I’ve read countless amazing books over the years about things like, personal finance/money, positive thinking, habit’s, workplace success. When I started running a couple years ago I got into “running” books, and knocked out about 15-20 books on the topic since then.
A couple months ago a friend recommended “Sapiens” which is largely about evolution and history starting hundreds of thousands of years ago. It discusses things from the impact of agriculture, to broad mentions on how economies and cultures evolved.
That lead me to reading the sequel “Homo Deus” which is somewhat more of a futuristic discussion on where we may end up, following our current path of life (technology, over population, climate change, water shortage, etc.)
From there I read one of Bill Gates suggestions, “Origin Stories” which looks at much of the same period as “Sapiens” except for more of a scientific/biology standpoint than as much being anthropology. It also goes much further back with theories on how Earth was created and the start of life.
These got me interested in Economics, so now I’m about finished with, “A Little History of Economics.” Which is also awesome.
I’m looking for more suggestions on general economics, anthropology, or evolution. Learning about these topics in this much depth is pretty new to me (although I did take two economics courses in college).