Three books come to my mind on this topic: 1) Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge by Niels Bohr - and to think this was a series of speeches is pretty intense… still haven’t read it through to this day after ~7 years. 2) The Master and His Emissary by Iain Mcgilchrist- I’ve been pushing on and off since late 2019 and I’m ~80% through having understood ~75% and retained ~35% of what I read. It’s been a nice experience. 3) Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace - got ~30% through and haven’t touched it in years.