My top favorite books…
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
The Dictator’s Handbook by Alastair Smith and Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Why Gender Matters by Leonard Sax
The Murderer Next Door by David Buss
Here are some other books I’ve read. I’m not recommending these books, just saying I’ve read them.
Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
by Abigail Shrier
Will Eisner: A Dreamer’s Life in Comics
by Michael Schumacher
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
by Stuart Russell
Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class
by Charles Murray
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide
by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay
American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology
by D.W. Pasulka
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
by Douglas Murray
National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
by Matthew Goodwin, Roger Eatwell
The Meritocracy Trap: How America’s Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
by Daniel Markovits
The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction
by Erik Bork
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
by Robert Iger
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
by Douglas Murray
Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
by Scott Adams
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
by Donald Hoffman
The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience
by Lee McIntyre
Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left Is Selling a Fake Race War
by Wilfred Reilly
Why We Need Religion
by Stephen T. Asma
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
by Jamie Metzl
Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny
by Michael Tomasello
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
by Nicholas A. Christakis
The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett
The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Peace and Violence in Human Evolution
by Richard Wrangham
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge
by Matt Ridley
The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
by Ben Shapiro
The War on Normal People
by Andrew Yang
The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others
by Tali Sharot
The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
by Tali Sharot
This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
by David Sloan Wilson
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson
Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It’s Doing To Us
by Will Storr
Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others
by David Sloan Wilson
Discrimination and Disparities
by Thomas Sowell
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari
Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
by Francis Fukuyama
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
by Jonathan Haidt , Greg Lukianoff
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer
Sam Harris Discusses The Moral Landscape
by Sam Harris
Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
by Jonah Goldberg
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
by Paul Bloom
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
by Scott Adams
Maps of Meaning
by Jordan B. Peterson
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
by Jordan B. Peterson , Norman Doidge MD – foreword
Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker
Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump
by David Neiwert
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility
by Gregory Clark
Pre-Suasion: Channeling Attention for Change
by Robert Cialdini Ph.D.
Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter
by Scott Adams
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
by Marc Goodman
The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
by Mark Lilla
The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides
by Arnold Kling
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
by Robert M. Sapolsky
Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign
by Jonathan Allen , Amie Parnes
Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West
by William Hogeland
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson
The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976
by Frank Dikötter
Proposed Roads to Freedom
by Bertrand Russell
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
by Francis Fukuyama
Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
by Michael V. Hayden
Indefensible: The Missing Truth About Steven Avry, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer
by Michael Griesbach
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance
Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations – from Adventure to Revenge
by Cindy M. Meston , David M. Buss
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker
Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue
by Sam Harris , Maajid Nawaz
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom
The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
by Pedro Domingos
America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History
by Andrew J. Bacevich
Move: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead
by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Stealing America: What My Experience with Criminal Gangs Taught Me about Obama, Hillary, and the Democratic Party
by Dinesh D’Souza
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
by Robert D. Putnam , David E. Campbell
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama
No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World’s Premier Forensic Investigators
by Steve Jackson
American Desperado: My Life – From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset
by Jon Roberts , Evan Wright
More Books…
Who Owns the Future? By: Jaron Lanier
The Origins of Political Order: Francis Fukuyama
How to Stay Motivated: Zig Ziglar
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?: Seth Godin
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny: Robert Wright
No Stone Unturned: Steve Jackson
Emotional Intelligence: Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
The Evolution of God: Robert Wright
American Desperado: Jon Roberts, Evan Wright
The Moral Animal: Robert Wright
Automate This: Christopher Steiner
Free Will: Sam Harris
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: George Lakoff
Metaphors We Live By: George Lakoff
Moral Politics: George Lakoff
The Political Mind: George Lakoff
Whose Freedom?: George Lakoff
Don’t Think of an Elephant!: George Lakoff
Future Perfect: Steven Johnson
The Republican Brain: Chris Mooney
Marching Powder: Rusty Young
The Powerhouse: Steve LeVine
Basic Economics: Thomas Sowell
Who Owns the Future?: Jaron Lanier
The 48 Laws of Power: Robert Greene
Once a Marine: Nick Popaditch, Mike Steere
Physics of the Future: Michio Kaku
Where’s My Jetpack?: Daniel H. Wilson
59 Seconds: Richard Wiseman
Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War: Robert M. Gates
War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots: Ian Morris
Moral Tribes: Joshua Greene
Our Political Nature: Avi Tuschman
The Social Conquest of Earth: Edward O. Wilson
Antifragile: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Guns: Stephen King
Give and Take: Adam M. Grant, Ph.D.
Altering Fate: Michael Lewis
The New New Thing: Michael Lewis
The Big Short: Michael Lewis
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Bill Bryson
Utopia: More Thomas
The Communist Manifesto: Marx Karl
The Blank Slate: Steven Pinker
A Long Way Gone: Ishmael Beah
Blink: Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers: Malcolm Gladwell
What The Dog Saw: Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: Malcolm Gladwell
David and Goliath: Malcolm Gladwell
Columbine: Dave Cullen
Communication With Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot: Carl Sagan
Freakonomics: Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt
How Win Friends And Influence People: Dale Carnegie
Nanofuture: J. Storrs Hall
Radical Evolution: Joel Garreau
Overcoming Self-Esteem: David Mills
Atheist Universe: David Mills
Portable Atheist: Christopher Hitchens
The Long Tail: Chris Anderson
The Righteous Mind: Jonathan Haidt
The Happiness Hypothesis: Jonathan Haidt
Story: Robert Mckee
Save The Cat: Blake Snyder
The Age Of Spiritual Machines: Ray Kurzweil
The Singularity Is Near: Ray Kurzweil
Transcend: Ray Kurzweil
How to Create a Mind: Ray Kurzweil
The Selfish Gene: Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker: Richard Dawkins
The God Delusion: Richard Dawkins
The Greatest Show on Earth: Richard Dawkins
The End of Faith: Sam Harris
The Moral Landscape: Sam Harris
Checklist Manifesto: Atul Gawande
Black Swan: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Fooled by Randomness: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Distracted: Maggie Jackson
Freedom Evolves: Daniel Dennett
Strategy, An Introduction To Game Theory: Joel Watson
Bossypants: Tina Fey
Down the Rabbit Hole: Holly Madison
Tortilla Flat: John Steinbeck