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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 16, 2018 - Apr 23, 2018

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

1. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes cover

2. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

by Alfie Kohn

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3. The World Is Built on Probability

by Lev Vasilʹevich Tarasov

Scientism: Philosophy and the Infatuation with Science (International Library of Philosophy) cover

4. Scientism: Philosophy and the Infatuation with Science (International Library of Philosophy)

by Tom Sorell

The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life cover

5. The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

by Nick Lane

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Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa cover

6. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

by Dambisa Moyo

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The Secret Chief Revealed cover

7. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys cover

8. The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys

by James Fadiman

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Rash cover

9. Rash

by Pete Hautman

The Art of Race Car Design cover

10. The Art of Race Car Design

by Bob Riley, Jonathan Ingram

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time cover

11. Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

by Jeff Sutherland, J.J. Sutherland

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The Intelligent Universe cover

12. The Intelligent Universe

by Fred Hoyle

Philosophy in the Flesh: the Embodied Mind & its Challenge to Western Thought cover

13. Philosophy in the Flesh: the Embodied Mind & its Challenge to Western Thought

by George Lakoff

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The Accidental Zillionaire: Demystifying Paul Allen cover

14. The Accidental Zillionaire: Demystifying Paul Allen

by Laura Rich

Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State cover

15. Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State

by William H. Janeway

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Great Plains cover

16. Great Plains

by Ian Frazier

The Web Was Done by Amateurs: A Reflection on one of the Largest Collective Systems Ever Engineered cover

17. The Web Was Done by Amateurs: A Reflection on one of the Largest Collective Systems Ever Engineered

by Marco Aiello

Last Chance to See cover

18. Last Chance to See

by Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine

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Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP cover

19. Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP

by Francesco Cesarini, Simon Thompson, Steve Vinoski

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Close Your Mouth: Buteyko Clinic Handbook for Perfect Health cover

20. Close Your Mouth: Buteyko Clinic Handbook for Perfect Health

by Patrick McKeown

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, Revised Edition cover

21. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, Revised Edition

by Barry Schwartz

22. "A Disgrace to the Profession"

by Mark Steyn

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