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The Book of Why
Judea Pearl
Read 2026 / ★★★★☆
Causal diagrams made statistics feel less like ceremony and more like reasoning.
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Bookshelf
No universal canon. This is a trail of books that changed a question or sharpened a tool.
The Book of WhyJudea PearlThe Timeless Way of BuildingChristopher AlexanderWays of SeeingJohn BergerWorking BackwardsColin Bryar and Bill CarrThe Design of Everyday ThingsDon Norman三體劉慈欣
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The Timeless Way of Building
Christopher Alexander
Reading now
A slow, generous book about patterns that feel alive.
03
Ways of Seeing
John Berger
Read 2025 / ★★★★★
Short enough to revisit, sharp enough to change what looking means.
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Working Backwards
Colin Bryar and Bill Carr
Read 2025 / ★★★★☆
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The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Read 2024 / ★★★★☆
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三體
劉慈欣
Read 2024 / ★★★★★