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Anonymous 2016-03-16 03:34:31 Post No. 7817096 [Report]
[english is not my first language, sorry in advance]

All my life (I'm now in my 30's) I only focused on informations about things I liked (movies, video games, music, etc), but my general knowledge is shit, like, really.
Now I'm suddenly starting to be more opened to the world, but I don't know where to start to fill the gaps I have on my world knowledge.
Consider me as an idiot, an alien that just landed on Earth a few months ago.
What non-fiction books would you recommand so that I can understand today's society and doesn't have to avoid "serious" subjects in conversations, or look like I know about them but just nod?

tl;dr : I don't have any general knowledge, please recommand some essential non-fiction books.
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 03:37:43 Post No.7817100
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 03:37:43 Post No.7817100 [Report]
read the Story Of Civilization by Will Durant for a quick overview of what's been going on for the last 3500 years or so, then get more into specific shit that interests u
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 03:44:27 Post No.7817121
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 03:44:27 Post No.7817121 [Report]
>>7817100
That sounds like a good idea to start bigger and then narrow it down. Thanks for the tip.

Still, now that the topic is here, if anyone has good recommandations of non-fiction anyone could read, don't hesitate.
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 10:49:38 Post No.7817954
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 10:49:38 Post No.7817954 [Report]
>>7817096
You could read Sociologicial Theory - Ritzer & Stepnisky. Will really help you.
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 13:50:19 Post No.7818248
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 13:50:19 Post No.7818248 [Report]
just buy a trivial pursuit and learn all the answers by heart.
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 13:56:51 Post No.7818260
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Anonymous 2016-03-16 13:56:51 Post No.7818260 [Report]
Erich Fromm -the Art of loving
-Having or beeing
I hole those are the correct names, i read them in german.
Those Books help a lot to clarify for yourself how to look at everything..
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