These books contain ideas to upgrade your mental software. I try to avoid speculation and pursue good explanations for reality, so you won’t find any Malcolm Gladwell here. These have all helped me make better decisions in my life. All links are non-affiliate.
Essays and Articles
We Will Never Run out of Resources by Marian L. Tupy and David Deutsch
Why Speculate? by Michael Crichton
End-of-history illusion (Wikipedia)
Today I am an American too by David Deutsch
Peter Thiel’s Religion by David Perell
Great Books
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
High Output Management by Andrew Grove
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
Podcast Episodes
David Deutsch on the infinite reach of knowledge | The TED Interview