I think the key is that you have to read it when you are trying to collaborate with someone and you can't seem to communicate. In that moment, the guidance is a serious level up. If read outside of that context you'll say "well, yeah, sure, duh." In situ, it will help you better communicate (speaking and listening).
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#33Basic Economics from Thomas Sowell. It show me there is another world if you go outside socialism and that socialism has a lot of bad consequence that are never talked about
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#35Steven Pinker's "Better Angels of Our Nature" and the sequel "Enlightenment Now" briefly helped to restore my faith that humanity is not entirely an evil virus best gone the way of the dinosaurs. Don't get me wrong though, these books are not easy reads. In the first one Pinker does spend an inordinate amount of time cataloging humanity's centuries of evils against itself before he can make the case that we're doing…
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#39The book is very easy to read and quite enjoyable with everything that it includes. I definitely recommend to check it out.
[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenme...