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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.

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Jordan B. Peterson

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.

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Yuval Noah Harari

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.

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Richard Wiseman

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.

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Stephen Hawking

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.

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Bill Bryson

In A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson tries to understand and answer the oldest and biggest questions we have asked about the universe and 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.

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Nassim Taleb

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James Clear

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.

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Annaka Harris

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).

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Osho

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.

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Brené Brown

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.

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Kapil Gupta

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Ryan Holiday

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.

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Steven Pinker

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.

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Mark Manson

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.

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Hans Rosling

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Maria Popova

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.

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James P. Carse

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Nassim Taleb

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.

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The School Of 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.

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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.

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Derren Brown

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.

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Yuval Noah Harari

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.

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Dale Carnegie

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.

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Robert B. Cialdini

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.

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Viktor E. Frankl

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.

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Peter F. Drucker

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.

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Marcus Aurelius

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.

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Eric Jorgenson

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Dan Ariely

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.

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Ray Dalio

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.

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Yuval Noah Harari

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.

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Geoffrey West

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Hermann Hesse

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.

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Richard Feynman

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Nassim Taleb

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Simon Sinek

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.

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David Eagleman

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.

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Lao Tzu

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.

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Stephen R. Covey

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.

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Paulo Coelho

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Erich Fromm

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.

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Shane Parrish

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Jonathan Haidt

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.

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Simon Sinek

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Jonas Salzgeber

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Ryan Holiday

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.

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John Brehm

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Charles Duhigg

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.

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Eckhart Tolle

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.

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Khalil Gibran

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.

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Scott Peck

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.

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Will Durant

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.

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Mark Manson

"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.

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Don Miguel Ruiz

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.

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Daniel Kahnemann

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.

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Erich Fromm

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.

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Jonathan Evans

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Sam Harris

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.

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Philipp Hagspiel

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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.

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Short documentary-like videos on basically everything that matters in our day and age - well researched and mostly straight to the point.

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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

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Maria Popova

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Louis Pereira

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Derek Sivers

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Shane Parrish

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James Clear

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Tyler Cowen

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Paul Graham

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