What are some books that make you smarter?
I tired of reading fiction and simply being entertained. You can learn real things from reading fiction, but not anything of much worth. It plays a second fiddle to a fictional plot you will most likely forget about a week after you finish the book.
Which books will make me smarter if I take the time to read them?
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Any book will make you smarter so long as you take the time and digest the information which is presented. Look up the definitions of the words you don't know. Read history, philosophy, science, etc.
Learn about critical thinking and any book will do it.
I recommend starting with basic economics, wealth of nations, wealth by foreign trade,(wasn't the right name but whatever look it up), Marx capital, not necessarily their work but how contemporaries have translated it. Umm machiavelli the prince, (kissingers doctoral thesis on it and nuclear weapons and foreign policy), art of war, clausowits fog of war. Biographies. Sorry, normally more coherent but on phone and working so fuck it, you get the point
Study how to process information then go with your interests.
>What are some books that make you smarter?
>Yeah, user, about that....
Sorry, nothing can make you "smarter". You can either accumulate knowledge (be it philosophical ideas, vocabulary or scientific knowledge) or train your brain to process better certain skills. Like math or language, arts, even eye-hand coordination, space awareness, etc.
But smarter? No. You can pretend you are smarter than what you really are. Like repeating words from dead authors or using someone else's experience and act like you can think outside of the box when in reality you just read an article or the wikipedia.
But being smart is about your capacity and limits. You just have to play with the cards you are given. Good thing that "Being constant > being smart".
Trust me. I have seen many smart people in dead end jobs, and I myself am an ass and yet I hire and give jobs to people way smarter than me.
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Worthless, OP's just looking for works that are informative. Way to just give your shit opinion though. But he is right about actually getting smarter. I mean, you could learn all about rocket science but that isnt going to help you bagging groceries and would probably be pretty dumb if that's what you are learning to get out of where you are. It's all arbitrary or situational so you kind of got to start from where you are. If you know what you're interested in doing with your life, do some research, find role models but dont idolize them, read their bios, take notes. Being smart is overrated, I believe in the theory that just about any idiot can do/think of something brilliant and any genius is capable of doing something completely idiotic. DON'T DO ANYTHING SOLELY BECAUSE OF OR FOR A WOMAN, leading cause of men doing stupid sit.
Nothing will make you smarter. You're either born with it or you aren't, you aren't.
>Nothing will make you smarter.
pfhaha, don't tell him guys.