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Ariel Sabar • My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
Eisman, predisposed to suspect fraud in the market, wanted to bet against Americans who had been lent money without having been required to show evidence of income or employment.
Michael Lewis • The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Incerto 4-Book Bundle
Responding to lived experience with a change of direction, like Van Gogh did habitually, like West Point graduates have been doing since the dawn of the knowledge economy, is less tidy but no less important.
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
I was struck by how the deprivations that people experience can lead to eccentric kinds of compensation—like the hoarding syndrome of some of the poor.
Gary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
David Swensen’s Unconventional Success or Joel Greenblatt’s You Can Be a Stock Market Genius.
Laurence Endersen • Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference
That is, the most effective learning looks inefficient; it looks like falling behind.