H. Beck paperback -- 6185)
Wer den Wind sät, wird Sturm ernten: Michael Lüders beschreibt die westlichen Interventionen im Nahen und Mittleren Osten und zeigt …
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First Fault Software Problem Solving by Dan Skwire
5 stars
Written by a veteran in mission-critical computer system problem resolution, problem prevention, and system recovery, this book discusses solving problems …
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
4 stars
The psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a …
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