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Godel Escher Bach

Written by Douglas Hofstadter

Most math books are dry and require a lot of attention to be able to read. Hofstadter makes use of dialogue and grand characters to make the explored topics digestible by even a chimp like me. This book explores formal systems, computational theory, some number theory, evolution, interpretation of information, and logic.

Humankind: A hopeful history

Written by Rutger Bregman Follow Rutger Bregman on Twitter

This book is densely packed with facts and real stories. It is the first bit of academic-style literature that I have read that states blatantly a primary fact that anyone who learns from the real-world more than books already knows: most people are kind.

The Selfish Gene

Written by Richard Dawkins Follow Rutger Bregman on Twitter

This book explains altruism and behavior for the perspective of evolution. It specifically focuses on gene-centric evolution, a notion that is still debated but is interesting and largely predictive.

The notion of replicators describes life on Earth and many other things we interact with, such as languages and ideas. All of this is discussed in this book.