The Ten-Book Rule for Smarter Thinking

Ten well-chosen books are usually enough to understand the expert consensus on any reasonable question you might have.

At this point, I can imagine the doctors, lawyers and anyone with a PhD cringing at my exceedingly low bar for expertise. But let me unpack that above rule:

• The books have to be well-chosen. Any ten random books on a subject won’t converge to the expert wisdom. Even a hundred books won’t if they’re low-quality. I’ll define high-quality books below, but this is an important caveat to remember.