Jack Cutler

fiction

Blood Meridian
Blood MeridianCormac McCarthy · 10/10Relentless, beautiful, and horrifying in equal measure. McCarthy writes violence like a geological event — indifferent and absolute.
Dune
DuneFrank Herbert · 9/10World-building so dense it feels like archaeology.

science

The Selfish Gene
The Selfish GeneRichard Dawkins · 9/10A book that reframes evolution from the gene’s perspective and never lets go.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsThomas Kuhn · 7/10Kuhn’s idea of paradigm shifts is now so embedded in everyday language that it’s easy to forget how radical the argument was.

systems

Antifragile
AntifragileNassim Taleb · 8/10In a world full of randomness and disorder, building things that benefit from volatility is the only way to ensure robustness.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 8/10The definitive tour of how our minds cut corners.

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