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6 Books That Will Redefine (Almost)Everything You Thought You Knew
They are about to shake your brain out of its comfort zone
In a world saturated with information, where facts seem fluid and truths can be elusive, one might wonder: do we truly understand the essence of what we know?
The journey of intellectual discovery begins with a single step — the step of questioning.
Here are six books that will make you question — and redefine — everything you thought you knew.
#1. Everything is Obvious by Duncan J. Watts
Genre: Psychology/Sociology
Redefines: The concept of common sense, fitting events into neat narratives
Common sense often fails you.
It misleads you into believing that you understand more about the world of human behavior than you do.
Enter “hindsight bias”, the “oh, I knew it all along” phenomenon that often leads us to believe that events were predictable or obvious after they’ve occurred.
