The retreat to commitment

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• Symmetry · Jun 7, 2015 · Recommends

  …Daniel Kahneman. "Quantum Computing since Democritus" by Scott Aaronson. "The Strategy of Conflict" by Thomas Schelling. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "The World until Yesterday" by Jared Diamond. "The Retreat To Commitment" by W. W. Bartley. "The Myth of the Rational Voter" by Bryan Caplan. Despite the name it made me appreciate democracy a lot more. "Wars, Guns, and Votes" by Paul Collier.

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• jtth · Jan 19, 2020 · Recommends

  _The Retreat to Commitment_ by WW Bartley III is a book I think about almost every day.

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• Symmetry · Jul 6, 2011 · Recommends

  To jump in with the others, I think you'd enjoy Bartley's The Retreat to Commitment, where he raises similar sort of criticisms to the ones you talk about, but in a much more systematic way. Generally speaking, people who were lucky enough to be born later in time have the advantage…

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• mlinksva · Mar 27, 2017 · Recommends

  "The Retreat to Commitment" by W.W. Bartley III. Not what the book is about, but in addition to being a thrilling read, it eventually helped me deal with the shortcomings of the world and culture I find myself in, and my own.

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• jtth · Dec 11, 2015 · Recommends

  I would add: The Retreat to Commitment, by W.W. Bartley, III.

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