Those designs come under many different terms, from information design to data visualizations. Many different semantic pointers point in a similar direction. I love the map of philosophy, too. You might also (already know and) like Domains of Science. Very related to metascience and science of science. Here e.g. Max Noichl does a network analysis of current philosophy [More: 1, 2, 3]. More links here.
Yes, good point regarding interpersonal communication, I was also thinking about more “soft skills” to add. I did consider nonviolent communication but wasn’t sure. Btw once talking about (human) communication theory I actually prefer Watzlawick and von Thun in their content. Or at least, the are equally important work if one cares about the topic of interpersonal communication. I don’t know whether to include any of this or not, I’ll wait for more opinions to form mine in this context.
Yes, again, excellent point. I agree that Rosling and Pinker in their argumentation follow e.g. naive empiricism (the world will continue the trends from the past) and have progress as an underlying assumption. The books on Ending Poverty have similar narratives and assumptions. Reading “How the world thinks” by Julian Baggini helped me to understand how much the assumption of progress is in general a fact about Western philosophy in particular. However, I don’t think just skipping these books or this perspective is the right way either. One can’t just read “the right perspective”, one needs to triangulate insights from multiple sides and narratives. As Taleb, who also makes many arguments against Pinker, is included multiple times, I feel like the antithesis is also properly reflected. Thanks for bringing it up!
Thank you for the kind comment!
Those designs come under many different terms, from information design to data visualizations. Many different semantic pointers point in a similar direction. I love the map of philosophy, too. You might also (already know and) like Domains of Science. Very related to metascience and science of science. Here e.g. Max Noichl does a network analysis of current philosophy [More: 1, 2, 3]. More links here.
Yes, good point regarding interpersonal communication, I was also thinking about more “soft skills” to add. I did consider nonviolent communication but wasn’t sure. Btw once talking about (human) communication theory I actually prefer Watzlawick and von Thun in their content. Or at least, the are equally important work if one cares about the topic of interpersonal communication. I don’t know whether to include any of this or not, I’ll wait for more opinions to form mine in this context.
Yes, again, excellent point. I agree that Rosling and Pinker in their argumentation follow e.g. naive empiricism (the world will continue the trends from the past) and have progress as an underlying assumption. The books on Ending Poverty have similar narratives and assumptions. Reading “How the world thinks” by Julian Baggini helped me to understand how much the assumption of progress is in general a fact about Western philosophy in particular. However, I don’t think just skipping these books or this perspective is the right way either. One can’t just read “the right perspective”, one needs to triangulate insights from multiple sides and narratives. As Taleb, who also makes many arguments against Pinker, is included multiple times, I feel like the antithesis is also properly reflected. Thanks for bringing it up!