Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote a series of &quot;sequences&quot; with the goal of creating a book on rationality.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.lesswrong.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sequences" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.lesswrong.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sequences</a><p>If your dad thrives on &quot;smarter than you&quot; arrogance, then a more subtle and crafty introduction might be, &quot;Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality,&quot; also by Eliezer Yudkowsky.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hpmor.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hpmor.com&#x2F;</a>