A Novel
by Austin Grossman
Recommended by Naval Ravikant and Eric Smith
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.
Doctor Impossibleevil genius, wouldbe world conquerorlanguishes in prison. Shuffling through the cafeteria line with ordinary criminals, he wonders if the smartest man in the world has done the smartest thing he could with his life. After all, he's lost every battle he's ever fought. But this prison won't hold him forever. Fatalehalf woman, half h...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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