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"Soft" sciences. I've been having a blast learning about questions like, How do societies believe what's true?, What is sociological reality?, How are events interpreted and those interpretations shared, manipulated and layered? Definitely leveled up both my people skills, my observational skills, and my ability to form more reasoned thoughts.

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Do you have any material you would recommend on these subjects to start diving in?

The questions I listed are specifically addressed in works like The Social Construction of Reality[1] and Frame Analysis[2]. From what I gather, they are widely read influential works and to put one in terms of the other, helped me frame modern social currents in a more through understanding.

1. Berger 1967 ISBN13:978-0385058988

2. Goffman 1986 ISBN:9780930350918

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