Ask HN: What books are you reading?

[itsdanweston]

Uncommon Sense Teaching, it's about how we learn from a neuroscience perspective, and how these insights can be applied to teaching kids (and ourselves).

[Quinzel]

So my recent reads have included:

Determined: the science of life without free will by Robert Salpolsky. I rate it 4/5

The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick. I give it a 3/5

Social Engineering: The science of Human Hacking by Chris Hadnagy. I rate it 2.5/5

Influence: The psychology of persuasion by Robert Cialdini. I rate it 5/5

I’m in the midst of reading…

Thinking fast and slow, by Daniel Kahneman

And the next in my queue is

Likewar: The weaponisation of social media by Singer and Brooking.

[tmaly]

I just started Peak Mind. It is written by a neuroscientist, and it discusses attention.

[yamrzou]

Currently reading:

Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke.

Before that:

- Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough by Lori Gottlieb

- On Settling by Robert E. Goodin

- What do you say after you say hello?: The psychology of human destiny by Eric Berne