Andrew McAfee ๐บ๐ฆ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Andrew Paul McAfee is a principal research scientist at MIT. Author of "The Geek Way" and More from Less;" coauthor of "The Second Machine Age;" proponent of human and planetary flourishing.

More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources--And What Happens Next
Andrew McAfee
One of the things I loved writing the book was that Adam Smith nailed all of these topics in 1776. And yet here we are almost 250 years later, and weโre arguing... He said you need actual competition, not cronyism, for the benefits of capitalism to accrue. Amen to that.
Paperback, 2020
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
Tim Harford
"The Data Detective," the new book by @TimHarford , is available in the US on Feb 2. It's for you IF you want to be think more clearly / develop better mental habits AND/OR if you like reading really, really good writing https://t.co/zK0WYMfQcb
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Felicity: Poems
Mary Oliver
I remember Mary Oliver saying that a big reason her poems were made up of small stanzas and short lines was that long dense blocks of text are intimidating and off-putting to the reader. https://t.co/4l0lFcpHuc
Paperback, 2017
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The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset That Drives Extraordinary Results
Andrew McAfee
I like the cover of my new book The Geek Way, which is now available for pre-order I was part of the initial wave of Rubik's Cube fervor, and it pleases me to no end that the Cube is still with us. https://t.co/v4B9xNoQCE https://t.co/CTaar92zZh
Hardcover, 2023
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Greatest Dilemma
Mustafa Suleyman
I blurbed it because I loved it. If you like serious thinking about technology, I predict you will too. My advice? Buy it now.
Hardcover, 2023
$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
Edward Slingerland
@pmarca The great book "Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization" by @slingerland20 is the best counter, but Huberman's case is a strong one IMO. And yep, "most published research findings are false. " is probably an understatement. https://t.co/ouw9mtwHzR
Paperback, 2022
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The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
Caroline Alexander
@AlecStapp I learned a ton from Caroline Alexander's "The War That Killed Achilles," which is about the Iliad: https://t.co/AwZd6gPXcz
Paperback, 2010
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The Iliad
Homer
@AlecStapp I learned a ton from Caroline Alexander's "The War That Killed Achilles," which is about the Iliad: https://t.co/AwZd6gPXcz
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
John Markoff
@bhalligan For more informed takes, see Annalee Saxenian's work: https://t.co/y871wDb2Ca And John Markoff's great book "What the Dormouse Said" about the earliest days of the PC industry in NoCal https://t.co/0QVf1tMJ6G
Paperback, 2006
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The Enigma of Reason
Hugo Mercier
Great advice. But, ร la @hugoreasoning and @dansperber , itโs also essential to stress test solo ideas by exposing them to group-level argumentation. Their great book โThe Enigma of Reasonโ explains why https://www.amazon.com/Enigma-Reason-Hugo-Mercier/dp/0674368304 https://twitter.com/AnnieDuke/status/1552860272439676929
Paperback, 2019
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