@@larter_larter Yeah, Humboldt inspired a lot of people. Didn't occur to me to buy his writings, but not a bad idea. Haha. Will add them to my amazon cart.
A book that was a suprise to me recently was Hold Onto Your Kids, by Neufeld and Mate. It is a parenting book, but it turned out to explore something much more fundamental about our psychological development and contemporary culture. It's all about attachment during the development and maturation process which humans need as much as they need food. It also explores how in contemporary culture, peer attachment are becoming more dominant than parent-child attachments. Peer culture are inherently uncertain, with betrail of primary attachment being much more prevalent. This leads to psychological maturation process to get stuck essentially. This book is not a must of course, but in any case it is really interesting, even for those who do not have kids. It can reveal some interesting things about your own past. And not only this aspect of psychological development seems neglected, it is as if the whole scientific community has adopted the completely opposite stance on it, making things much worse.
After you read Charles Darwin, read David Berlinski. You won’t regret it. (The Deniable Darwin or The Devils Delusion) he’s not religious btw…he’s a prominent mathematician who’s also a great writer.
Thucydides' Peloponnesian War, probably "The Landmark Thuycidides." and maybe J.M. Roberts' Penguin History of the World." He does have a condensed version.
what books would you add?
A short history of the world by H G wells currently reading that. Great book with many illustrations. It's 544 pages of knowledge.
"Select Writings" by Alexander von Humboldt. (von Humboldt also was a big inspiration/"hero" for Charles Darwin).
@@nitinkanals5087 Sounds like my type of book. Will look into it! thanks!
@@larter_larter Yeah, Humboldt inspired a lot of people. Didn't occur to me to buy his writings, but not a bad idea. Haha. Will add them to my amazon cart.
Okay. But the book was written in 1922 the events are covered upto that era. Please do keep that in mind. It does not cover the modern era. 😐
A book that was a suprise to me recently was Hold Onto Your Kids, by Neufeld and Mate. It is a parenting book, but it turned out to explore something much more fundamental about our psychological development and contemporary culture. It's all about attachment during the development and maturation process which humans need as much as they need food.
It also explores how in contemporary culture, peer attachment are becoming more dominant than parent-child attachments. Peer culture are inherently uncertain, with betrail of primary attachment being much more prevalent. This leads to psychological maturation process to get stuck essentially.
This book is not a must of course, but in any case it is really interesting, even for those who do not have kids. It can reveal some interesting things about your own past. And not only this aspect of psychological development seems neglected, it is as if the whole scientific community has adopted the completely opposite stance on it, making things much worse.
After you read Charles Darwin, read David Berlinski. You won’t regret it. (The Deniable Darwin or The Devils Delusion) he’s not religious btw…he’s a prominent mathematician who’s also a great writer.
Thanks for the recommendation. I will look it up.
Kalle Lasn - Culture Jam: How to reverse America's suicidal consumer binge and why we must
Sounds kinda interesting. Will look it up.
Thucydides' Peloponnesian War, probably "The Landmark Thuycidides." and maybe J.M. Roberts' Penguin History of the World." He does have a condensed version.
I have the penguin history of the world. And I haven't read either the first or 2nd. Tbr list is out of control.
Mine is about to move me into a bigger abode.
@@ShadowFlutter lol. It's a good problem to have.
Which place/website would you recommend for 2nd hand books(particularly, non-fiction ones)
Amazon. But if you aren't in America, then idk.
Suggest something on Critical and logical thinking
I can make a video!
@@IdeasInHat That would be a great assistance. Thankyou
The works of Nassim Taleb.
I have them, but haven't read them yet. I think he has been on my TBR for 2 years now. Lol.
Herodotus - Histories.... Although debatable to what extent it is actually non fiction lol.
Lmfao
Yeah, and the Roman historians are also a good add on, though probably 50/50 fiction and nonfiction 😅😅