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DanQ  ·  4089 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Mind-blowing literature?

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert Cialdini

Lila: An Inquiry into Morals, by Robert M. Pirsig (read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, if you haven't already, first).

People keep mentioning Aldous Huxley, so I'm disappointed that nobody's suggested After Many a Summer.





user-inactivated  ·  4089 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Currently reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance actually, and kinda enjoying it (though the references to "Phaedrus" do keep reminding me of all the philosophy work I'm not revising and should be...). Will definitely look at the others - it's always cool to learn more about psychology/influence and how depressingly similar all people are in the end.