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4 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Two REALLY tough books that I finished recently.

Took my time to read them, absorb them, reflect upon them.
And I don't think I scratched even 5% of their surface.
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics
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The Selfish Gene
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These two get added to two other books that I found mind twisting and took a lot of effort to read.

Autobiography of a Yogi
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Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder
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