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My reading interests are broad and mostly non-fiction. I typically stick to topics related to nature, the environment, and science in general. However, lately I've taken an interest in cultural anthropology, history, and the sociological factors that are driving a growing mistrust in science, scientists, and scientific institutions. I have a couple of other accounts in the fediverse, which I've joined recently. But, as a reader (and recovering GR user), this little nook of the fediverse looked particularly interesting to me.
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Steven Pinker: Sense of Style The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Allen Lane)
Sense of Style The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
A guide to writing English informed by recent scholarship (linguistics, cognative science, and such like).
Nibsy rated On Being Certain: 3 stars
Nibsy rated A survival guide to the misinformation age: 4 stars
D. J. Helfand: A survival guide to the misinformation age (2016)
A survival guide to the misinformation age by D. J. Helfand
"This book provides an inoculation against the misinformation epidemic by cultivating scientific habits of mind. From dissolving our fear of …
Nibsy rated The Company: 5 stars
Nibsy rated Atomic Habits: 4 stars
Atomic Habits by Intellectual Summary
The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 4 million copies sold!
Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results
No matter your …
Nibsy rated Bird by bird: 5 stars
Nibsy rated Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: 4 stars
Nibsy rated The Black Swan: 1 star
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t …
Nibsy rated A Rulebook for Arguments: 4 stars
Nibsy rated Fooled by randomness: 1 star
Fooled by randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what …
Nibsy rated Merchants of Doubt: 5 stars
Nibsy rated Rationality: 5 stars
Rationality by Steven Pinker
What it means to be rational, the habits of mind that exhibit (and inhibit) rationality, and why wide-spread rationality is …