More and Better Future

The nature (and limitations) of human intelligence:

• Kinds of Minds (Dennett)
• How the Mind Works (Steven Pinker)
• Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
• How Risky is it Really?: Why our fears don't always match the facts (David Ropeik)
• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
• Liars and Outliers: Enabling the trust that society needs to thrive (Bruce Schneier)

The first three are more abstract, looking at intelligence and the workings of the mind in general. The latter three are more pragmatic, with Ropeik looking at the way we assess risks, Taleb looking at things primarily in the context of financial modelling that ignores basic facts about reality, and Schneier looking at things through the lens of a security mindset that aims to maintain social stability.