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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero:_The_Biography_of_a_Dangerous_Idea

One of the most annoying books I ever read. Every page made me feel stupider and more uneducated.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Superficially, this book looks like one that I would enjoy (if not for your anti-recommendation causing me to steer clear). Because of this, I would wager that you would have an interesting answer to "if someone was considering the above book, what's a book you would recommend they read instead?".

In the spirit of "take a book, leave a book", one of my favourite non-fiction books for a general audience is "Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life". This recommendation is beyond the topic of the current thread, but in terms of enjoyable books that made me feel smarter, I love this one; I read it as a biochemistry undergraduate, and I was surprised at how much I learned from it.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

Thanks for the suggestion.