[CLOSED POLL] What shall we read for weeks 43-44 and 45-46?

[doomhammer]

Ah, the good ol’ book poll! The top two books will be our choices for the upcoming weeks.

• On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. CIaldini
• The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
• Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow et al.
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
• Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler & Cass. R. Sunstein
• Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice by Shunryu Suzuki
• The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley

[doomhammer]

Looks like we have four winners! This will save us one future poll

[swap]

I’d argue that we have one winner only. Rest of them got less than 50% so I’d vote to have another poll for 45-46.

[doomhammer]

You’re right that they’re less than 50%. With such a big list this time, I’d be surprised if we had a clear (like over 60%) winner.

If you don’t mind, I’d prefer to choose those books as our next reads. Having a clear plan for a near future can help us buy the books in advance. Beside there’s a (small) cost in maintaining these polls, so I’d rather do less of them but with a few titles to choose from.

Other than that, @Hagis here is building for us a new website where we’ll have a list of recommendations from the world around and we’ll also be able to add some of our own. We’ll see where this will take us