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Social behaviour and collective action
Holds books on how groups think and act: crowds, networks, tipping points, collective action, polarisation and the social science of everyday behaviour, including Gladwell and Freakonomics.
60 books on Social behaviour and collective action, 5 of them tier 1, recommended by 60 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Bill Gates.
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- The Crowd: A Study of the Popular MindGustave Le Bon, 1895
- The True BelieverEric Hoffer, 1951
- Diffusion of InnovationsEverett M. Rogers, 1962
- Normal AccidentsCharles Perrow, 1984
- The Evolution of CooperationRobert Axelrod, 1984
The best books on Social behaviour and collective action 60
Gustave Le Bon · 1895
The founding study of crowd psychology behind every mania
“The Crowd, written in 1895 by Gustave Le Bon, is probably the most instrumental book in framing my ability to go against the grain of conventional thought and not feel insecure.”Frank Martin
Eric Hoffer · 1951
Mass movements and the psychology of the true believer
“My favourite book to recommend is The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer. There is no discussion about investing, but it is extremely helpful in understanding…”Joe Rosenberg
Everett M. Rogers · 1962
The adoption curve everyone else borrows from.
Recommended byPatrick O'Shaughnessy
Timur Kuran · 1995
Preference falsification: why opinion cascades and regimes collapse suddenly
“So this is one of the all time great books. Incredible.”Marc Andreessen
Recommended byMarc Andreessen
Steven Pinker · 2025
Common knowledge as the hidden coordination mechanism in social life
Recommended byBill Gates
Jon Elster · 2007
Elster on mechanisms rather than laws in the social sciences
Malcolm Gladwell · 2013
Gladwell on underdogs and mistaken assumptions about advantage
“…books I've recommended, highlighted to death, or forced on friends.”Andrew Wilkinson
Moises Naim · 2013
Why incumbent power in states, firms and armies now erodes faster
Recommended byMark Zuckerberg
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi · 2018
Network science on how success and reputation compound unequally
Recommended byRyan Holiday
Recommended byNat Eliason
Elinor Ostrom · 1990
Aaron T. Beck · 1999
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Malcolm Gladwell · 2000
Michael Suk-Young Chwe · 2001
Common knowledge and coordination; why rituals and advertising work
Recommended byMark Zuckerberg
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi · 2002
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
James Surowiecki · 2004
“Jim Surowiecki deftly articulated this line of thinking in his delightful book, The Wisdom of Crowds.”Michael Mauboussin
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner · 2005
“his book An Engine Not a Camera (which I would highly recommend if you are interested in these topics)”Michael Mauboussin
Recommended byMichael Mauboussin
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner · 2009
Sequel applying incentive analysis to climate, crime and altruism
“I recommend this book to anyone who reads nonfiction. It is very well written and full of great insights.”Bill Gates
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
David Brooks · 2011
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Recommended byBertalan Meskó
Edmund S. Phelps · 2013
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Recommended byAntonio García Martínez
Recommended byAntonio García Martínez
Recommended byKathryn Minshew
Recommended byMichael Bloomberg
Recommended byArianna Huffington
Recommended byAndrew Wilkinson
Recommended byAndrew Wilkinson
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