What books or articles have you read recently that fundamentally shifted the way you think about the world, and how you interact with it (work, social, play, whatever)?
What books or articles have you read recently that fundamentally shifted the way you think about the world, and how you interact with it (work, social, play, whatever)?
I’ve been working on deconstructing my childhood, being raised as a young earth creationist. I long since dropped theism, but am still trying to clean up some of the side effects. The talk.origins newsgroup has been invaluable. So many of the things I was taught, I didn’t even know were specifically creationist BS because they were all I heard from the time I was a baby.
I’m always down for recommendations on “adults should know this basic science 101”.
There’s some great podcasts out there that really focus on the science. Science VS comes to mind, as does Factually
I can recommend A brief history of time by Stephen Hawking as a good scientific read with very clear and simple explanation of the topic.
Interesting. I grew up in a science-heavy family, and eventually became a scientist. A LOT of what’s been changing my worldview recently has been a kind of deprogramming from science - reductionist science. Complexity theory in particular, as well as breaking down the dominant cultural view of linear technological progress.
I don’t have anything really super useful at the 101 level, but I’ll definitely plug some of the stuff on !complexity@lemmy.world community - it’s not necessarily introductory material, but some of it is super accessible and fun to engage with (especially some of the videos).