Books on Ideas That Will Make You Smarter — Curated from The Seen and the Unseen Podcast
" The Seen and the Unseen " is India's premier long-form podcast hosted by Amit Varma. The podcast, which has been running since 2017, features long-form conversations with intellectuals, writers, economists, historians, and thought leaders from India and around the world. I am only sharing the books recommended grouped into broad thematic categories that align with traditional library and academic classification systems in philosophy, psychology, ethics, and literature: Psychology and Cognitive Science The Elephant in the Brain — Kevin Simler & Robin Hanson Human: The Science Behind What Makes Your Brain Unique — Michael S. Gazzaniga Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman Ethics, Morality, and Philosophy of Goodness The Moral Arc: How Science Makes Us Better People — Michael Shermer Better Never to Have Been — David Benatar The Difficulty of Being Good — Gurcharan Das The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress — Peter Singer On Bullsh...