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[–] djmikeale@feddit.dk 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The ones that influenced me the most earlier in life was

  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
  • sapiens, by yuval noah harari

Both illuminate what it means to be human and what makes us (not) achieve happiness, but explained through very different lenses

[–] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Recommend "if books could kill" podcast about sapiens. Might give you some pause on recommending that book

[–] djmikeale@feddit.dk 1 points 2 hours ago

Interesting, will check it out

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I enjoyed sapiens but I'm much faster to recommend The Dawn of Everything these days