How I Became a Christian
A rationalist's journey to faith—from southern Baptist childhood to angry atheism to genuine belief.
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28 totalAgainst the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
Paul Kingsnorth / 2023
The Science of Free Will
Samir Varma / 2023
The Individualists
Matt Zwolinski & John Tomasi / 2023
The Warrior Poet Way
John Lovell / 2021
Return of the God Hypothesis
Stephen C. Meyer / 2021
Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey / 2020
Foundations of a Free Society
Gregory Salmieri & Robert Mayhew / 2019
When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice
Jason Brennan / 2018
Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb / 2018
The Infidel and the Professor
Dennis C. Rasmussen / 2017
At the Existentialist Cafe
Sarah Bakewell / 2016
The Problem of Political Authority
Michael Huemer / 2012
A rigorous philosophical examination of why governments claim authority and whether those claims are justified. Changed how I think about legitimacy.
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb / 2012
Taleb's framework for things that gain from disorder. The concept of antifragility has shaped how I think about building resilient systems.
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch / 2011
On my list because of its exploration of the power of explanatory knowledge. Deutsch's optimism about human potential is inspiring.
The Master and His Emissary
Iain McGilchrist / 2009
Anathem
Neal Stephenson / 2008
Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb / 2001
Atheism: The Case Against God
George H. Smith / 1974
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig / 1974
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand / 1957
Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche / 1886
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill / 1859
Fear and Trembling
Soren Kierkegaard / 1843
Second Treatise of Government
John Locke / 1689
The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi / 1645
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli / 1532
The Republic
Plato / -380
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius / 180