Thinking, Fast and Slow (Penguin Press Non-Fiction)
‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ is an International Bestseller authored by the eminent economist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman. The book takes the readers on a fascinating journey by dissecting the mind and goes onto explain two distinct systems that affects our way of thinking and making choices. Of these two systems, one is intuitive, emotional yet fast while the other one is more logical and deliberative.
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.
In The Black Swan, Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. Here Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment is a book about a philosophy student who puts his ultimate theory to test by murdering a pawn worker. What follows is a tragic tale of suffering and redemption.
Summary of the Book
Crime and Punishment is set in the cold and bleak slums of pre-revolutionary St. Pertersburg. Fyodor Dostoevsky explores the theme of redemption through suffering with the help of a brilliant young man, Roskolnikov, and the crime he commits. He plans the perfect murder, and kills an abhorrent pawn worker, who is hated by everyone. Crime and Punishment is a powerful novel with a great story infused with philosophical, religious and social commentary. After committing the crime, Roskolnikov dwells into a lot of remorse and guilt.
Sapiens
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us?
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.