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Books That Changed My Mind

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  • Nishant Kumar

    Started the club

Not books you enjoyed. Books that moved you off a position you'd genuinely held for years. This is a Chaptra house club — set up and moderated by us to get the conversation going. Open to everyone; jump in anywhere.

  • What changed, exactly?

    Follow-up thread for specifics. Not "it opened my eyes" — the actual proposition you'd have defended before and wouldn't now.

    Nishant Kumar1 reply6 views#chaptra-house

  • Has a badly written book ever convinced you anyway?

    Tedious, poorly argued, irritating — and right. Does that say something about the argument, or about us?

    Nishant Kumar2 replies7 views#chaptra-house

  • The book you resisted and lost to

    You went in to argue with it. It won. What was it?

    Nishant Kumar1 reply4 views#chaptra-house
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    If you can't name a book that changed your mind, you've been reading to be agreed with

    Most reading is confirmation with a bibliography. We pick authors whose conclusions we already share and call the resulting glow "learning". Actual mind-changing is rare, uncomfortable, and usually involves a book you didn't enjoy. So — name one. What did you believe going in, and what do you believe now?

    Nishant Kumar3 replies3 views#chaptra-house