⏳ Regret Minimization

Books on decision-making frameworks designed to help readers choose paths they're least likely to look back on with sorrow — thinking long-term about what truly matters.

Things That Matter

by Joshua Becker • 2022

Autopilot living ends in regret. Identify what matters and cut everything that does not.

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🏠 Modern Minimalism 🔍 Purpose And Meaning 🎯 Distraction And Focus 📱 Digital Minimalism 🎗️ Altruism

Things That Matter 87%

Autopilot living ends in regret. Identify what matters and cut everything that does not.

by Joshua Becker 2022

3.81

4k+ ratings

🏠 Modern Minimalism 🔍 Purpose And Meaning 🎯 Distraction And Focus 📱 Digital Minimalism 🎗️ Altruism

Midlife

by Kieran Setiya • 2017

A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.

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🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💀 Mortality Acceptance 🛤️ Process Over Goals 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Midlife 87%

A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.

by Kieran Setiya 2017

3.56

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💀 Mortality Acceptance 🛤️ Process Over Goals 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets

by Andy Stanley • 2020

Five questions that cut through self-deception and expose the hidden cost of your next move.

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🧭 Decision Frameworks 🪞 Self-Deception 🚫 Regret Prevention 🏛️ Legacy Mindset ❤️ Relational Ethics

Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets 87%

Five questions that cut through self-deception and expose the hidden cost of your next move.

by Andy Stanley 2020

4.29

2k+ ratings

🧭 Decision Frameworks 🪞 Self-Deception 🚫 Regret Prevention 🏛️ Legacy Mindset ❤️ Relational Ethics

Dedicated

by Pete Davis • 2021

Infinite choice was meant to free you. It left you anxious, shallow, and unable to commit.

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🧊 Decision Paralysis 🎯 Long-Term Commitment 🏃 Fear Of Missing Out 🔍 Depth Over Novelty 🗳️ Civic Engagement

Dedicated 87%

Infinite choice was meant to free you. It left you anxious, shallow, and unable to commit.

by Pete Davis 2021

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2k+ ratings

🧊 Decision Paralysis 🎯 Long-Term Commitment 🏃 Fear Of Missing Out 🔍 Depth Over Novelty 🗳️ Civic Engagement

Ergodicity

by Luca Dellanna • 2020

Why a bet that works for a hundred people destroys the one who repeats it.

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314

🛡️ Risk Management 🧠 Decision Theory 🔬 Behavioral Economics 🎲 Probability Thinking ⏳ Long-Term Thinking

Ergodicity 87%

Why a bet that works for a hundred people destroys the one who repeats it.

by Luca Dellanna 2020

4.05

314 ratings

🛡️ Risk Management 🧠 Decision Theory 🔬 Behavioral Economics 🎲 Probability Thinking ⏳ Long-Term Thinking

Choose Wisely

by Barry Schwartz • 2025

Decision theory was built on a casino metaphor. The price: meaning, virtue, and practical wisdom.

3.42

📈 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Decision Theory 🏛️ Aristotelian Ethics 🦉 Practical Wisdom 🖼️ Framing Effects

Choose Wisely 87%

Decision theory was built on a casino metaphor. The price: meaning, virtue, and practical wisdom.

by Barry Schwartz 2025

3.42

60 ratings

📈 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Decision Theory 🏛️ Aristotelian Ethics 🦉 Practical Wisdom 🖼️ Framing Effects

Algorithms to Live By

by Brian Christian • 2016

When to settle, when to quit, when to trust chance: computer science already found the answers.

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🧠 Algorithmic Thinking 🔬 Decision Science 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🧩 Heuristics 💭 Overthinking

Algorithms to Live By 87%

When to settle, when to quit, when to trust chance: computer science already found the answers.

by Brian Christian 2016

4.12

35k+ ratings

🧠 Algorithmic Thinking 🔬 Decision Science 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🧩 Heuristics 💭 Overthinking

The Joy of Missing Out

by Svend Brinkmann • 2017

Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.

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🛑 Self-Restraint 📉 Hedonic Adaptation 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🔍 Existentialism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

The Joy of Missing Out 87%

Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.

by Svend Brinkmann 2017

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1k+ ratings

🛑 Self-Restraint 📉 Hedonic Adaptation 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🔍 Existentialism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Decisive

by Chip Heath • 2013

Decisions fail in four predictable ways. A process fixes them, starting with one question.

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🧭 Decision Making 🧪 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Decision Frameworks 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Decisive 87%

Decisions fail in four predictable ways. A process fixes them, starting with one question.

by Chip Heath 2013

3.96

18k+ ratings

🧭 Decision Making 🧪 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Decision Frameworks 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Quit

by Annie Duke • 2022

Winners quit often and strategically. The skill isn't grit; it's knowing when to walk.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🚪 Strategic Quitting 🗺️ Decision Frameworks 🔄 Pivot Strategy

Quit 87%

Winners quit often and strategically. The skill isn't grit; it's knowing when to walk.

by Annie Duke 2022

4.15

7k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🚪 Strategic Quitting 🗺️ Decision Frameworks 🔄 Pivot Strategy

An Introduction to Decision Theory

by Martin Peterson • 2009

Probability is a philosophical puzzle; how you define it changes what counts as rational.

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131

🧠 Decision Science ⚖️ Rational Choice Theory 🎲 Philosophy Of Probability ♟️ Game Theory ⚠️ Risk And Uncertainty

An Introduction to Decision Theory Summary

An Introduction to Decision Theory 86%

Probability is a philosophical puzzle; how you define it changes what counts as rational.

by Martin Peterson 2009

3.77

131 ratings

🧠 Decision Science ⚖️ Rational Choice Theory 🎲 Philosophy Of Probability ♟️ Game Theory ⚠️ Risk And Uncertainty

The Earned Life

by Marshall Goldsmith • 2022

The next breath is a new beginning. A legendary coach on earning a life without regret.

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🎯 Executive Coaching 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 💔 Overcoming Regret 🤝 Accountability Systems 📋 Structured Reflection

The Earned Life 86%

The next breath is a new beginning. A legendary coach on earning a life without regret.

by Marshall Goldsmith 2022

3.99

1k+ ratings

🎯 Executive Coaching 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 💔 Overcoming Regret 🤝 Accountability Systems 📋 Structured Reflection

30 Lessons for Living

by Karl Pillemer • 2011

What 1,000 older Americans wish they'd known at your age. None of them said money.

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🧓 Elder Wisdom 🌅 Aging Well ⏳ Living Without Regret 🙏 Gratitude Practice 💼 Career Fulfillment

30 Lessons for Living 86%

What 1,000 older Americans wish they'd known at your age. None of them said money.

by Karl Pillemer 2011

4.11

3k+ ratings

🧓 Elder Wisdom 🌅 Aging Well ⏳ Living Without Regret 🙏 Gratitude Practice 💼 Career Fulfillment

Start, Stay, or Leave

by Trey Gowdy • 2023

A prosecutor's method for life's crossroads: how to know when to begin, commit, or leave.

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906

🔄 Career Transitions 🧭 Life Planning ⚖️ Decision Frameworks 🪞 Internal Validation ⚠️ Risk Assessment

Start, Stay, or Leave 86%

A prosecutor's method for life's crossroads: how to know when to begin, commit, or leave.

by Trey Gowdy 2023

4.31

906 ratings

🔄 Career Transitions 🧭 Life Planning ⚖️ Decision Frameworks 🪞 Internal Validation ⚠️ Risk Assessment

The Flaw of Averages

by Sam L. Savage • 2009

A single average can sink your plan. The missing skill: thinking in distributions.

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574

🧠 Decision Science 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking ⚠️ Risk Management 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎰 Monte Carlo Methods

The Flaw of Averages 86%

A single average can sink your plan. The missing skill: thinking in distributions.

by Sam L. Savage 2009

3.86

574 ratings

🧠 Decision Science 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking ⚠️ Risk Management 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎰 Monte Carlo Methods

The Dip

by Seth Godin • 2007

The secret to winning isn't persistence. It's knowing exactly when to walk away.

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🚪 Strategic Quitting 💼 Career Strategy 🧭 Decision Frameworks 🏔️ Perseverance 🥇 Mastery And Expertise

The Dip 86%

The secret to winning isn't persistence. It's knowing exactly when to walk away.

by Seth Godin 2007

3.78

38k+ ratings

🚪 Strategic Quitting 💼 Career Strategy 🧭 Decision Frameworks 🏔️ Perseverance 🥇 Mastery And Expertise

Fooled by Randomness

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2001

Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.

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📈 Financial Markets 🔬 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Risk Management 🔍 Decision Quality

Fooled by Randomness 86%

Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001

4.08

72k+ ratings

📈 Financial Markets 🔬 Behavioral Economics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Risk Management 🔍 Decision Quality

Incerto 4-Book Bundle

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2011

Some things get stronger from disorder. Most of what we build gets this backward.

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🔒 Tail Risk 🔗 Complex Systems 🔮 Prediction Limits 🎯 Incentive Alignment ⚔️ Modern Stoicism

Incerto 4-Book Bundle 86%

Some things get stronger from disorder. Most of what we build gets this backward.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2011

4.57

497 ratings

🔒 Tail Risk 🔗 Complex Systems 🔮 Prediction Limits 🎯 Incentive Alignment ⚔️ Modern Stoicism

The Yellow Pad

by Robert E. Rubin • 2023

A yellow pad and honest odds: the method that steered Goldman Sachs and the White House.

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📊 Decision Frameworks ⚠️ Risk Management 🎲 Thinking In Probabilities 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🚨 Crisis Leadership

The Yellow Pad 86%

A yellow pad and honest odds: the method that steered Goldman Sachs and the White House.

by Robert E. Rubin 2023

3.70

268 ratings

📊 Decision Frameworks ⚠️ Risk Management 🎲 Thinking In Probabilities 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🚨 Crisis Leadership

How to Decide

by Annie Duke • 2020

Separating luck from skill: the poker champion's toolkit for decisions you won't regret.

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🧱 Decision Frameworks 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🎲 Probability Thinking 🗺️ Mental Models

How to Decide 86%

Separating luck from skill: the poker champion's toolkit for decisions you won't regret.

by Annie Duke 2020

3.96

3k+ ratings

🧱 Decision Frameworks 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🎲 Probability Thinking 🗺️ Mental Models

Maxims for Thinking Analytically

by Dan Levy • 2021

Extreme cases and simple division: Harvard legend's toolkit for sharper thinking amid uncertainty.

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583

🧠 Decision Science 📋 Policy Analysis 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models

Maxims for Thinking Analytically Summary

Maxims for Thinking Analytically 86%

Extreme cases and simple division: Harvard legend's toolkit for sharper thinking amid uncertainty.

by Dan Levy 2021

3.92

583 ratings

🧠 Decision Science 📋 Policy Analysis 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models

Winning Long-Term Games

by Luca Dellanna • 2024

Stop optimizing for speed. Build assets, make many bets, and design a life that cannot lose.

4.17

♟️ Strategic Thinking 📅 Long-Term Planning 🔍 Decision Frameworks ⚠️ Risk Management 🧪 Behavioral Economics

Winning Long-Term Games 86%

Stop optimizing for speed. Build assets, make many bets, and design a life that cannot lose.

by Luca Dellanna 2024

4.17

81 ratings

♟️ Strategic Thinking 📅 Long-Term Planning 🔍 Decision Frameworks ⚠️ Risk Management 🧪 Behavioral Economics

Risk Intelligence

by Dylan Evans • 2012

Your probability estimates are worse than you think. It's trainable, and the payoff is real.

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📊 Risk Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probability Estimation 📈 Bayesian Thinking

Risk Intelligence 86%

Your probability estimates are worse than you think. It's trainable, and the payoff is real.

by Dylan Evans 2012

3.71

256 ratings

📊 Risk Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probability Estimation 📈 Bayesian Thinking

Antifragile

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

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🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Antifragile 86%

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012

4.10

58k+ ratings

🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Wild Problems

by Russell "Russ" Roberts • 2022

The biggest decisions resist spreadsheets. An economist on what to do when calculation fails.

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📊 Decision Frameworks 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Beyond Rationality 🌱 Human Flourishing 💎 Values-Based Living

Wild Problems 86%

The biggest decisions resist spreadsheets. An economist on what to do when calculation fails.

by Russell "Russ" Roberts 2022

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2k+ ratings

📊 Decision Frameworks 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Beyond Rationality 🌱 Human Flourishing 💎 Values-Based Living

Fear of Missing Out

by Patrick J. McGinnis • 2020

Two fears rule your choices: one keeps you chasing, one keeps you frozen. A method to outsmart both.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤯 Choice Overload 🔒 Analysis Paralysis 🗺️ Decision Frameworks ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

Fear of Missing Out 86%

Two fears rule your choices: one keeps you chasing, one keeps you frozen. A method to outsmart both.

by Patrick J. McGinnis 2020

3.53

645 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤯 Choice Overload 🔒 Analysis Paralysis 🗺️ Decision Frameworks ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

The Optimist's Telescope

by Bina Venkataraman • 2019

The marshmallow test got it wrong: long-term thinking depends more on design than willpower.

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601

🧠 Behavioral Economics ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🍬 Delayed Gratification 🎲 Scenario Planning 🔍 Cognitive Biases

The Optimist's Telescope 86%

The marshmallow test got it wrong: long-term thinking depends more on design than willpower.

by Bina Venkataraman 2019

3.45

601 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🍬 Delayed Gratification 🎲 Scenario Planning 🔍 Cognitive Biases

The Four Things That Matter Most

by Ira Byock • 2004

Four sentences, learned from the dying, to heal regret and repair relationships.

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🕊️ Dying Well 🤲 Forgiveness Practice 🙏 Gratitude Practice 😔 Resolving Regret 💬 Emotional Vulnerability

The Four Things That Matter Most Summary

The Four Things That Matter Most 86%

Four sentences, learned from the dying, to heal regret and repair relationships.

by Ira Byock 2004

4.17

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Dying Well 🤲 Forgiveness Practice 🙏 Gratitude Practice 😔 Resolving Regret 💬 Emotional Vulnerability

The Paradox of Choice

by Barry Schwartz • 2004

The counterintuitive psychology of choice: why abundance breeds paralysis, not freedom.

3.83

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤯 Choice Overload 😩 Decision Fatigue 🔄 Hedonic Adaptation 👥 Social Comparison

The Paradox of Choice 86%

The counterintuitive psychology of choice: why abundance breeds paralysis, not freedom.

by Barry Schwartz 2004

3.83

37k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤯 Choice Overload 😩 Decision Fatigue 🔄 Hedonic Adaptation 👥 Social Comparison

Farsighted

by Steven Johnson • 2018

Why our biggest choices flunk the pro/con list, and what works: mapping, rehearsal, fiction.

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🧠 Decision Science 🗺️ Strategic Planning ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🔮 Scenario Planning 📊 Behavioral Economics

Farsighted 86%

Why our biggest choices flunk the pro/con list, and what works: mapping, rehearsal, fiction.

by Steven Johnson 2018

3.55

2k+ ratings

🧠 Decision Science 🗺️ Strategic Planning ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🔮 Scenario Planning 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Science of Intelligent Decision Making

by Peter Hollins • 2018

Cut through analysis paralysis with psychology-backed methods that lead to faster, better decisions.

3.89

157

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Analysis Paralysis 🗂️ Decision Frameworks 👥 Group Decision Making 🤯 Overthinking

The Science of Intelligent Decision Making Summary

The Science of Intelligent Decision Making 86%

Cut through analysis paralysis with psychology-backed methods that lead to faster, better decisions.

by Peter Hollins 2018

3.89

157 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Analysis Paralysis 🗂️ Decision Frameworks 👥 Group Decision Making 🤯 Overthinking

Risk Savvy

by Gerd Gigerenzer • 2013

Most real life is uncertainty, not risk. Simple decision rules beat complex models there.

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🧠 Decision Science 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Risk Literacy 📏 Simple Rules 🌫️ Uncertainty

Risk Savvy 86%

Most real life is uncertainty, not risk. Simple decision rules beat complex models there.

by Gerd Gigerenzer 2013

4.01

2k+ ratings

🧠 Decision Science 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Risk Literacy 📏 Simple Rules 🌫️ Uncertainty

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2025

Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.

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🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🏁 Technology Arms Races 🌐 Global Governance 🏚️ Institutional Failure

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies 86%

Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025

3.92

7k+ ratings

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🏁 Technology Arms Races 🌐 Global Governance 🏚️ Institutional Failure

Your Future Self

by Hal Hershfield • 2023

Your brain registers your future self as another person. The science of making that self matter.

3.66

876

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤝 Future Self ⏳ Present Bias 🍬 Delayed Gratification ⏰ Procrastination

Your Future Self 86%

Your brain registers your future self as another person. The science of making that self matter.

by Hal Hershfield 2023

3.66

876 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤝 Future Self ⏳ Present Bias 🍬 Delayed Gratification ⏰ Procrastination

Same as Ever

by Morgan Housel • 2023

You can't predict the future. Human nature is forever, and that's a far better bet.

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🧪 Behavioral Economics 📜 Historical Patterns 🎯 Expectation Management 🧩 Mental Models 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Same as Ever 86%

You can't predict the future. Human nature is forever, and that's a far better bet.

by Morgan Housel 2023

4.15

24k+ ratings

🧪 Behavioral Economics 📜 Historical Patterns 🎯 Expectation Management 🧩 Mental Models 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Zurich Axioms

by Gunther Max • 1985

Swiss bankers know that getting rich means worrying more, not less, and selling before you're ready.

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📈 Speculation 🧠 Trading Psychology 🏛️ Investment Philosophy 🔄 Contrarian Investing ⚠️ Risk Management

The Zurich Axioms 86%

Swiss bankers know that getting rich means worrying more, not less, and selling before you're ready.

by Gunther Max 1985

3.98

3k+ ratings

📈 Speculation 🧠 Trading Psychology 🏛️ Investment Philosophy 🔄 Contrarian Investing ⚠️ Risk Management

What We Owe The Future

by William MacAskill • 2022

Most humans who will ever live aren't born yet. Their fate belongs to this century.

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🌍 Future Generations 👥 Population Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🦠 Biosecurity

What We Owe The Future 86%

Most humans who will ever live aren't born yet. Their fate belongs to this century.

by William MacAskill 2022

3.81

7k+ ratings

🌍 Future Generations 👥 Population Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🦠 Biosecurity

How to Expect the Unexpected

by Kit Yates • 2023

Master the science of prediction: why your gut fails, and when the smartest forecast is none.

3.69

188

🔮 Forecasting 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probability 🔄 Systems Thinking 🦋 Chaos Theory

How to Expect the Unexpected 86%

Master the science of prediction: why your gut fails, and when the smartest forecast is none.

by Kit Yates 2023

3.69

188 ratings

🔮 Forecasting 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎲 Probability 🔄 Systems Thinking 🦋 Chaos Theory

An Economist Walks into a Brothel

by Allison Schrager • 2019

An economist sizes up risk in brothels, poker rooms, and monster waves, then hands us the rules.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Risk Management 📈 Everyday Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases ☁️ Uncertainty And Risk

An Economist Walks into a Brothel Summary

An Economist Walks into a Brothel 86%

An economist sizes up risk in brothels, poker rooms, and monster waves, then hands us the rules.

by Allison Schrager 2019

3.56

2k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Risk Management 📈 Everyday Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases ☁️ Uncertainty And Risk

Chancing It

by Robert Matthews • 2017

How a formula from 17th-century gambling can tell you what any decision is worth.

3.81

227

🎲 Probability Theory 📊 Statistical Thinking 🧮 Bayesian Reasoning ⚠️ Risk Assessment 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Chancing It 86%

How a formula from 17th-century gambling can tell you what any decision is worth.

by Robert Matthews 2017

3.81

227 ratings

🎲 Probability Theory 📊 Statistical Thinking 🧮 Bayesian Reasoning ⚠️ Risk Assessment 🧠 Cognitive Biases

On the Edge

by Nate Silver • 2024

One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.

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🎲 Risk Cultures 📊 Quantitative Thinking 🎮 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚔️ Culture Wars

On the Edge 86%

One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.

by Nate Silver 2024

3.66

6k+ ratings

🎲 Risk Cultures 📊 Quantitative Thinking 🎮 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚔️ Culture Wars

The Wisdom Of Finance

by Mihir Desai • 2017

Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.

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🧠 Financial Philosophy 💰 Money And Meaning 🎲 Risk And Uncertainty 🔀 Optionality 🤲 Stewardship

The Wisdom Of Finance 86%

Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.

by Mihir Desai 2017

4.01

2k+ ratings

🧠 Financial Philosophy 💰 Money And Meaning 🎲 Risk And Uncertainty 🔀 Optionality 🤲 Stewardship

The Power to Get Things Done

by Steve Levinson • 2015

Most productivity advice assumes you're motivated. Here's what to do when you're not.

3.26

314

🎯 Follow-Through ⏳ Procrastination 🧩 Behavioral Design 🤝 External Accountability 🔒 Commitment Devices

The Power to Get Things Done 86%

Most productivity advice assumes you're motivated. Here's what to do when you're not.

by Steve Levinson 2015

3.26

314 ratings

🎯 Follow-Through ⏳ Procrastination 🧩 Behavioral Design 🤝 External Accountability 🔒 Commitment Devices

Safe Haven

by Mark Spitznagel • 2021

Diversification is not protection. The real shield: a small bet that explodes when markets crash.

4.02

869

🔒 Portfolio Protection 🛡️ Tail Risk Hedging 📈 Long-Term Compounding ⚡ Convexity Investing 🎲 Asymmetric Payoffs

Safe Haven 86%

Diversification is not protection. The real shield: a small bet that explodes when markets crash.

by Mark Spitznagel 2021

4.02

869 ratings

🔒 Portfolio Protection 🛡️ Tail Risk Hedging 📈 Long-Term Compounding ⚡ Convexity Investing 🎲 Asymmetric Payoffs

Skin in the Game

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2018

Your opinion only counts if you have something to lose. Without that, expertise is theater.

3.91

32k+

🎲 Asymmetric Risk ⚖️ Incentive Alignment 🛡️ Risk Management 🗳️ Minority Influence 🔨 Practitioner Knowledge

Skin in the Game 86%

Your opinion only counts if you have something to lose. Without that, expertise is theater.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2018

3.91

32k+ ratings

🎲 Asymmetric Risk ⚖️ Incentive Alignment 🛡️ Risk Management 🗳️ Minority Influence 🔨 Practitioner Knowledge

The Art of Thinking Clearly

by Rolf Dobelli • 2013

99 thinking traps, catalogued. Better judgment comes from removing errors, not adding insight.

3.85

43k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics ⚠️ Thinking Errors 🧩 Mental Models 🔍 Critical Thinking

The Art of Thinking Clearly 86%

99 thinking traps, catalogued. Better judgment comes from removing errors, not adding insight.

by Rolf Dobelli 2013

3.85

43k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics ⚠️ Thinking Errors 🧩 Mental Models 🔍 Critical Thinking

Against the Gods

by Peter L. Bernstein • 1996

The modern world began when humans stopped blaming the gods and started calculating the odds.

3.95

15k+

🛡️ Risk Management 📜 Financial History 🎲 Probability Theory 🏛️ Intellectual History 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Against the Gods 86%

The modern world began when humans stopped blaming the gods and started calculating the odds.

by Peter L. Bernstein 1996

3.95

15k+ ratings

🛡️ Risk Management 📜 Financial History 🎲 Probability Theory 🏛️ Intellectual History 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Clear Thinking

by Shane Parrish • 2023

Your instincts sabotage everyday choices. Override them and choose better when it counts.

4.16

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Decision Making 🧱 Mental Models 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🛡️ Risk Management

Clear Thinking 86%

Your instincts sabotage everyday choices. Override them and choose better when it counts.

by Shane Parrish 2023

4.16

10k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Decision Making 🧱 Mental Models 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🛡️ Risk Management

The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide

by Francine Jay • 2010

Your stuff is a full-time job you didn't apply for. Here's how to quit.

3.78

13k+

🏡 Minimalist Living 🗂️ Home Organization 🧹 Decluttering Methods 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 💌 Sentimental Clutter

The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide Summary

The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide 86%

Your stuff is a full-time job you didn't apply for. Here's how to quit.

by Francine Jay 2010

3.78

13k+ ratings

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