[FedorinoGore]

My top 3 (with a recency bias of course): 1. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' - most of the book I thought "but it's obvious", but it still made me actively think about system design choices not from the standpoint "how it should be used" but "how can it be misused" 2. Thinking fast and slow - just another reminder that my brain is a lazy bastard and information/awareness hygiene is very important 3. Hooked - whenever I work on any side-project I repeat the mantra "solve your personal problem first!". It was a catch for my long-term motivation in cases when I ask other people on feedback for a very raw project...

[soupfordummies]

RE: Thinking Fast and Slow - I seem to remember a few times where that's been posted here that some say some of the concepts have been disproven/aren't rooted in science. I'm not sure if I'm thinking about the same thing. I've always been intrigued by that book.

Also, do you mind explaining a bit about what you mean by "information/awareness hygiene"? I'm intrigued by that as well.

[0xBDB]

Not so much disproven as unproven. Kahneman has acknowledged that the book has issues.

https://retractionwatch.com/2017/02/20/placed-much-faith-und...

[snarf21]

Thinking, Fast and Slow is also what I came to say. There is a lot of insight in how all of our thoughts are anchored in some way. Once you understand that, you understand the power of introspection which is our one true super power.

Everyone should read this book!!! It isn't perfect and does lose its way towards the end but the insight into HOW and WHY we think is invaluable.

[ethics13]

Thinking Fast and Slow to me was a manual to a human mind.

[chx]

I was reading the book the evening before my citizenship hearing. I got citizenship. Whether the two were related we will never know :D

[cossatot]

Congrats, and (if you're in the US where I am), welcome!