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24 alternatives to We Learn Nothing: Essays

An honest eye to the dark truths of the human condition

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. We Learn Nothing: Essays launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   We Learn Nothing: Essays▲62

   Brilliant book that questions why we do the things we do

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

   The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Nonsense▲59

   The power of not knowing

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   42▲62

   42 honest thoughts about purpose, courage, and giving up

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Letters from a Stoic▲85

   Seneca's thoughts on the human condition

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   So Sad Today▲62

   A collection of raw personal essays

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships ▲73

   It is a painfully honest account of a life crisis

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Lying▲64

   An analysis to the human capacity to lie

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Blindspot▲86

    Hidden biases of good people

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Do No Harm▲55

    Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Mind Club▲67

    Who thinks, what feels and why it matters

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Ungifted▲63

    Intelligence redefined

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Dark Net▲62

    A revelatory examination of the internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us▲63

    Our minds don’t work the way we think they do.

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Honest Truth About Dishonesty▲66

    How we lie to everyone, especially ourselves

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Suffering▲55

    The darkness will find you

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Brain Fog Fix▲73

    Reclaim your focus

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Road to Character▲73

    The deeper values that should inform our lives

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Essentialism▲80

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Razor's Edge▲56

    A spiritual journey to understand the human condition

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · its alternatives →

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