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Mythos

Stephen Fry and Chronicle Books

4.7 on Amazon

5 HN comments

Precious Little Sleep: The Complete Baby Sleep Guide for Modern Parents

Alexis Dubief

4.7 on Amazon

5 HN comments

State and Revolution

Vladimir Ilich Lenin

4.7 on Amazon

5 HN comments

When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself

Steve Corbett , Brian Fikkert , et al.

4.6 on Amazon

5 HN comments

The Holographic Universe: The Revolutionary Theory of Reality

Michael Talbot

4.7 on Amazon

5 HN comments

Technological Slavery

Theodore Kaczynski

4.6 on Amazon

4 HN comments

HumanKind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time

Brad Aronson

4.6 on Amazon

4 HN comments

Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Life

Wayne W Dyer

4.6 on Amazon

4 HN comments

American Pastoral: American Trilogy (1) (Vintage International)

Philip Roth

4.2 on Amazon

4 HN comments

How to Live: Boxed Set of the Mindfulness Essentials Series

Thich Nhat Hanh and Jason DeAntonis

4.8 on Amazon

4 HN comments

Intellectuals and Race

Thomas Sowell

4.9 on Amazon

4 HN comments

Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

William Deresiewicz

4.5 on Amazon

4 HN comments

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

4.7 on Amazon

4 HN comments

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You (10th Anniversary Edition)

John C. Maxwell and Steven R. Covey

4.7 on Amazon

4 HN comments

Live Free Or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink

Sean Hannity

4.8 on Amazon

3 HN comments

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hodwik2onJune 7, 2016

I was inspired heavily by some chapters in the book "Intellectuals and Race" by Libertarian theorist Thomas Sowell.

You can hear him talk about it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ImP-gJvas

dgs_sgdonSep 11, 2020

The first book of his I read was Intellectuals and Race. Economic Facts and Fallacies is similar in terms of how the arguments are framed (though it touches on different subjects). I'm not sure if this is true of all his books but I would recommend looking through his complete works (there's a lot) and picking one on a topic you're particularly interested in :).

classicsnootonJune 13, 2018

Without taking any sides in this particular case, i highly recommend everyone read Intellectuals and Race[1] by Thomas Sowell. It is a concise, well researched, and largely damning look at how the same intellectual class that is leading the charge of globalized western morality (particularly in regards to enforced diversity, ethnic erasure, race based policies, and identity/victimhood politics) is cut from the very same cloth of their predecessors in the early 20th century (the Progressives) who championed Social Darwinism, racial segregation, and eugenics. He draws many parallels between the two groups, including but not limited to the perceived unanimity of thought amongst the "greatest, leading minds," the utter incomprehensibility by the status quo to even consider dissenting ideas, the ostensible moral superiority, and the faith based reliance upon unproven assertions. It is a brief and powerful read. Regardless of one's politics, Sowell forces the reader to honestly confront preconceived notions not with emotional exhortation, but rather hard facts and verifiable data.

[1]https://www.amazon.com/Intellectuals-Race-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0...

AlexCoventryonAug 4, 2020

I recently started to read his book Intellectuals and Race, but stopped because his putative citations did not support his claim that whites in America are at a disadvantage relative to Asian Americans w.r.t. mortgage applications and keeping their jobs during downturns.

I think he has interesting things to say, and is certainly a great interview subject, but I would approach his claims with caution.

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