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		MaysonL on Aug 8, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Books with a high signal to noise ratio? Try Peter Drucker's Adventures of a Bystander, Jane Jacobs's Cities trilogy (non-fiction, written over many years, classic) and Robert Cialdini's Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion. Also I'll second the David Simon, Atul Gawande, Feynman, Shannon, and Keynes recommendations.

Nicholas_C on Aug 9, 2015 | [–]

Just bought Jane Jacob's "The Death and Life...", glad to see it on here. I'm looking forward to it.

farss on Aug 11, 2015 | [–]

+1 for Jane Jacobs' books. Just finished Cities and the Wealth of Nations.

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