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Lindy books remain relevant even decades from now—worthy of reading and rereading. Want to avoid wasting your time? Read them! Nassim Taleb introduced the Lindy filter as an absorbing barrier, ensuring only certain books stand the test of time. Two key factors determine a book’s longevity: the author and the subject matter. Some topics remain timeless, while others gain short-term attention but soon fade into irrelevance. Similarly, an author’s insights can become obsolete if they lack Skin in the Game or sufficient erudition. This site offers a carefully curated book database with minimal noise. The books are selected based on following heuristics. Read more about the lindy effect.

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The Intelligence of Intuition

Gerd Gigerenzer

In The Intelligence of Intuition, Gerd Gigerenzer challenges the widespread dismissal of intuition as mere mysticism, poor judgment, or feminine weakness, critiquing the social sciences' "war on intuition"—from gendered biases and dual-system theories pitting it against rational logic to...

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How to Build Impossible Things: Lessons in Life and Carpentry

Mark Ellison

This reflective memoir chronicles master carpenter Ellison's 40-year career crafting bespoke luxury homes for visionaries like Frank Gehry and celebrities, from gutting Manhattan mansions to forging impossible structures. Interweaving gritty project tales with philosophical musings on resilience,...

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Satires

Juvenal

Composed in the early 2nd century CE by the Roman poet Decimus Junius Juvenalis, this collection of 16 verse satires offers scathing critiques of imperial Rome's moral decay, targeting corruption, social climbers, infidelity, gluttony, and the excesses of the elite. Famous for lines like "bread and...

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