The Unwinding

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• lkrych · Feb 5, 2019 · Recommends

  …by Richard Dawkins - *The Righteous Mind* by Jonathan Haidt - *Thinking, Fast and Slow* by Daniel Kahneman Non-Fiction (Social) - *The Art of Not Being Governed* by James C. Scott - *The Unwinding* by George Packer - *People's History of the United States* by Howard Zinn Fiction - *East of Eden* by John Steinbeck - *Sometimes a Great Notion* by Ken Kesey - *The Brothers Karamazov*…

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• 100k · Jun 18, 2016 · Recommends

  There's another story of a dinner with Thiel in George Packer's The Unwinding (https://www.amazon.com/Unwinding-Inner-History-New-America/d...). The vignettes about Thiel are a small but interesting part of a great book.

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• matt4077 · Dec 13, 2016 · Recommends

  You'd probably enjoy The Unwinding by George Packer[0]. I consider it "The Great American Non-fiction Novel". [0] https://www.amazon.com/Unwinding-Inner-History-New-America/d...

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• lkrych · Dec 18, 2018 · Recommends

  …great non-fiction books that are easy(ish) to read and deep on content. I'm sure there are a lot more out there. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman Coming Into the Country - John McPhee The Unwinding - George Packer Anything by James C Scott (Thinking Like a State, The Art of Not Being Governed) The Righteous Mind - John Haidt The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins (Regardless of how you feel about…

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• durge · Jul 1, 2017 · Recommends

  I would also reccomend 'The Unwinding' by George Packer.

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• dbcooper · Jun 26, 2013 · Mentions

  Lets try an experiment with Amazon referrers. (a) Take a "randomly" sourced blog post for a book review: http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/14/the-unwinding-is-george-pa... (b) Check links to amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374102414/reasonmaga... (c) Click through and check URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374102414/reasonmaga...…

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• gammarator · Apr 10, 2016 · Mentions

  …kitchen in those motels and you may be working multiple jobs, which limits your ability to cook nutritious food and eat cheaply. And the cycle continues. Some of the stories in George Packer's "The Unwinding" [2] emphasize how narrow the margin of error is. Everyone makes poor choices from time to time; those with resources (financial & social) can weather them. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Dimed-Not-Getting-America/dp/03... [2]…

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