Books are perhaps the best tools to build mental models and learn everything past & future. These are some books i recommend to my friends and family.
Start with why - Simon Sinek
How will you measure your life - Clayton Christensen
Measure what matters- John Doerr
Zero to One - Peter Thiel
Hooked- Nir Eyal
Seeking Wisdom- From Darwin to Munger - Peter Bevelin
Poor Charlie’s Almanack
How to change your mind- Michael Pollan
Principles- Ray Dalio
The rational optimist - Matt Ridley
Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Skin in the Game - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The evolution of everything - Matt Ridley
Genious- The life & science of Richard Feyman - James Gleick
The complete strategyst- Being a primer on Game theory- JD Williams
The evolution of Cooperations- Robert Axelrod
Peak Performance- Brad Stulberg & Steve Magnus
Direct Truth- Kapil Gupta
The Passion paradox- Brad Stulberg & Steve Magnus
The book of life- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jed Mckenna’s theory of everything
Tools of titans- Tim Ferris
Meditaion- Marcus Auerelius