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The World is Messy. Here's How to Understand It in 7 Days.

The world is... a lot. History is confusing, the news is a dumpster fire, and you feel like you missed a few key episodes. This journey is the ultimate TL;DR for reality. It's a 7-day crash course to help you understand the big picture, from how humanity got here to the weird forces shaping our future.

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

This is the prequel to basically everything. It's the wild origin story of humans, explaining how a bunch of talking apes took over the planet by inventing things like money, gods, and corporations. It provides the essential context for... well, all of it.

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

by Jared Diamond

After Sapiens tells you WHAT happened, this book explains WHY it happened differently in different places. It's the 'it's not you, it's geography' theory of human history. A mind-bending look at how a continent's shape and animals could determine its fate.

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

Ever wonder 'why can't we all just get along?' This book has the answer. It dives into the moral psychology that makes us so tribal. It's the instruction manual for understanding your uncle's Facebook posts and why politics feels like a team sport.

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Factfulness

by Hans Rosling

Your news feed is lying to you—not with fake news, but by making you think the world is worse than it is. This book is your dose of data-backed hope. It gives you a toolkit to see the world as it actually is, which is surprisingly... better than you think.

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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

by Caroline Criado Perez

Get ready to be mad. This book is a rage-inducing, eye-opening look at all the ways the world was literally built for dudes—from seatbelts and smartphones to medicine. You'll never look at a public bathroom line the same way again.

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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M. Sapolsky

This is the 'science' part of 'WTF is wrong with people?' It explains human behavior from the nanosecond before you act all the way back to deep evolutionary history. It's a beast of a book, but it's the ultimate deep-dive on why we're all so weird.

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21 Lessons for the 21st Century

by Yuval Noah Harari

After looking back, this book asks, 'So, what now?' It tackles the biggest questions of today: AI, fake news, the future of jobs, and whether we're all about to be ruled by algorithms. It's the official briefing for the next season of Planet Earth.

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