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Intelligence
This is about what makes us tick, where it falls apart, and ideas that may be useful in replicating intelligence. While it is heavily psychology/behavioral economics, it may be somwhat arbitrary. I will also include tangential stuff that makes sense to me as relevant. It is limited to books I have personally read and consider quality reads, and is loosely sorted from exceptional to pretty good.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, 2011
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky, 2017
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Richard H. Thaler, 2015
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini, 2006
The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters
Eric J Johnson, 2021
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins, 1976
Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Robert M. Sapolsky, 2023
Peak
Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool, 2016
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein, 2019
The Drunkard's Walk
Leonard Mlodinow, 2008
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Daniel J. Levitin, 2014
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
Annie Duke, 2022
The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt, 2012
The Signal and the Noise: The Art and Science of Prediction
Nate Silver, 2012
How to Decide
Annie Duke, 2020
Rest
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, 2016
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Jonathan Haidt, 2005
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner, 2015
Enlightenment now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress
Steven Pinker, 2018
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Daniel Kahneman, Cass R. Sunstein, Oliver Sibony, 2021
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein, 2008
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Carl Sagan, 1995
§ About this list
- Books
- 68
- Published
- 1800–2023
- Average rating
- 4.0 / 5 across 6,802 ratings
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, General, Self-Help
Most-rated on Intelligence
- 1Thinking, Fast and Slow · Daniel Kahneman
- 2Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking · Susan Cain
- 3The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business · Charles Duhigg
Common questions about Intelligence
- How many books are on Intelligence?
- Intelligence has 68 books, published between 1800 and 2023.
- Which book on Intelligence is the most popular?
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is the most-rated book on the list, with 646 ratings and a 4.1 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on Intelligence?
- Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.4 out of 5.
- Where should I start with Intelligence?
- Start with Thinking, Fast and Slow, Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking and The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business: the three most-rated books on the list.
- What genres are on Intelligence?
- The books on this list are tagged Nonfiction, Philosophy, General and Self-Help.
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