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From Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel C. Dennett
Profound, thought provoking and insightful are the three most appropriate words to describe this book. It takes on a humongous task of understanding human mind - particularly consciousness - and prese...
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The Open Society and its Enemies vol. 1 by Karl Popper
‘Socrates Good, Plato Bad’ is the only way I can summarise this book. Although it may seem controversial, Popper has persuaded me enough to let go of any reservations against the phrase. Popper dissec...
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Memoirs of a dutiful daughter by Simone de Beauvoir
The book is appropriately divided into 4 books, each representing a phase of her life - childhood, school, high school, and college. The first book describes a happy childhood of a curious mind - yet ...
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The Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtel
The morning after reading the book, I wake up with a different feeling. I doubt if my thoughts on a book so impactful towards society are fair, or will it carry the bias of a critic more scientificall...
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Plato and platypus walk into a bar
While the name seems funny, and the authors do make a big attempt in presenting the dour subject of philosophy in a humorous manner, the book can best be categorised as a comprehensive overview of var...
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Adults in the Room
I am flabbergasted and at a loss of words to do justice to this book. Any amount of words cannot capture the complexity and hypocrisy of EU that is represented in this book. While I was aware about th...
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The Utopia of Rules
There are books which you read and think ‘that’s so me, and it captures my thoughts very well.’ This is that book. While, I am not an anarchist, the book’s theme of least bureaucracy is what I aspire ...
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Buddha and his Dhamma by Dr. Ambedkar
These were the dark ages of Vedic religion, and the defenders of the Vedas were transforming it into an almighty which could not be challenged. These were the right circumstances for a new religion or...
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The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
It presents archaeological evidence of how I thought the ancients might have lived. But, mostly it presents evidence of how bureaucracy - something I have inherent dislike for - might have come into b...
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
Maybe, its the book’s theme that pushes her to take an extreme view like this, but such a monotone overdrive is not worth it and is never going to convince people of her take. She will lose the ‘patho...
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Godel, Escher and Bach, Douglas E. Hofstadter
Most books on AI and data, in order to sound sophisticated and advanced, only discuss math, current topics and eye grabbing trend setting, but GEB begins with an attempt to define or discuss ‘What is ...
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Soros on Soros
Great things are paradoxical and so is this book. I can judge this book in hindsight which allows me to be more critical of George Soros’ current mindset. But, at the time of this book’s publication, ...
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