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Eternally Radical Poll: 2021 EXCESSIVELY PRESTIGIOUS BOOK award
This poll is closed. Read about ERI's most important book of 2021 here.
Having a hard time deciding? My reviews of each book are below.
- Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought by Jonathan Rauch
- Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman
- Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss
- A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
- Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation by David French
- How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices by Annie Duke
- Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live by Nicholas Christakis
- Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth by Stuart Ritchie
- The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich
- The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri
- Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment by Robert Wright
- The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t by Julia Galef
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