LessWrong Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation
Bruce EckerLessWrongBOOK SUMMARY: UNLOCKING THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN by Kaj_Sotala >"If the thesis in Unlocking the Emotional Brain (UtEB) is even half-right, it may be one of the most important books that I have read. " Read and discuss on LessWrong (6,327 words): https://t.co/uluWJUj1HU https://t.co/y6WCl1PF1P
Paperback, 2022
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The Money Illusion: Market Monetarism, the Great Recession, and the Future of Monetary Policy
Scott SumnerLessWrong>Rationalists like Yudkowsky update their beliefs about the world as new information comes in, whereas many non-rationalists try to make new information fit their preconceived ideas... – Scott Sumner (The Money Illusion, and Professor of Economics, George Mason University)
Hardcover, 2021
$38.00Member price:$36.10 + Free shipping5% off
The Jade Sorcerer: Illusion
Scott MasonLessWrong>Rationalists like Yudkowsky update their beliefs about the world as new information comes in, whereas many non-rationalists try to make new information fit their preconceived ideas... – Scott Sumner (The Money Illusion, and Professor of Economics, George Mason University)
Hardcover, 2012
$24.99Member price:$23.74 + Free shipping5% off
An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits
Uri AlonLessWrongBOOK REVIEW: DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGICAL CIRCUITS >"Alon’s book is the ideal counterargument to the idea that organisms are inherently human-opaque: it directly demonstrates the human-understandable structures which comprise real biological systems.." https://t.co/eYVGqpkH46 https://t.co/qRJ8tAm8Wn
Paperback, 2019
$79.99Member price:$75.99 + Free shipping5% off