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What books should teenagers read to improve themselves?
1, Nicholas Taleb's Black Swan and Anti-fragility

Highlight: Black Swan makes us understand the uncertainty of the world and makes us more awed by the world. With the development of science and technology, the relationship between people, organizations and countries is more complex and diversified. Therefore, today's world is much more complicated than before, and the book Black Swan gives us a deeper understanding of this complex and uncertain world. And "anti-vulnerability" lets us know what kind of mentality and way to deal with it in this uncertain world.

2. The Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow.

Highlight: This book lets us know how human beings think and make decisions. Our way of thinking is divided into system 1 and system 2. Simply put, it can be divided into intuitive thinking and rational thinking, but intuitive thinking has a greater impact on us. At the same time, this book also lets us know the fatal thinking defects and weaknesses in human thinking. Such as loss aversion, confirmation bias, endowment effect and so on.

3. The futurist kevin kelly's "Inevitability".

Highlight: In the book, the author combs the "inevitable" trend of 12 future world evolution. They are: shaping, knowing, flowing, screen reading, using, sharing, filtering, remixing, interacting, tracking, asking questions and starting. Of course, these trends are not inevitable, but they give us great inspiration about what the future world will be like.

4. The "super map" of global strategists.

Highlight: This book allows us ordinary people to understand and overlook the world from a global perspective. This book has a broad vision and enlightening views. In today's globalized world, let us understand the value of infrastructure construction, the logic behind the game between countries in different regions, and the significance of China's "Belt and Road" development strategy.

5. The Wisdom of Laozi by Mr. Lin Yutang, a master of Chinese studies.

Highlight: There is no doubt that this book is a masterpiece. The author takes us to re-understand Laozi, a famous Taoist classic in China, word for word. Taoist thought should not be too strange to everyone, and those famous sayings of Laozi's Taoist thought have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For example, "Tao gives birth to one, life gives birth to two, life gives birth to three, and life gives birth to all things", "the movement against Tao is used by the weak" and so on. The author says that Confucius is the founder of China culture and Laozi is the founder of China philosophy. Compared with Confucius in culture, Laozi's Taoist dialectical philosophy has more practical significance and value, which is worth learning.

6, the famous investor Charles Munger's "Poor Charlie Collection"

Highlight: Charlie Munger should be a place that many people are familiar with. He is Buffett's lifelong companion and life mentor. Charles Munger also has many well-known sayings, such as the famous sentence "For a man with a hammer in his hand, his eyes are full of nails". Charles Munger's multiple thinking mode is also welcomed by many people. This book is a comprehensive understanding of Charles Munger's investment experience and thoughts.

7. The Illusion of Knowledge by Steven sloman, a cognitive psychologist.

Highlight: This book makes us aware of our ignorance. Most of us think that we have a lot of knowledge. But the author tells us a cruel fact in this book: in fact, we are not as smart as we think. Most people don't realize their ignorance, but greatly overestimate their abilities. Even we have never thought independently. The author explains the reason for this illusion from the way of thinking of human brain, that is, human beings are good at causal reasoning, but our brain has two sets of reasoning systems, one based on intuition and the other based on deliberation, and the judgment based on intuition can easily make us ignore details and produce the illusion of understanding. At the same time, the author also points out that although individual intelligence is limited, we can still rely on the wisdom of the group to promote the progress of human society.