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Book | 21 Lessons For The 21st Century | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_Rationality | 💡General Learning | Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is his third book and a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? Just as enlightening and insightful as his first two books.
Read if: you are interested about the current state of our global society and want to get perspectives on the different challenges that lie ahead in different areas of life, culture and the economy. | HistoryCulturePoliticsPsychology | Yuval Noah Harari | ||||
Book | A Short History Of Nearly Everything | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHistory_Context_EnvironmentHabitual LearningScience | 💡General Learning | In A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson confronts tries to understand and answer the oldest and biggest questions we have asked about the universe and about ourselves. From the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from being nothing at all to being us. This book is an extremely entertaining fascinating read and a treasure trove of knowledge. It is likely to teach you more than any single book you've ever read before.
Read if: you are a curious mind and want to learn about the world, history, science and a lot of other fascinating things. | NatureTechnologyBiologyPhysicsHistoryCulture | Bill Bryson | ||||
Book | Enlightenment Now | Popularity_TruthfindingHistory_Context_EnvironmentMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityPerspective_World Knowledge_Futurism | 💡General Learning | Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature - tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking - which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. This book helps understand why reason and science are so important in our modern day and why we need to protect it.
Read if: you want to get a sober and rational take on the progress we are making as humankind and the true value reason and science add to our society. | HistoryCulturePolitics | Steven Pinker | ||||
Book | Factfulness | Mental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityPopularity_Truthfinding | 💡General Learning | LogicCritical ThinkingMathPoliticsEconomics | Hans Rosling | |||||
Book | Homo Deus | Perspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHistory_Context_Environment | 💡General Learning | Homo Deus is Harari's second book and successor to Sapiens. It explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? In this book, Yuval Harari maps out the future and makes some chilling predictions.
Read if: you are interested in how we might further develop as a species, want to learn about what drives our evolution and are curious about the potential and dangers we might face as humans in the near future. | TechnologyNatureCulturePsychology | Yuval Noah Harari | ||||
Book | Influence - The Psychology Of Persuasion | Popularity_TruthfindingPsychology_Understanding OurselvesBusiness_Startups_Money_WealthBehavior_Decisions_Habits_Environment | 💡General Learning | In Influence, Robert Cialdini explains the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader - and how to defend yourself against them. It's a landmark book that changed how people think about what influences them and why. It is an enlightening read about psychology and the dynamics of everyday life which make you believe what you believe and do what you do (or prevent you from it.)
Read if: you want to understand more about your own psychology and become less susceptible to manipulation by other people, the media or your environments. | PsychologyBusiness | Robert B. Cialdini | ||||
Book | Sapiens | Perspective_World Knowledge_FuturismInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHistory_Context_Environment | 💡General Learning | This book tells a fascinating story about how Homo Sapiens succeeded in the battle for dominance and became the dominating species on earth. Sapiens explains in detail how modern humans gained the power they have today and how this is related to the breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural and Scientific Revolutions. Harari draws on insights from biology, anthropology, paleontology, and economics to tell you exactly where we come from and where we go.
Read if: you want to learn why we became the dominating species on Earth and which forces shape our communities and cultures, as well as if you are curious about what makes the world work the way it does. | HistoryNatureCulturePsychology | Yuval Noah Harari | ||||
Book | The Great Mental Models (vol. 2) | Habitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityBehavior_Decisions_Habits_Environment | 💡General Learning | LogicCritical ThinkingNatureBiologyPhysicsMath | Shane Parrish | |||||
Book | The Great Mental Models (vol. 1) | Habitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityBehavior_Decisions_Habits_Environment | 💡General Learning | LogicCritical Thinking | Shane Parrish | |||||
Book | The Happiness Hypothesis | Nuance on Personal GrowthHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | 💡General Learning | This book dives deep into different ancient wisdoms about happiness and compares them with modern science. It thoroughly investigates the workings of our minds and teaches you a lot about how to create more happiness in your life. Jonathan Haidt thoroughly goes through true and false myths about what makes us happy and what doesn't. It's a profound and insightful work that has helped me understand a lot about myself, how I think and why I sometimes feel what I feel.
Read if: you want to get a near-to-complete (scientific and philosophical) understanding of what makes us happy and what doesn't in almost all areas of life. | PsychologyPhilosophySelf-HelpSpirituality | Jonathan Haidt | ||||
Book | The Power Of Habit | Behavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentPsychology_Understanding Ourselves | 💡General Learning | In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engaging narratives, Duhigg presents a thorough new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation. This book has taught me a lot about habit formation and change.
Read if: you want to understand where your own habits come from and how you can effectively change them. | PsychologySelf-Help | Charles Duhigg | ||||
Book | The Sovereign Individual | Mental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityHistory_Context_EnvironmentPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismBusiness_Startups_Money_Wealth | 💡General Learning | PhilosophyTechnologyPsychologySelf-HelpBusinessCultureEconomics | James Dale Davidson | |||||
Book | VSI: Thinking & Reasoning | Popularity_TruthfindingPsychology_Understanding OurselvesMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | LogicCritical Thinking | Jonathan Evans | |||||
Book | 59 Seconds - Think A Little Change A Lot | Popularity_TruthfindingPsychology_Understanding OurselvesBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityHabitual Learning | 🔬Science | 59 Seconds is a self-help book that focuses on sober research and critically examines success and personal growth myths. Wiseman lays out convincing cases for why a lot of them are ineffective or even harmful. From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, and resilience to relationships, he outlines the research supporting this new science of rapid change, and describes how these techniques can be incorporated into everyday life.
Read if: you want a rational take on which self-help techniques really work and which don't, as well as a research-backed take on how you can make significant changes in your life. | LogicPsychologyCritical ThinkingSelf-Help | Richard Wiseman | ||||
Book | A Brief History Of Time | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismScience | 🔬Science | This book is a masterpiece of science writing by one of the greatest scientists of all time, Stephen Hawking. It explores topics like the beginning of time, time travel, infinity of the universe and much more. The book explains highly complex realities of physics in an accessible way and can change the way you look at the world forever. It is at times challenging, yet always interesting to read and will almost certainly put you in awe.
Read if: you are interested in how our universe works and are curious about the mysterious complexity of the reality we live in. | PhysicsNature | Stephen Hawking | ||||
Book | Antifragility | Mental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityScienceInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 🔬Science | PhilosophyMathLogicCritical Thinking | Nassim Taleb | |||||
Book | Fooled By Randomness | Psychology_Understanding OurselvesPopularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual LearningBusiness_Startups_Money_WealthScience | 🔬Science | Our brains are pattern-detecting machines. Although this is very important for survival and making sense of the world, it can also lead us to be blind to randomness and chance. We often see connections where, in reality, there aren't any. This can impair our ability to make better decisions and deal with uncertainty. Controversial best-selling author Nassim Taleb explores the phenomenon of randomness and helps you to better understand underlying connections in general. Highly fascinating!
Read if: you want to understand the role of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t fully understand. | LogicCritical ThinkingPsychologyMath | Nassim Taleb | ||||
Book | Predictably Irrational | Popularity_TruthfindingPsychology_Understanding OurselvesMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityHabitual Learning | 🔬Science | We make astonishingly simple mistakes every day, and we make the same "types" of mistakes, Ariely discovers. We consistently overpay, underestimate, and procrastinate. We fail to understand the profound effects of our emotions on what we want, and we overvalue what we already own. Yet these misguided behaviors are neither random nor senseless. They're systematic and predictable--making us "predictably" irrational.
Read if: you want to learn about the peculiarities of human behavior and gain insight into the biases that shape our actions on a daily basis. | PsychologySelf-HelpCritical Thinking | Dan Ariely | ||||
Book | Scale | SciencePerspective_World Knowledge_Futurism | 🔬Science | MathNatureTechnologyBiologyCultureEconomics | Geoffrey West | |||||
Book | Six Easy Pieces | ScienceInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHabitual Learning | 🔬Science | PhysicsLogicNature | Richard Feynman | |||||
Book | Six Not-So-Easy Pieces | Habitual LearningScienceInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 🔬Science | NatureLogicPhysics | Richard Feynman | |||||
Book | Thinking Fast And Slow | Behavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_Rationality | 🔬Science | This book teaches you the differences between fast, intuitive thinking and slow, rational thinking. It reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical), and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. Thinking, Fast and Slow is easily one of the most fascinating reads you will ever stumble upon. If you are remotely interested in human behavior, this milestone book is a must-read.
Read if: you want to learn how to take better decisions and think more critically without being fooled so easily. | PsychologyCritical ThinkingSelf-Help | Daniel Kahnemann | ||||
Book | 10% Happier | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcPsychology_Understanding OurselvesBehavior_Decisions_Habits_Environment | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Dan Harris offers an easy-to-read and humorous introduction to how we can tame the voice in our head that is responsible for a lot of anxiety, worry and dissatisfaction: meditation. 10% Happier leads you from the fringes of neuroscience to the funnier sides of America's spiritual scene. It is a great book on meditation, especially helpful for beginners.
Read if: you want to begin with or are simply curious about the value of meditation. | PsychologyConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpirituality | Dan Harris | ||||
Book | 12 Rules For Life | Character_Personality_etcBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPsychology_Understanding OurselvesHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | In 12 Rules for Life controversial psychologist and world-famous intellectual Jordan Peterson writes about discipline, freedom, adventure, and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules. Peterson's perspective on life is challenging, insightful, at times controversial - but always deep and inspiring. This book is among the most fascinating and thought-provoking reads I have ever come across.
Read if: you want to question your understanding of what governs the life you life and are seeking to grow as a self-determined individual. | PhilosophyPsychologySelf-HelpRelationships | Jordan B. Peterson | ||||
Book | Atomic Habits | Behavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | A book that is full of real, practical, and actionable advice you can take to create more good habits and let go of the bad ones over the long term. Atomic Habits expands on Duhigg's The Power of Habit and drills down deeply into implementation and action. It is profoundly inspiring and extremely relatable.
Read if: you want to make a change in your life. Any change. This will help a lot. | PsychologySelf-Help | James Clear | ||||
Book | Conscious | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | In Conscious, Annaka Harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness. Where does it reside, and what gives rise to it? Could it be an illusion, or a universal property of all matter? Fascinating read about the greatest puzzle in the universe that can help you to look at yourself and the people (and everything else) around you differently.
Read if: you are curious about consciousness, why we have subjective experience and where that comes from (or not). | PhilosophyLogicBiologyCritical ThinkingConsciousness | Annaka Harris | ||||
Book | Courage | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcMindset_Attitude_MotivationStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Osho was a highly controversial spiritual leader and commentator. In this book, he writes about a deep and profound idea - namely, that we are afraid of the unknown. We are scared of changes in life and of everything we can't predict. But it's exactly this unknown that bears the potential for growth and development. If you don't seek the unknown, if you cling to what is familiar, you will stand still. Osho makes a convincing case for why we need to embrace the unknown.
Read if: you want to become more comfortable with uncertainty and dare to take more risks. | PhilosophySelf-HelpSpiritualityConsciousness | Osho | ||||
Book | Dao De Jing | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophySpiritualityConsciousness | Laozi | |||||
Book | Daring Greatly | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcPsychology_Understanding OurselvesHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Daring Greatly is a guide towards being more vulnerable in a world where everybody wants to appear strong and confident. The book will help you understand how important vulnerability really is in your own life and why you shy away from it. Brené Brown is a very empathetic researcher and author who understands what people like you and me struggle with emotionally. After reading this book, I have begun to be more vulnerable in my own life which created tremendous value for me.
Read if: you want to connect deeper with the people you care about and feel less uncertain showing your true self. | PsychologySelf-HelpRelationshipsSpirituality | Brené Brown | ||||
Book | Direct Truth | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophyConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpirituality | Kapil Gupta | |||||
Book | Ego Is The Enemy | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Ryan Holiday explains in a very convincing way how your belief that the world revolves around you is detrimental to living a truly great life. In the tradition of Stoic philosophy, he shows how your own ego is the main thing holding you back. The ego often comes in disguise and infiltrates your thinking, emotions, and actions in sneaky ways. Ego is the Enemy is a very practical guide to dealing with your ego and not letting it orchestrate your life more than necessary.
Read if: you want to free yourself from a focus on ego and act more deliberately and effectively. | Self-HelpConsciousnessPhilosophyPsychology | Ryan Holiday | ||||
Book | Everything Is Fucked | Popularity_TruthfindingPsychology_Understanding OurselvesCharacter_Personality_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | The follow-up book to "The Subtle Art" presents a convincing case for why understanding and working on your own values is crucial to living a good life. It's an entertaining read sprinkled with insights and ideas that are interesting to contemplate. I would recommend you read this after having read "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" as an add-on with a few additional ideas.
Read if: you want to connect to different ideas about value and a meaningful life as a starting point to contemplate further. | PhilosophySelf-HelpCulturePsychology | Mark Manson | ||||
Book | Figuring | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries - beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement. Figuring asks big questions and beautifully combines science with art.
Read if: you like to be taken to places of deep contemplation about what matters in life and how to improve our understanding of the world. Read especially if you like rather odd writing and not-so-trivial narration. | PsychologyCritical ThinkingCulture | Maria Popova | ||||
Book | Great Thinkers | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHistory_Context_EnvironmentHabitual LearningStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | This book is an overview of many of the most influential thinkers when it comes to culture, society and science. Great Thinkers offers a wonderful introduction to many concepts that have shaped and are still shaping our world today. You can find inspiring and thought-provoking ideas here or just insightful background information that will help you form a more dense model of your world and yourself.
Read if: you are interested in philosophy and like thinking about culture, society, morality, ethics and meaning. | PhilosophyLogicPsychologyCritical ThinkingHistoryCulture | The School Of Life | ||||
Book | Happiness | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyMindset_Attitude_Motivation | ☯️Philosophy & Life | This is a very practical guide towards more happiness in life written by one of the most insightful Buddhist Zen masters. One does not have to be a Buddhist to find the practices around thinking, breathing, resting, and everyday activities valuable for one's own life.
Read if: you want to get pieces of inspiration about how to be happier in everyday life. | PhilosophySpiritualityConsciousness | Thich Nhat Hanh | ||||
Book | Happy | Nuance on Personal GrowthHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Illusionist and stage performer Derren Brown gives a surprisingly approachable overview of past philosophies and shows how you can use them in your own life. Happy convincingly explains while much of the self-help positivity stuff is actually harmful and instead lays out a thorough map of how to navigate one's life, largely based on principles of Stoic philosophy. This book is one of my all-time favorites!
Read if: you want to really create a good life and not be fooled by folly self-help myths and half-truths. | PhilosophyPsychologyConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpirituality | Derren Brown | ||||
Book | How To Stop Worrying And Start Living | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcMindset_Attitude_Motivation | ☯️Philosophy & Life | How To Stop Worrying And Start Living is a classic in self-help literature - and one of the few that is really packed with practical wisdom. In a very accessible and easy-to-read way, Dale Carnegie explains why we are worrying way too much and demonstrates how we can get rid of unnecessary worries and pessimism and start seizing more opportunities.
Read if: you want to stop worrying so much and see and seize more opportunities in your life. | Self-HelpPsychology | Dale Carnegie | ||||
Book | Man's Search For Meaning | Nuance on Personal GrowthHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Sharing his experiences as a prisoner and survivor of several concentration camps, Frankl makes a very compelling case for that life is nothing but a quest for meaning and that the great task for everyone is to find meaning in their life. However, he also argues that meaning is to be defined individually and that it can be found in a lot more than you would usually tend to think.
Read if: you want to understand more about what really drives humans. | PhilosophyPsychologySelf-HelpSpirituality | Viktor E. Frankl | ||||
Book | Managing Oneself | Mindset_Attitude_MotivationBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentHabitual LearningBusiness_Startups_Money_Wealth | ☯️Philosophy & Life | This book is a quick read of only one to two hours that offers simple yet powerful tactics to get to know yourself better and, based on that, find out which professional environments you would most likely strive in. Peter Drucker was one of the most popular and, more importantly, most insightful management "gurus" and he teaches you how to become your own CEO.
Read if: you want to understand how to identify your strengths and weaknesses and orchestrate your own career. | Self-HelpBusiness | Peter F. Drucker | ||||
Book | Meditations | Character_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Marcus Aurelius' Meditations is the last great written account from the era of the Stoics. Marcus was a powerful Roman emperor who studied Stoicism and focused extremely on self-reflection and self-awareness. This book is a collection of self-dialogues which reveal his worldview and internal struggles as a powerful leader and human. His writings will inevitably make you question your thoughts and behaviors and maybe even trigger some behavior change.
Read if: you want to develop a calmer, more content nature in the midst of a hectic world. | PhilosophySelf-HelpPsychologySpiritualityConsciousness | Marcus Aurelius | ||||
Book | Principles | Popularity_TruthfindingCharacter_Personality_etcMindset_Attitude_MotivationPsychology_Understanding OurselvesMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHabitual LearningBusiness_Startups_Money_Wealth | ☯️Philosophy & Life | This book is part memoir, part how-to guide. As one of the most successful investment managers of all time, Ray Dalio provides deep insights into the principles behind his decision making in both professional and personal life. 'Principles' is an instruction manual for making better decisions, as well as for becoming more reflective, humble and self-aware. The depth of insights and learnings shared in this book is extremely valuable for basically everyone.
Read if: you want to systematically make better decisions and learn how to approach the challenges in your life effectively. | Self-HelpBusinessPsychology | Ray Dalio | ||||
Book | Siddharta | Character_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Siddharta is the story of a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege to seek spiritual fulfillment. Hesse synthesizes disparate philosophies - Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism - into a unique vision of life as expressed through one man's search for meaning. It is as much a criticism of religious Buddhism as it is an introduction to deeper ideas of life.
Read if: you want to understand what really matters in life and how to discern the meaningful from the meaningless. | PhilosophyConsciousnessSpirituality | Hermann Hesse | ||||
Book | Skin In The Game | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPopularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual LearningBusiness_Startups_Money_Wealth | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophyMathLogicPsychologyCritical Thinking | Nassim Taleb | |||||
Book | Sparks — 61 Insights About Life, Love, Truth and Happiness | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcMindset_Attitude_Motivation | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophyPsychologyConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpiritualityRelationships | Philipp Hagspiel | |||||
Book | Start With Why | Character_Personality_etcBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentBusiness_Startups_Money_Wealth | ☯️Philosophy & Life | In Start With Why, Simon Sinek convincingly describes what it takes to inspire others in both a business and personal setting. The book is an easy read that explains why people generally respond more or less well to a certain way of messaging and communication. It has helped me personally to more effectively communicate in spoken and written form.
Read if: you want to understand how people get inspired in different areas of life and how you can communicate more convincingly in both your job and your personal life. | PsychologyBusinessCultureRelationships | Simon Sinek | ||||
Book | Sum - Forty Tales From The Afterlives | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Sum tells forty short stories about potential afterlives - one weirder, funnier and more creative than the other. While the book is easy to read and highly entertaining, it makes us appreciate how life is right now a lot more in a subtle way. By painting a picture of how life could look like in another reality, we become more aware of how good our reality actually is. This book is thought-provoking and inspiring like almost no other book I've read.
Read if: you want to gain a completely new perspective on life that helps you appreciate the world we live in even more. | PhilosophySpirituality | David Eagleman | ||||
Book | Tao Te Ching | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | The Tao Te Ching is a deeply esoteric, yet very practical book written probably in the sixth century BCE by Lao Tzu, a mystical philosopher of ancient China. No other book except the Bible has been translated into English more often. The Tao Te Ching is the fundamental text for philosophical and religious Taoism and holds deeply inspirational thoughts and ideas on nature, one's state of being and how to life a good and content life.
Read if: you are interested in fundamental life wisdom and the art of going with the flow. | PhilosophyConsciousnessSpirituality | Lao Tzu | ||||
Book | The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcPsychology_Understanding OurselvesBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcBusiness_Startups_Money_Wealth | ☯️Philosophy & Life | In this book you will find a holistic, integrated, principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems. It's one of the most influential and best works ever written on how to profoundly develop yourself . I have personally been inspired tremendously by this book in how I prioritize in my life and what I focus on.
Read if: you want to become the real pilot of your own life and act with more intention and direction. | Self-HelpPsychologySpiritualityRelationships | Stephen R. Covey | ||||
Book | The Alchemist | Nuance on Personal GrowthHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophyConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpirituality | Paulo Coelho | |||||
Book | The Almanack of Naval Ravikant | Popularity_TruthfindingHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophyLogicPsychologyCritical ThinkingSelf-HelpBusinessCulture | Naval Ravikant | |||||
Book | The Art Of Loving | Character_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcPsychology_Understanding Ourselves | ☯️Philosophy & Life | In The Art of Loving Erich Fromm explores love in all of its forms, from romantic love to self-love, and sheds light on how we tend to carry misguided concepts and expectations about what love really is (not). This landmark book will help you see your relationships to yourself and the ones you care about in a completely new light and will inspire you to improve them drastically.
Read if: you want to build better relationships. I recommend this book to everyone, regardless of their interests. | PhilosophyPsychologySelf-HelpRelationships | Erich Fromm | ||||
Book | The Little Book Of Stoicism | Stoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophySelf-Help | Jonas Salzgeber | |||||
Book | The Obstacle Is The Way | Mindset_Attitude_MotivationStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | This book draws on the philosophy of the Stoics to guide you in every situation, showing that what blocks our path actually opens one that is new and better. Ryan Holiday convincingly shows how challenges, obstacles, and even adversity can be used to propel you even more forward. The book motivates you to take consistent action and put in the effort.
Read if: you want to change your perspective on obstacles and become more pro-active in overcoming them. | Self-HelpPhilosophyPsychology | Ryan Holiday | ||||
Book | The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, And Joy | Stoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophySpiritualityConsciousness | John Brehm | |||||
Book | The Power Of Now | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyMindset_Attitude_Motivation | ☯️Philosophy & Life | You always live your life in the Now, both past and present are nothing but made up concepts. Everything that happened in the past and everything that will happen in the future exists only in the present moment. The Power of Now convincingly show that there is nothing but experience in the presence, and that everything else is your thoughts distracting you.
Read if: you want to experience more fulfillment and contentment in the present moment and worry less. | PhilosophyPsychologyConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpirituality | Eckhart Tolle | ||||
Book | The Prophet | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays by the Lebanese-American artist, poet and writer Kahlil Gibran in which he writes about love, children, giving, freedom, laws, pain, self-knowledge, beaut, and many more deep and fundamental topics. This book is a quick read, yet it's deeply philosophical and inspirational.
Read if: you want to feed your mind and heart with beautiful ideas on life that can give you comfort. | PhilosophySpiritualityConsciousness | Khalil Gibran | ||||
Book | The Road Less Traveled | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Scott Pecks's The Road Less Traveled goes through some of the basic concepts of psychological theory (e.g. attachment, individuation, boundaries, delayed gratification) but does so through the lens of spiritual growth. It offers interesting and helpful perspectives on love and partnership as well as on fundamental modes of being. The later chapters are too religious for my taste, but the first half of the book carry tremendous value in my opinion.
Read if: you want to expand your view on love, psychology and the dynamics between individuals and if you are interested in psychology and psychotherapy. | PhilosophyConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpiritualityRelationships | Scott Peck | ||||
Book | The Story Of Philosophy | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHabitual LearningHistory_Context_Environment | ☯️Philosophy & Life | This book is a detailed and thorough account of the lives and ideas of the greatest philosophers, from Plato and Aristotle, to Kant and Nietzsche. The Story of Philosophy is a superb overview of how ideas and thoughts developed in the Western World that still heavily influence our lives today.
Read if: you are interested in the development of philosophical ideas and want to broaden your horizon of perspectives. | HistoryPhilosophy | Will Durant | ||||
Book | The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck | Popularity_TruthfindingNuance on Personal GrowthPsychology_Understanding OurselvesMindset_Attitude_MotivationBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | "The Subtle Art" is one of the most sold books in the past decade. It is not only entertaining because of its unusual style and language, it is also enlightening in its no bullshit approach to life. Mark Manson gives great advice on how to center your life around what is really meaningful and on how to cut the rest. I have personally been influenced a lot by Mark's books and articles and continue to find his take on life and his way of communicating it deeply inspirational.
Read if: you want to develop a strong mindset of acceptance and not being stressed out so often. | PhilosophySelf-HelpCulturePsychology | Mark Manson | ||||
Book | The Voice Of Knowledge | Nuance on Personal GrowthMindset_Attitude_MotivationBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Voice of Knowledge guides you towards going beyond identification with your ego, mind and beliefs. Miguel Ruiz describes how we all live out our own narratives in a very accessible way and inspires you to claim responsibility for (re-)writing your own story. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and will come back to it again in the future.
Read if: you want to learn about the basic fundamentals of how we are constructing the story of our lives and how we can let go of the things holding us back from the viewpoint of an ancient spiritual tradition. | PhilosophyConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpirituality | Don Miguel Ruiz | ||||
Book | To Have Or To Be | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcPsychology_Understanding Ourselves | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Erich Fromm's thesis is that two modes of existence compete within each individual: the having mode and the being mode. To Have or To Be offers inspiring perspectives on life which analyze our cultural and societal problems with extreme sharpness. I've read this book twice and will re-read it again at some point because it has so much to teach about a more fulfilling mode of living your life.
Read if: you have at least a little interest in philosophy and want to understand how your mode of thinking, talking, and acting shapes the quality of your life and how our society could change for the better. | PhilosophyPsychologySelf-HelpCultureSpiritualityRelationships | Erich Fromm | ||||
Book | Waking Up | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. Sam Harris offers profound insights into the human mind and into the practice of training it to increase wellbeing in our lives. This book is full of interesting and inspiring views on life and on being that can really help you improve your life's quality tremendously.
Read if: you are interested in spirituality that is grounded in science and psychology and not in superstition and religion. | PhilosophyCritical ThinkingConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpirituality | Sam Harris | ||||
Book | You - The 4 Pillars of Self-Determination | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcMindset_Attitude_MotivationBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophyPsychologySelf-Help | Philipp Hagspiel | |||||
Book | Zhuangzi | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | — description here — | PhilosophyConsciousnessSpirituality | Zhuang Zhou | ||||
Blog | a16z Future | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismBusiness_Startups_Money_Wealth | 💡General Learning | Essays | ||||||
Blog | Benjamin Hardy | Behavior_Decisions_Habits_Environment | 💡General Learning | Essays | Benjamin Hardy | |||||
Blog | Complexity Condensed | Popularity_TruthfindingHabitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Essays | — description here — | PhilosophyTechnologyBiologyPsychologyPhysicsBusinessHistoryPoliticsCultureEconomics | Louis Pereira | |||
Blog | Farnam Street | Popularity_TruthfindingHabitual LearningMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityBehavior_Decisions_Habits_Environment | 💡General Learning | Essays | LogicPsychologyCritical ThinkingBusiness | Shane Parrish | ||||
Blog | Freakonomics | Perspective_World Knowledge_FuturismInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Essays | — description here — | |||||
Blog | Marginal Revolution | Popularity_TruthfindingInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Essays | — description here — | CulturePoliticsEconomicsCritical Thinking | Tyler Cowen | |||
Blog | Paul Graham | Popularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_Futurism | 💡General Learning | Essays | Self-HelpCultureTechnologyBusinessPhilosophyPsychology | Paul Graham | ||||
Blog | philhagspiel | Nuance on Personal GrowthPopularity_TruthfindingCharacter_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | 💡General Learning | Essays | PhilosophyLogicPsychologyCritical ThinkingSelf-HelpBusinessCulture | Philipp Hagspiel | ||||
Blog | Ribbonfarm | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Essays | — description here — | CultureTechnologyPhilosophyHistory | ||||
Blog | Seth Godin | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Essays | — description here — | PsychologySelf-HelpBusinessCultureEconomics | ||||
Blog | Venture Hacks | Business_Startups_Money_Wealth | 💡General Learning | Essays | — description here — | BusinessCritical Thinking | Naval Ravikant | |||
Blog | Wait But Why | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcHabitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_Futurism | 💡General Learning | Essays | — description here — | Tim Urban | ||||
Blog | Untools.co | Mental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityHabitual LearningBusiness_Startups_Money_Wealth | 💡General Learning | App | ||||||
Blog | Changing Minds | Popularity_TruthfindingInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | — description here — | PsychologyCritical ThinkingLogicSelf-Help | |||||
Blog | Edge.org | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual LearningScienceMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityPopularity_Truthfinding | 💡General Learning | NaturePhilosophySpaceTechnologyLogicBiologyPsychologyCritical ThinkingPhysicsPoliticsCultureEconomics | ||||||
Blog | More To That | Habitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | 💡General Learning | — description here — | ||||||
Blog | The Roots of Progress | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHistory_Context_EnvironmentPerspective_World Knowledge_Futurism | 💡General Learning | — description here — | ||||||
Blog | The Systems Thinker | Popularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_Rationality | 💡General Learning | — description here — | ||||||
Blog | Lesswrong | Mental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityScienceInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual Learning | 🔬Science | Essays | MathLogicNatureTechnologyBiologyCritical ThinkingPhysics | |||||
Blog | Brainpickings | Nuance on Personal GrowthInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | Maria Popova | |||||
Blog | Derek Sivers | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | Derek Sivers | |||||
Blog | James Clear | Behavior_Decisions_Habits_Environment | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | — description here — | James Clear | ||||
Blog | Mark Manson | Popularity_TruthfindingNuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | — description here — | Mark Manson | ||||
Blog | Melting Asphalt | Popularity_Truthfinding | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | — description here — | |||||
Blog | The School Of Life: Eastern Philosophy | Nuance on Personal GrowthStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | — description here — | PhilosophyConsciousnessSelf-HelpRelationshipsSpirituality | ||||
Blog | Vizi Andrei | Popularity_TruthfindingCharacter_Personality_etcNuance on Personal Growth | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | Vizi Andrei | |||||
Blog | Zenhabits | Nuance on Personal GrowthHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | — description here — | PhilosophySelf-HelpConsciousnessRelationships | Leo Babauta | |||
Article | Second Order Thinking | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Essays | LogicCritical ThinkingBusiness | Shane Parrish | ||||
Article | Delayed Return Environments | Nuance on Personal Growth | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | BiologyPsychologySelf-Help | James Clear | ||||
Article | The Tail End | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Essays | PhilosophyPsychologySelf-Help | Tim Urban | ||||
Podcast | Akimbo | Character_Personality_etcBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentHistory_Context_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Talk / Lecture | Akimbo's a podcast about our culture and about how we can change it. About seeing what's happening and choosing to do something. It's an interesting source of inspiration and different perspectives on issues ranging from entrepreneurship to solving problems in general or becoming a better communicator. | CultureBusiness | Seth Godin | |||
Podcast | a16z | Business_Startups_Money_Wealth | 💡General Learning | Interview | The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future -- especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. Easily one of the most valuable resources to learn about technology and how it impacts markets, organizations and culture. | BusinessTechnologyCritical ThinkingCulture | ||||
Podcast | Conversations With Tyler | Popularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Interview | On this show, esteemed economist Tyler Cowen engages with today’s most underrated thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. Super insightful interviews with unusual questions and a brilliant host. | CulturePoliticsPsychologyCritical ThinkingBusinessHistoryPhilosophy | Tyler Cowen | |||
Podcast | Impact Theory | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcMindset_Attitude_MotivationInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Interview | Impact Theory is a mindset-focused interview show that will inspire people to act on their potential. It offers insights about how the mind works, about habits and routines as well as about success principles. | Self-HelpPsychologyCultureBusiness | Tom Bilyeu | |||
Podcast | Masters of Scale | Business_Startups_Money_Wealth | 💡General Learning | Interview | Masters of Scale is an original podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn turned investor. In each episode, Reid shows how companies grow from zero to a gazillion, testing his theories with legendary leaders. Great podcast to learn about the principles of successful businesses and a great source of insights regarding management, culture and creating value. | BusinessTechnologyPsychology | Reid Hoffman | |||
Podcast | On Being | Character_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcPsychology_Understanding Ourselves | 💡General Learning | Interview | This podcast goes deep and offers profound conversations about the immensity of life, trying to answer questions like what it means to be human and how we want to live our lives. | CulturePhilosophySpiritualitySelf-Help | Krista Tippett | |||
Podcast | The Ezra Klein Show | History_Context_EnvironmentPerspective_World Knowledge_Futurism | 💡General Learning | Interview | The Ezra Klein Show gives you a chance to get inside the heads of the newsmakers and power players in politics and media. This show is a great source of insights and perspectives on what creates culture and how to think about the world we live in. | PoliticsCulturePsychology | Ezra Klein | |||
Podcast | The Joe Rogan Experience | Character_Personality_etcInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHabitual LearningHistory_Context_EnvironmentPerspective_World Knowledge_Futurism | 💡General Learning | Interview | Long-form conversations with some the most interesting people on the planet. Topics range from psychedelics and consciousness to health, quantum physics and politics. This is the most successful podcast of all time. | CultureConsciousnessPhilosophyTechnologyPolitics | Joe Rogan | |||
Podcast | The Knowledge Project | Popularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Interview | This podcast examines how we can make better decisions in life and what usually keeps us from doing exactly that. Great guests from different fields share their insights. | Critical ThinkingSelf-HelpPsychologyLogicPhilosophy | Shane Parrish | |||
Podcast | The Portal | Popularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Interview | This show dives deep into controversial and complex topics around culture, science and philosophy. The long-form conversations are of high quality and very densely packed with challenging ideas about life and the world we live in. Eric Weinstein is extremely intelligent which often results in very complex, yet intriguing perspectives. | CultureCritical ThinkingPhilosophyPsychology | Eric Weinstein | |||
Podcast | The Prof G Show | Business_Startups_Money_Wealth | 💡General Learning | Interview | Best-selling author, professor and entrepreneur Scott Galloway answers questions on who’s winning and losing in our economy, and how you can get ahead. Other professors, practitioners, and entrepreneurs are being interviewed to contribute ideas, alternate opinions, and insights to help you thrive at work. | BusinessPoliticsCulturePsychologyCritical Thinking | Scott Galloway | |||
Podcast | The TED Interview | Nuance on Personal GrowthInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Interview | Head of TED Chris Anderson speaks with some of the world’s most interesting people to dig into the provocative and powerful ideas of our time. | CulturePsychologyCritical ThinkingPhilosophySelf-Help | Chris Anderson | |||
Podcast | The Tim Ferriss Show | Happiness_Contentment_Peace_etcMindset_Attitude_MotivationInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentHabitual LearningBusiness_Startups_Money_Wealth | 💡General Learning | Interview | Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek. In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.). | Self-HelpBusinessPsychologyCritical ThinkingCulture | Tim Ferriss | |||
Podcast | HBR Ideacast | Business_Startups_Money_WealthInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Mixed Presentation | A weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management. Topics range from leadership styles and process optimization to innovative thinking and highly relevant cultural issues. | BusinessCultureSelf-HelpPsychology | ||||
Podcast | Stuff You Should Know | History_Context_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismTravel Places Cultures & PeopleHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Mixed Presentation | This show navigates through almost all imaginable topics - from champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising and chaos theory to LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks. You will learn a ton here. | HistoryCulturePoliticsPhysicsPsychologyCritical ThinkingTechnologyNaturePhilosophy | ||||
Podcast | You Are Not So Smart | Popularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityHabitual LearningBehavior_Decisions_Habits_Environment | 💡General Learning | Mixed Presentation | You Are Not So Smart is a show that explores self delusion. Confirmation bias and self-enhancing fallacies are at the center - extremely educational show that will teach you about psychological phenomena and how they impact all of our decision making. | PsychologyCritical ThinkingLogic | David McRaney | |||
Podcast | Your Undivided Attention | Popularity_TruthfindingBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentPerspective_World Knowledge_Futurism | 💡General Learning | Mixed Presentation | Technology companies are locked in an arms race to seize your attention, and that race is tearing apart our shared social fabric. In this podcast hosts Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin expose the hidden designs that have the power to hijack our attention, manipulate our choices and destabilize our real world communities. They’ll explore what it means to become sophisticated about human nature, by interviewing hypnotists, magicians, experts on the dynamics of cults and election hacking and the powers of persuasion. | PsychologyTechnologyCritical Thinking | Tristan Harris | |||
Podcast | 99% Invisible | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Report | The goal of this show is to expose the unseen and overlooked aspects of design, architecture, and activity in the world. Each episode generally focuses on a single topic or specific example of design, often including interviews with architects, experts, or people who have influenced or been influenced by a given urban, industrial, graphic or other design. | HistoryCultureTechnology | ||||
Podcast | Invisibilia | Psychology_Understanding OurselvesSciencePopularity_Truthfinding | 💡General Learning | Report | Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently. | PsychologyCultureCritical ThinkingPhilosophy | ||||
Podcast | Radiolab | History_Context_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Report | Through stories, interviews, and thought experiments, each hour-long episode usually deals with a specific topic and investigates it from several different angles. Sound design, rapid dialog edits and sound effects are used to build a soundscape constructing an expository conversation, and usually feature brief, seemingly unscripted tangents. Extremely insightful show, often leading to places you would have never gotten to otherwise. | CulturePhysicsTechnologyNatureHistoryPoliticsPhilosophy | ||||
Podcast | Stuff To Blow Your Mind | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Report | Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick lead you on a scientific journey to the very limits of human understanding. “Stuff to Blow Your Mind” examines neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and the technological underpinnings of our transhuman future. | NatureHistoryPsychologyBiologyCultureTechnology | ||||
Podcast | Hardcore History | History_Context_EnvironmentPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Story | — description here — | HistoryPoliticsCulture | Dan Carlin | |||
Podcast | Lex Fridman Podcast | Character_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcPopularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityScienceHistory_Context_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHabitual Learning | 🔬Science | Interview | While being an A.I. researcher at MIT, Lex Fridmann dives deep into surrounding topics. This podcast is a treasure trove of insightful conversations around things that matter today and will likely matter a lot in the future. | TechnologyPhilosophyMathPhysicsLogicCritical Thinking | Lex Fridman | |||
Podcast | Mindscape | Habitual LearningPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcScience | 🔬Science | Interview | Deep conversations about mind-bending yet fundamental topics. If you like being challenged intellectually and learning about the fundamental building blocks of reality, this one is for you. | SpaceLogicCritical ThinkingPhilosophyPhysicsMath | Sean Carroll | |||
Podcast | Startalk | Perspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual LearningScience | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | One of the most famous science communicators, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, talks with guests about the fundamentals of astrophysics in a way most people can understand. This show is humorous, insightful and intellectually challenging. | SpaceTechnologyPhysicsLogicNature | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | |||
Podcast | Hidden Brain | Habitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentPsychology_Understanding OurselvesScience | 🔬Science | Report | The podcast combines scientific insights with entertaining storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and shape our choices. | PsychologyCritical Thinking | ||||
Podcast | Science Weekly | Habitual LearningPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcScience | 🔬Science | Report | Brief episodes about fascinating and insightful topics and discoveries from all realms of science. | NaturePhysicsBiologyTechnologyMathSpacePsychologyCritical Thinking | ||||
Podcast | Philosophize This! | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHabitual Learning | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Talk / Lecture | For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. Amazing insights into the work of some of the greatest thinkers that have ever lived. | Philosophy | Stephen West | |||
Podcast | The Jordan B Peterson Podcast | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Talk / Lecture | This podcast is a collection of interviews, talks and lectures about how we are shaped as individuals and within culture values, religion, society, media and beyond. Sometimes controversial, always interesting. | PhilosophySelf-HelpSpiritualityCulturePoliticsHistory | Jordan Peterson | |||
Podcast | Jolly Swagman Podcast | Popularity_TruthfindingInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual Learning | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Interview | — description here — | Self-HelpPhilosophyPsychologyCritical ThinkingCulture | Joe Walker | |||
Podcast | Modern Wisdom | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcPsychology_Understanding OurselvesPopularity_TruthfindingMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHabitual Learning | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Interview | PhilosophyTechnologyPsychologyCritical ThinkingConsciousnessSelf-HelpCulture | Christ Williamson | ||||
Podcast | North Star Podcast | Behavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentHistory_Context_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHabitual Learning | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Interview | — description here — | PhilosophyCritical ThinkingSelf-HelpBusinessCulture | David Perell | |||
Podcast | On Purpose With Jay Shetty | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Interview | Impact Theory is a mindset-focused interview show that will inspire people to act on their potential. It offers insights about how the mind works, about habits and routines as well as about success principles. | PsychologySelf-HelpPhilosophySpiritualityConsciousness | Jay Shetty | |||
Podcast | Philosophy For Our Times | Stoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHabitual LearningMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_Rationality | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Interview | Philosophy for our Times is a weekly podcast bringing you the world’s leading thinkers on today’s biggest ideas, from the mysteries of consciousness and the problems in particle physics, to the future of feminism and the philosophy behind post-truth. Listen to Nobel prize-winning scientists and philosophers put their heads together with best-selling authors and emerging thinkers to confront the burning issues and debate the best ways forward. | Philosophy | ||||
Podcast | Unlocking Us | Nuance on Personal GrowthCharacter_Personality_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Interview | Researcher and author Brené Brown unpacks and explores the ideas, stories, experiences, books, films, and music that reflect the universal experiences of being human, from the bravest moments to the most brokenhearted. | RelationshipsSelf-HelpPsychology | Brené Brown | |||
Podcast | Where Should We Begin? | Nuance on Personal GrowthHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcPsychology_Understanding Ourselves | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Mixed Presentation | Step into iconic couples therapist Esther Perel's office and listen as real couples anonymously bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their story. From infidelity, to sexlessness, to loss, it's a space for people to be heard and understood. | RelationshipsPsychologySelf-Help | Esther Perel | |||
Podcast | The Daily Stoic | Stoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcNuance on Personal GrowthBehavior_Decisions_Habits_Environment | ☯️Philosophy & Life | PhilosophyPsychologySelf-HelpCulturePeopleSpirituality | Ryan Holiday | |||||
YouTube Channel | CGP Grey | Habitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Voice Over Animation | Humorous animations diving into specific problems, paradoxes, topics, life concepts and logic problems from a vast variety of areas. Videos are sometimes very weird - but always entertaining and insightful. | LogicPoliticsTechnologyPhilosophyHistory | ||||
YouTube Channel | Kurzgesagt | Habitual LearningStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityPsychology_Understanding Ourselves | 💡General Learning | Voice Over Animation | Extremely well made animated videos on fascinating, at times peculiar topics, mostly around science. Kurzgesagt might have one of the most entertaining channels in the space of all educational channels. | PhilosophySpaceTechnologySelf-Help | ||||
YouTube Channel | Oversimplified | Habitual LearningHistory_Context_Environment | 💡General Learning | Voice Over Animation | History | |||||
YouTube Channel | Primer | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_Rationality | 💡General Learning | Voice Over Animation | LogicNaturePsychologyCritical ThinkingEconomics | |||||
YouTube Channel | TED-ed | Habitual LearningNuance on Personal GrowthMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | Voice Over Animation | PhilosophyPsychologyPoliticsLogicMathPhysicsCulture | |||||
YouTube Channel | Daily Bald | Travel Places Cultures & PeopleInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 💡General Learning | VLOG | CultureTravelPeople | |||||
YouTube Channel | Talks at Google | Habitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_Rationality | 💡General Learning | Talk / Lecture | TechnologyPhysicsMathLogicSpace | |||||
YouTube Channel | TED | Nuance on Personal GrowthHabitual Learning | 💡General Learning | Talk / Lecture | CulturePsychologyTechnologyCritical ThinkingPhilosophySelf-HelpBusiness | |||||
YouTube Channel | Closer to Truth | Habitual LearningPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcScience | 💡General Learning | Interview | Some of the most fascinating and meaningful questions of life and reality - looked at through the lens and perspectives of some of the greatest thinkers and scientists of our time. | PhilosophyPhysicsMathSpaceConsciousness | ||||
YouTube Channel | Tom Bilyeu | Habitual LearningCharacter_Personality_etc | 💡General Learning | Interview | Self-HelpPsychologyPhilosophyBusiness | |||||
YouTube Channel | Crash Course | Habitual LearningScienceInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismHistory_Context_Environment | 💡General Learning | Mixed Presentation | Well-researched, highly educational video series on a variety of topics. One of the most valuable general educational YouTube channels overall. | BiologyHistoryPoliticsCulturePhysicsPhilosophyPsychologyTechnologyNatureLogicMath | ||||
YouTube Channel | Crash Course: Psychology | Nuance on Personal GrowthPsychology_Understanding Ourselves | 💡General Learning | Mixed Presentation | Well-researched, highly educational video series on a variety of topics. One of the most valuable general educational YouTube channels overall. | BiologyHistoryPoliticsCulturePhysicsPhilosophyPsychologyTechnologyNatureLogicMath | ||||
YouTube Channel | Vox | Habitual LearningHistory_Context_Environment | 💡General Learning | Voice Over Video | Short documentary-like videos on basically everything that matters in our day and age - well researched and mostly straight to the point. | CultureHistoryPoliticsBiologyPhilosophy | ||||
YouTube Channel | Minutephysics | ScienceInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 🔬Science | Voice Over Animation | PhysicsLogicMath | |||||
YouTube Channel | Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky | ScienceInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHabitual Learning | 🔬Science | Animated Presentation | LogicPhysicsMath | |||||
YouTube Channel | 3Blue1Brown | Habitual LearningMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityScience | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | Amazing descriptions of some of the most perplexing and interesting phenomena in the world of mathematics - if you are interested in logic and mind-bending complexity, this one is for you. | MathLogic | ||||
YouTube Channel | Arvin Ash | Habitual LearningPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismScience | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | One guy explaining the most interesting concepts of astrophysics and science in the simplest form that these complex subjects allow. It's a great channel for both novies and advanced learners. | SpaceMathLogicPhysics | ||||
YouTube Channel | Crash Course: Statistics | Mental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityScience | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | MathLogicCritical Thinking | |||||
YouTube Channel | PBS Space Time | Habitual LearningPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismScience | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | High quality videos on challenging, yet fascinating astrophysics topics. These go deep into the core of physics and quantum mechanics and are generally aimed at more advanced learners (not professionals) of astrophysics or just very curious minds. | SpaceLogicMathPhysics | ||||
YouTube Channel | Quanta Magazine | ScienceMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHabitual Learning | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | MathLogicNatureSpaceTechnologyBiologyPhysics | |||||
YouTube Channel | SciShow Space | Habitual LearningPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismScience | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | Quick explanatory videos on a great variety of topics related to space, technology and physics. These are short and fun, sometimes even a bit weird. | SpaceMathLogicPhysics | ||||
YouTube Channel | Seeker | Habitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismTravel Places Cultures & People | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | Short, high-quality videos on a wide variety of topics, aiming at answering scientific questions or simply helping you add a piece to your understanding of the world. | BiologySpaceTechnology | ||||
YouTube Channel | Thoughty2 | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | — description here — | NatureSpaceBiologyPhysicsHistory | ||||
YouTube Channel | Up and Atom | Habitual LearningPerspective_World Knowledge_FuturismScience | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | LogicPhysicsSpaceMathPhilosophyBiology | |||||
YouTube Channel | Verge Science | Habitual LearningSciencePerspective_World Knowledge_Futurism | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | Brief educational videos, mainly on technology and nature. Quick, dense and very informative. | NatureSpaceTechnology | ||||
YouTube Channel | Veritasium | Popularity_TruthfindingHabitual LearningMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_RationalityInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | Probably the second most popular science education channel on YouTube. This one is very similar to Vsauce in how it creates videos and just as enlightening and interesting. | LogicPsychologyCritical ThinkingPhysics | ||||
YouTube Channel | Vsauce | Habitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcMental Models_Critical thinking_Reasoning_Rationality | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | One of the most popular educational channels on all of YouTube. One guy explains the most random things in a way that makes you learn new things about science, logic and reason in every single video - often several things at once | PhysicsPhilosophyPsychologyMathLogic | ||||
YouTube Channel | Zach Star | Habitual LearningScience | 🔬Science | Mixed Presentation | MathLogic | |||||
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YouTube Channel | Exurb1a | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Voice Over Animation | This is one of my all-time favorite Youtube channels. It's funny, entertaining, weird, but always extremely insightful and thought-prvoking in a very uniqe way. Come here for empowering perspectives on life that might even make you laugh at times. | ConsciousnessCultureSpiritualityPhilosophy | ||||
YouTube Channel | Pursuit of Wonder | Nuance on Personal GrowthPsychology_Understanding OurselvesMindset_Attitude_MotivationInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Voice Over Animation | Philosophical, thought-provoking and uplifting videos with superb storytelling. Topics ranging from conscious experience to the meaning of life and death will give you the right amount of deepness, beauty and entertainment. | PhilosophyConsciousnessSpiritualitySelf-HelpPsychologyLogic | ||||
YouTube Channel | The School of Life | Nuance on Personal GrowthHabitual LearningCharacter_Personality_etcStoicism_Death_Impermanence_Philosophy | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Voice Over Animation | Highly stilised, yet thorough and profound videos on ancient philosophy, cultural changes, self-discovery, key concepts in philosophy, democracy and politics, and basically everything that matters in life. | PhilosophyConsciousnessSelf-HelpCulturePsychology | ||||
YouTube Channel | Wireless Philosophy | Psychology_Understanding OurselvesBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etcHabitual Learning | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Voice Over Animation | PhilosophyLogicPsychologyCritical Thinking | |||||
YouTube Channel | Sadhguru | Nuance on Personal GrowthHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcBehavior_Decisions_Habits_EnvironmentInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Talk / Lecture | SpiritualityPhilosophyConsciousnessSelf-Help | |||||
YouTube Channel | Absolute Motivation | Mindset_Attitude_Motivation | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Voice Over Video | Self-HelpCulturePhilosophy | |||||
YouTube Channel | Aperture | Inspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Voice Over Video | Beautifully narrated, thought-provoking videos about life, meaning and a lot of fascinating things and features in and of the world. The videos are a highlight for those who value great imagery and the content is profoundly philosophical yet highly accessible. | TechnologyPhilosophySpaceConsciousnessCulture | ||||
YouTube Channel | Einzelgänger | Stoicism_Death_Impermanence_PhilosophyHappiness_Contentment_Peace_etcNuance on Personal Growth | ☯️Philosophy & Life | Voice Over Video | PhilosophyPsychologyConsciousnessSelf-HelpSpirituality | |||||
YouTube Channel | Physics Girl | ScienceHabitual LearningInspiration_Curiosity_Exploration_etc | 🌌Universe | Mixed Presentation | SpacePhysics | |||||
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