What's Our Problem

The Wait But Why author’s long book on political polarisation, built on a ladder from high-rung thinking (ideas held loosely, tested) down to low-rung thinking (ideas held as tribal identity), and on what happens to a society that slides down it.

Why it’s on the list: Named in the replies to @SpencrGreenberg asking what non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world really works — a crowd-sourced list Kyle recovered by hand and saved.

Page count omitted: the book was self-published and no edition page count could be verified.

Where I saw it: In the replies to @SpencrGreenberg asking “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” (June 5, 2025). Kyle recovered the reply list by hand and saved it to his “Books To Read” Apple Note; the full transcribed list lives on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).

Connections

• A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
• Language of Discourse — the portfolio idea this sits closest to; the book is largely about how argument itself degrades.