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olau · 2019-07-02 · Original thread
Read an intro book on biology at university level. I think I read this one, but feel free to grab a newer one:

https://www.amazon.com/Zoology-Robert-Dorit/dp/0030305047/re...

I used to read books on physics, but I think I learned an order of magnitude more about the world we live in from the above book, and it didn't require more than a high school level understanding of chemistry and biology. I read three more books on various topics in biology afterwards.

Otherwise, if you are the sort of person who can stomach a theoretical book, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed is really the kind of book that takes a while to get through, but you start seeing things differently afterwards. It discusses how large organizations can mean well and do evil.

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