[jetfish]

"The Black Swan" and "Blink" got very cursory mentions earlier in the thread, but I think they're worth mentioning again.

Taleb moved me when he wrote "Fooled by Randomness" but I can't imagine it having a profound impact for most people. With "The Black Swan," he's really written a book that can change how people think, and how they reason.

"Blink" I think is noteworthy is a similar fashion, that it can give people a perspective much outside themselves. Gladwell has done a nice job of providing a look 'behind the closed door' of rapid cognition.

Neither book really counts as light reading, but they're both well-worth it for people who pride themselves on being thinkers.

I'll stop before this sounds too much like a sales pitch.

-jet