Liv Boeree's Book Recommendations
Liv Boeree is a science communicator, poker player, and writer known for her work in effective altruism and rationality. Based on her book recommendations, she has diverse interests ranging from science and philosophy to fiction and forecasting.
📚 Books Recommended by Liv Boeree 17
Doing Good Better
"Essential reading if you wanna figure out how to do good stuff for the world, I highly recommend."
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Novacene
"☝️This was inspired by James Lovelock’s incredible short book “Novacene” that just came out and I recommend highly"
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The Biggest Bluff
"The best depiction yet of the game I love."
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The Passion Trap
"This was given to me by a friend when I was on the tail end of a very difficult relationship, and it was utterly illuminating."
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The Big Picture
"Favourite reads of 2018: Fiction: Three Body Problem (trilogy) Non Fiction: The Big Picture Blog Post:"
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The Three-Body Problem
"Favourite reads of 2018: Fiction: Three Body Problem (trilogy) Non Fiction: The Big Picture Blog Post:"
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Thinking in Bets
"@scott_seiver @AnnieDuke Because (in this order): a) the book is really good and I believe it is a net positive for the world if people read it and b) I have heard both sides of the story unlike almost everyone else which, with all due respect Scott, you haven’t."
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"I came away feeling like I’d finally found the tools with which to understand both myself and the world around me."
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The Three-Body Problem (3 books)
"Favorite fiction read of 2018."
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Surface Detail
"Just finished reading “Surface Detail”, part of the Culture series by Iain M Banks. If you like your sci-fi intense, dark and sexy, it’s for you."
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The Stand
"This was my fave book as a kid."
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What We Owe the Future
"Our guidebook to navigating this critical moment."
Inadequate Equilibria
"(I learned most of this from @ESYudkowsky ‘s Inadequate Equilibria book, an amazing read)"
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What's Our Problem?
"It’s an extremely important read, so pls get it."
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How to Actually Change Your Mind
"I came away feeling like I’d finally found the tools with which to understand both myself and the world around me."
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Map and Territory
"I came away feeling like I’d finally found the tools with which to understand both myself and the world around me."
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Superforecasting
"@PTetlock one of the best rationality books i've ever read, I recommend it in many of my talks :)"
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