Edwin's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 08 Apr 2025 04:45:52 -0700 60 Edwin's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Wealth of Nations, Books 1-3]]> 115596
The publication of The Wealth of Nations in 1776 coincided with America's Declaration of Independence, and with this landmark treatise on political economy, Adam Smith paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that a truly free market - fired by competition yet guided as if by an 'invisible hand' to ensure justice and equality - was the engine of a fair and productive society. Books I - III of The Wealth of Nations examine the 'division of labour' as the key to economic growth, by ensuring the interdependence of individuals within society. They also cover the origins of money and the importance of wages, profit, rent and stocks; but the real sophistication of his analysis derives from the fact that it encompasses a combination of ethics, philosophy and history to create a vast panorama of society.

This edition contains an analytical introduction offering an in-depth discussion of Smith as an economist and social scientist, as well as a preface, further reading and explanatory notes.]]> 544 Adam Smith 0140432086 Edwin 0 to-read 3.88 The Wealth of Nations, Books 1-3
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place]]> 766674 208 Bj?rn Lomborg 0521685710 Edwin 0 to-read 3.37 How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Keep House While Drowning]]> 60139504 How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revolutionize the way you approach home care〞without endless to-do lists. Presented in 31 daily thoughts, this compassionate guide will help you begin to get free of the shame and anxiety you feel over home care.

Inside you will learn:
﹞ How to shift your perspective of care tasks from moral to functional;
﹞ How to stop negative self-talk and shame around care tasks;
﹞ How to give yourself permission to rest, even when things aren＊t finished;
﹞ How to motivate yourself to care for your space.]]> 151 K.C. Davis 166800285X Edwin 0 to-read 4.22 2022 How to Keep House While Drowning
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]]> <![CDATA[Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions]]> 1713426
Why does recalling the Ten Commandments reduce our tendency to lie, even when we couldn't possibly be caught?

Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup?

Why do we go back for second helpings at the unlimited buffet, even when our stomachs are already full?

And how did we ever start spending $4.15 on a cup of coffee when, just a few years ago, we used to pay less than a dollar?

When it comes to making decisions in our lives, we think we're in control. We think we're making smart, rational choices. But are we?

In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities.

Not only do we make astonishingly simple mistakes every day, but we make the same "types" of mistakes, Ariely discovers. We consistently overpay, underestimate, and procrastinate. We fail to understand the profound effects of our emotions on what we want, and we overvalue what we already own. Yet these misguided behaviors are neither random nor senseless. They're systematic and predictable--making us "predictably" irrational.

From drinking coffee to losing weight, from buying a car to choosing a romantic partner, Ariely explains how to break through these systematic patterns of thought to make better decisions. "Predictably Irrational" will change the way we interact with the world--one small decision at a time.]]> 247 Dan Ariely Edwin 0 to-read 4.12 2008 Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance]]> 26154200 What role do think tanks play in shaping public policy and public discourse in the United States?

In The Fifth Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance , James G. McGann illustrates how policymakers have come to value the independent analysis and advice provided by think tanks and why it has become one of the defining characteristics of the American political system. Drawing on case studies in both foreign and domestic policy, McGann clarifies the correlation between think tank research and the policies enacted by the past three presidential administrations. He also describes a phenomenon known as ※the revolving door,§ where think tanks provide former government officials an opportunity to share insights from public service, remain involved in policy debates, and continue to provide advice and commentary.

Based on the history and the level of involvement seen today, the influence of think tanks is unlikely to diminish in the coming years.
"]]> 240 James G. McGann 0815728301 Edwin 0 to-read 3.60 2016 The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance
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]]> Pedagogy of the Oppressed 72657 Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. The methodology of the late Paulo Freire has helped to empower countless impoverished and illiterate people throughout the world. Freire's work has taken on especial urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban centers is increasingly accepted as the norm. With a substantive new introduction on Freire's life and the remarkable impact of this book by writer and Freire confidant and authority Donaldo Macedo, this anniversary edition of Pedagogy of the Oppressed will inspire a new generation of educators, students, and general readers for years to come.]]> 183 Paulo Freire 0826412769 Edwin 0 to-read 4.30 1968 Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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]]> <![CDATA[Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind]]> 23692271 512 Yuval Noah Harari Edwin 0 to-read 4.33 2011 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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]]> <![CDATA[Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything]]> 1202
These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.

Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.

What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and -- if the right questions are asked -- is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.

Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.
(front flap)]]> 268 Steven D. Levitt 0061234001 Edwin 0 to-read 4.01 2005 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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]]> The Book of Five Rings 43849535 101 Miyamoto Musashi 9897787917 Edwin 1 3.87 1645 The Book of Five Rings
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Edwin 0 to-read 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
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]]> The Problems of Philosophy 31799 116 Bertrand Russell 1421903679 Edwin 0 to-read 3.92 1912 The Problems of Philosophy
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]]> Hard Times 5344
Without a moral compass to guide them, the children sink into lives of desperation and despair, played out against the grim background of Coketown, a wretched community shadowed by an industrial behemoth. Louisa falls into a loveless marriage with Josiah Bouderby, a vulgar banker, while the unscrupulous Tom, totally lacking in principle, becomes a thief who frames an innocent man for his crime. Witnessing the degradation and downfall of his children, Gradgrind realizes that his own misguided principles have ruined their lives.

Considered Dickens' harshest indictment of mid-19th-century industrial practices and their dehumanizing effects, this novel offers a fascinating tapestry of Victorian life, filled with the richness of detail, brilliant characterization, and passionate social concern that typify the novelist's finest creations.

Of Dickens' work, the eminent Victorian critic John Ruskin had this to say: "He is entirely right in his main drift and purpose in every book he has written; and all of them, but especially Hard Times, should be studied with close and earnest care by persons interested in social questions."]]> 384 Charles Dickens 0321107217 Edwin 0 to-read 3.55 1854 Hard Times
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]]> The Discourses 1045017 For centuries, Stoicism was virtually the unofficial religion of the Roman world

The stress on endurance, self-restraint, and power of the will to withstand calamity can often seem coldhearted. It is Epictetus, a lame former slave exiled by Emperor Domitian, who offers by far the most precise and humane version of Stoic ideals. The Discourses, assembled by his pupil Arrian, catch him in action, publicly setting out his views on ethical dilemmas.

Committed to communicating with the broadest possible audience, Epictetus uses humor, imagery conversations and homely comparisons to put his message across. The results are perfect universal justice and calm indifference in the face of pain.

The most comprehensive edition available with an introduction, notes, selected criticism, glossary, and chronology of Epictetus' life and times. ]]> 384 Epictetus 0460873121 Edwin 0 to-read 4.27 108 The Discourses
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]]> <![CDATA[Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation]]> 17674998
The widening gap between rich and poor means dealing with one big, uncomfortable If you＊re not at the top, you＊re at the bottom.

The global labor market is changing radically thanks to growth at the high end〞and the low. About three quarters of the jobs created in the United States since the great recession pay only a bit more than minimum wage. Still, the United States has more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever, and we continue to mint them.

In this eye-opening book, renowned economist and bestselling author Tyler Cowen explains that High earners are taking ever more advantage of machine intelligence in data analysis and achieving ever-better results. Meanwhile, low earners who haven＊t committed to learning, to making the most of new technologies, have poor prospects. Nearly every business sector relies less and less on manual labor, and this fact is forever changing the world of work and wages. A steady, secure life somewhere in the middle〞average〞is over.

With The Great Stagnation, Cowen explained why median wages stagnated over the last four decades; in Average Is Over he reveals the essential nature of the new economy, identifies the best path forward for workers and entrepreneurs, and provides readers with actionable advice to make the most of the new economic landscape. It is a challenging and sober must-read but ultimately exciting, good news. In debates about our nation＊s economic future, it will be impossible to ignore.]]> 304 Tyler Cowen 0525953736 Edwin 0 to-read 3.57 2013 Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Your Subconscious Mind]]> 68984 The Power of Your Subconscious Mind has been a bestseller since its first publication in 1963, selling many millions of copies since its original publication. It is one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time which can help you heal yourself, banish your fears, sleep better, enjoy better relationships and just feel happier. The techniques are simple and results come quickly. You can improve your relationships, your finances, your physical well-being.

Dr. Joseph Murphy explains that life events are actually the result of the workings of your conscious and subconscious minds. He suggests practical techniques through which one can change one's destiny, principally by focusing and redirecting this miraculous energy. Years of research studying the world's major religions convinced him that some Great Power lay behind all spiritual life and that this power is within each of us.

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind will open a world of success, happiness, prosperity, and peace for you.

]]> 304 Joseph Murphy 0553583182 Edwin 0 to-read 4.10 1963 The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
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]]> <![CDATA[Leonardo's Brain: Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius]]> 20893022
Shlain theorizes that Leonardo＊s extraordinary mind came from a uniquely developed and integrated right and left brain, and he offers a model for how we too can evolve. Using past and current research, Leonardo＊s Brain presents da Vinci as the focal point for a fresh exploration of human creativity. With his lucid style and remarkable ability to discern connections among a wide range of fields, Shlain brings the reader into the world of history＊s greatest mind.
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]]> 240 Leonard Shlain 1493003356 Edwin 0 to-read 3.65 2014 Leonardo's Brain: Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius
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]]> <![CDATA[Rage Inside the Machine: The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All]]> 40653223
But is this statement actually true? Dr Robert Smith thinks it is dangerously untrue in the modern era.

Having worked in the field of artificial intelligence for over 30 years, Smith reveals the mounting evidence that the mechanical actors in our lives do indeed have, or at least express, they're just not the morals of the progressive modern society that we imagined we were moving towards. Instead, as we are just beginning to see 每 in the US elections and Brexit to name but a few 每 there are increasing incidences of machine bigotry, greed and the crass manipulation of our basest instincts.

It is easy to assume that these are the result of programmer prejudices or the product of dark forces manipulating the masses through the network of the Internet. But what if there is something more fundamental and explicitly mechanical at play, something inherent within technology itself?

This book demonstrates how non-scientific ideas have been encoded deep into our technological infrastructure. Offering a rigorous, fresh perspective on how technology has brought us to this place, Rage Inside the Machine challenges the long-held assumption that technology is an apolitical and amoral force. Shedding light on little-known historical stories and investigating the complex connections between scientific philosophy, institutional prejudice and new technology, this book offers a new, honest and more truly scientific vision of ourselves.]]> 344 Robert Elliott Smith 1472963881 Edwin 0 to-read 3.97 2019 Rage Inside the Machine: The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All
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]]> Tragedy 51283446
In this compelling account, eminent literary critic Terry Eagleton explores the nuances of tragedy in Western culture〞from literature and politics to philosophy and theater. Eagleton covers a vast array of thinkers and practitioners, including Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, and Slavoj ?i?ek, as well as key figures in theater, from Sophocles and Aeschylus to Shakespeare and Ibsen.

Eagleton examines the political nature of tragedy, looking closely at its connection with periods of historical transition. The dramatic form originated not as a meditation on the human condition, but at moments of political engagement, when civilizations struggled with the conflicts that beset them. Tragedy, Eagleton demonstrates, is fundamental to human experience and culture.]]> 216 Terry Eagleton 0300252218 Edwin 0 to-read 3.51 Tragedy
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]]> Brighton Rock 48862 ISBN 9780099478478 moved to this edition.
A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Greene's gripping thriller, exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the 'dangerous edge of things'.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE]]> 269 Graham Greene Edwin 0 to-read 3.69 1938 Brighton Rock
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]]> Cloudstreet 343881 Cloudstreet exemplifies the brilliant ability of fiction to captivate and inspire.

Struggling to rebuild their lives after being touched by disaster, the Pickle family, who've inherited a big house called Cloudstreet in a suburb of Perth, take in the God-fearing Lambs as tenants. The Lambs have suffered their own catastrophes, and determined to survive, they open up a grocery on the ground floor. From 1944 to 1964, the shared experiences of the two overpopulated clans -- running the gamut from drunkenness, adultery, and death to resurrection, marriage, and birth -- bond them to each other and to the bustling, haunted house in ways no one could have anticipated.

]]> 426 Tim Winton 0743234413 Edwin 0 to-read 4.02 1991 Cloudstreet
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]]> <![CDATA[Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries]]> 39863447
In Loonshots, physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bahcall reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs.

Drawing on the science of phase transitions, Bahcall shows why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing wild new ideas to rigidly rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice.

Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall shows how this new kind of science helps us understand the behavior of companies and the fate of empires. Loonshots distills these insights into lessons for creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries everywhere.]]> 368 Safi Bahcall 1250185963 Edwin 0 3.98 2019 Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
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]]> <![CDATA[Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.]]> 16121 ????????Born the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snake-oil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, Rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the world's richest man by creating America's most powerful and feared monopoly, Standard Oil. Branded "the Octopus" by legions of muckrakers, the trust refined and marketed nearly 90 percent of the oil produced in America.
????????Rockefeller was likely the most controversial businessman in our nation's history. Critics charged that his empire was built on unscrupulous tactics: grand-scale collusion with the railroads, predatory pricing, industrial espionage, and wholesale bribery of political officials. The titan spent more than thirty years dodging investigations until Teddy Roosevelt and his trustbusters embarked on a marathon crusade to bring Standard Oil to bay.
????????While providing abundant new evidence of Rockefeller's misdeeds, Chernow discards the stereotype of the cold-blooded monster to sketch an unforgettably human portrait of a quirky, eccentric original. A devout Baptist and temperance advocate, Rockefeller gave money more generously--his chosen philanthropies included the Rockefeller Foundation, the University of Chicago, and what is today Rockefeller University--than anyone before him. Titan presents a finely nuanced portrait of a fascinating, complex man, synthesizing his public and private lives and disclosing numerous family scandals, tragedies, and misfortunes that have never before come to light.
????????John D. Rockefeller's story captures a pivotal moment in American history, documenting the dramatic post-Civil War shift from small business to the rise of giant corporations that irrevocably transformed the nation. With cameos by Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Jay Gould, William Vanderbilt, Ida Tarbell, Andrew Carnegie, Carl Jung, J. Pierpont Morgan, William James, Henry Clay Frick, Mark Twain, and Will Rogers, Titan turns Rockefeller's life into a vivid tapestry of American society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is Ron Chernow's signal triumph that he narrates this monumental saga with all the sweep, drama, and insight that this giant subject deserves.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 832 Ron Chernow 1400077303 Edwin 0 to-read 4.15 1998 Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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]]> <![CDATA[Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making]]> 59696349
Each quick 5-20 page entry builds on the previous one, charting Tony＊s personal journey from a product designer to a leader, from a startup founder to an executive to a mentor. Tony uses examples that are instantly captivating, like the process of building the very first iPod and iPhone. Every chapter is designed to help readers with a problem they＊re facing right now〞how to get funding for their startup, whether to quit their job or not, or just how to deal with the jerk in the next cubicle.

Tony forged his path to success alongside mentors like Steve Jobs and Bill Campbell, icons of Silicon Valley who succeeded time and time again. But Tony doesn＊t follow the Silicon Valley credo that you have to reinvent everything from scratch to make something great. His advice is unorthodox because it＊s old school. Because Tony＊s learned that human nature doesn＊t change. You don＊t have to reinvent how you lead and manage〞just what you make.]]> 416 Tony Fadell 1787634116 Edwin 0 to-read 4.28 Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
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]]> <![CDATA[Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products]]> 17707768 In 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple as CEO with the unenviable task of turning around the company he had founded. One night, Jobs discovered a scruffy British designer toiling away at Apple＊s corporate headquarters, surrounded by hundreds of sketches and prototypes. It was then that Jobs realized he had found a talent who could reverse the company＊s long decline.
That young designer was Jony Ive.?

Jony Ive＊s collaboration with Jobs would produce?some of the world＊s most iconic technology products,?including the iMac, iPod, iPad, and iPhone. The designs have not only made Apple a hugely valuable?company, they＊ve overturned entire industries, built?a loyal fan base, and created a globally powerful?brand. Along the way, Jony Ive has become the?world＊s leading technology innovator, won countless design awards, earned a place on the 2013 Time ?100 list, and was even knighted for his ※services to?design and enterprise.§
Yet despite his triumphs, little is known about the shy and soft-spoken whiz whom Jobs referred to?as his ※spiritual partner§ at Apple. Jony Ive reveals?the true story of Apple＊s real innovator-in-chief.
Leander Kahney, the bestselling author of Inside?Steve＊s Brain , offers a detailed portrait of a creative genius. He shows us how Jony Ive went from an?English art school student with dyslexia to the man?whose immense insights have altered the pattern?of our lives. From his early interest in industrial?design, fostered by his designer father, through his education at Newcastle Polytechnic and meteoric rise at Apple, we discover the principles and practices that he developed to become the designer of his generation.
Based on interviews with Jony Ive＊s former colleagues and Kahney＊s own familiarity with the world of Apple, this book gives insight into how Jony Ive (now senior vice president of design) has redefined the ways in which we work, entertain, and communicate with one another.]]> 274 Leander Kahney 159184617X Edwin 0 to-read 3.98 2013 Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
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]]> Why We're Polarized 52098718
Why We＊re Polarized reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America＊s descent into division and dysfunction. Neither a polemic nor a lament, it offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Donald Trump＊s rise to the Democratic Party＊s leftward shift to the politicization of everyday culture.]]> 336 Ezra Klein 147670032X Edwin 0 to-read 4.19 2020 Why We're Polarized
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]]> <![CDATA[How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future]]> 56587388
'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's a tour de force' BILL GATES
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We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check - because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts.

In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, making their complete and rapid elimination unlikely. Drawing on the latest science and tackling sources of misinformation head on - from Yuval Noah Harari to Noam Chomsky - ultimately Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead?
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'Very informative and eye-opening in many ways' HA-JOON CHANG, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

'If you are anxious about the future, and infuriated that we aren't doing enough about it, please read this book' PAUL COLLIER, author of The Future of Capitalism]]> 326 Vaclav Smil 0241454409 Edwin 0 to-read 3.89 2022 How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
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]]> One Hundred Years of Solitude 320 417 Gabriel Garc赤a M芍rquez Edwin 0 to-read 4.10 1967 One Hundred Years of Solitude
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us]]> 39939050 We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but is there really anything special about us that sets us apart from other animals? Humans are the slightest of twigs on a single family tree that encompasses four billion years, a lot of twists and turns, and a billion species. All of those organisms are rooted in a single origin, with a common code that underwrites our existence. This paradox - that our biology is indistinct from all life, yet we consider ourselves to be special - lies at the heart of who we are.

In this original and entertaining tour of life on Earth, Adam Rutherford explores how many of the things once considered to be exclusively human are not: we are not the only species that communicates, makes tools, utilises fire, or has sex for reasons other than to make new versions of ourselves. Evolution has, however, allowed us to develop our culture to a level of complexity that outstrips any other observed in nature.

THE BOOK OF HUMANS tells the story of how we became the creatures we are today, bestowed with the unique ability to investigate what makes us who we are. Illuminated by the latest scientific discoveries, it is a thrilling compendium of what unequivocally fixes us as animals, and reveals how we are extraordinary among them.

]]> 273 Adam Rutherford 0297609424 Edwin 0 to-read 3.89 2016 The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us
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]]> <![CDATA[The Network State: How To Start a New Country]]> 60643059
This book introduces the concept of the network state: a country you can start from your computer, a state that recruits like a startup, a nation built from the internet rather than disrupted by it.

The fundamental concept behind the network state is to assemble a digital community and organize it to crowdfund physical territory. But that territory is not in one place 〞 it＊s spread around the world, fully decentralized, hooked together by the internet for a common cause, much like Google＊s offices or Bitcoin＊s miners. And because every citizen has opted in, it＊s a model for 100% democracy rather than the minimum threshold of consent modeled by 51% democracies.

Of course, there are countless questions that need to be answered to build something of this scope. How does a network state work socially, technically, logistically, legally, physically, financially? How could such a thing even be viable?

This book attempts to answer these questions.]]> 262 Balaji S. Srinivasan Edwin 0 to-read 3.96 The Network State: How To Start a New Country
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]]> <![CDATA[Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business]]> 37638074
Wise, practical, and profitable letters to entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, and business owners in every field求from a leading executive, investor, and business founder

More than 600,000 new businesses are launched each year. How can a start-up find the funding it needs to survive? When, if at all, should a company go public? How does an entrepreneur build and manage a workplace求and create a lasting legacy?

Maynard Webb has helped found, fund, and grow dozens of successful companies, and has driven strategic change at Salesforce, eBay, Everwise, and Visa, among other worldwide corporations. Known for offering savvy insight, encouragement, and a dose of reality in the form of engaging personal letters to a select group of business leaders, Webb now shares his lessons with the rest of America＊s aspiring entrepreneurs求at any age and stage in their careers求in Dear Founder.

Featuring more than eighty inspiring, informative, and instructive letters, Dear Founder is rich with sound advice on an array of business topics, from turning your idea into a reality to building a culture, to reaching key financial goals. This book is an indispensable guide to navigating the realities, risks, and rewards of being your own boss求and founding the company of your dreams.]]> 352 Maynard Webb 1250195640 Edwin 0 to-read 3.74 Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business
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]]> The Favorite Game 90591 248 Leonard Cohen 1400033624 Edwin 0 to-read 3.89 1963 The Favorite Game
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]]> <![CDATA[Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI Reveals What Really Goes on in Our Minds]]> 31521469
As neuroscientists unravel the regions of the brain involved in reward and motivation, and in romantic love, we are likely to develop the capacity to influence responses such as love using drugs. fMRI studies have also been used to indicate that many people who would not regard themselves as racist show a racial bias in their emotional responses to faces of another racial group. Meanwhile, the reliability of fMRI as a lie detector in murder cases is being debated - what if the individual simply believes, falsely, that he or she committed a murder?

Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans takes readers beyond the media headlines. Barbara J. Sahakian and Julia Gottwald consider what the technique of fMRI entails, and what information it can give us, showing which applications are possible today, and which ones are science fiction. They also consider the important ethical questions these techniques raise. Should individuals applying for jobs as teachers or judges be screened for unconscious racial bias? What if the manipulation of love using 'love potions' was misused for economic or military ends? How far will we allow neuroscience to go? It is time to make up our minds.]]> 176 Barbara J. Sahakian 0198752881 Edwin 0 to-read 3.58 Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI Reveals What Really Goes on in Our Minds
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]]> <![CDATA[The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary]]> 25019 The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.]]> 242 Simon Winchester 0060839783 Edwin 0 to-read 3.84 1998 The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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]]> <![CDATA[Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines]]> 13707580 350 Richard A. Muller 0393081613 Edwin 0 4.01 2012 Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
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]]> Creativity Code 43382084 The award-winning author of The Music of the Primes explores the future of creativity and how machine learning will disrupt, enrich, and transform our understanding of what it means to be human.

Can a well-programmed machine do anything a human can求only better? Complex algorithms are choosing our music, picking our partners, and driving our investments. They can navigate more data than a doctor or lawyer and act with greater precision. For many years we＊ve taken solace in the notion that they can＊t create. But now that algorithms can learn and adapt, does the future of creativity belong to machines, too?

It is hard to imagine a better guide to the bewildering world of artificial intelligence than Marcus du Sautoy, a celebrated Oxford mathematician whose work on symmetry in the ninth dimension has taken him to the vertiginous edge of mathematical understanding. In The Creativity Code he considers what machine learning means for the future of creativity. The Pollockizer can produce drip paintings in the style of Jackson Pollock, Botnik spins off fanciful (if improbable) scenes inspired by J. K. Rowling, and the music-composing algorithm Emmy managed to fool a panel of Bach experts. But do these programs just mimic, or do they have what it takes to create? Du Sautoy argues that to answer this question, we need to understand how the algorithms that drive them work求and this brings him back to his own subject of mathematics, with its puzzles, constraints, and enticing possibilities.

While most recent books on AI focus on the future of work, The Creativity Code moves us to the forefront of creative new technologies and offers a more positive and unexpected vision of our future cohabitation with machines. It challenges us to reconsider what it means to be human求and to crack the creativity code.]]> 336 Marcus du Sautoy 0008288151 Edwin 0 to-read 3.97 2019 Creativity Code
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]]> <![CDATA[The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets]]> 45362835 A groundbreaking exploration of how the interplay of physics and mathematics has enriched our understanding of the universe - essential reading for anyone who wants to grasp how physicists are attempting, in Stephen Hawking's words, to 'know the mind of God'.

One of the great mysteries of science is that underlying all the complexities of the universe is a harmonious order, whose existence Einstein described as 'a miracle'. No less miraculous, the fundamental laws of the universe can be written in the language of advanced mathematics.

Searching for these laws, physicists have found themselves developing ambitious mathematical ideas without experiment as their guide. In The Universe Speaks in Numbers, Graham Farmelo demonstrates how today's greatest scientific minds are working in a tradition that dates back to Newton. He takes us on an adventure from the Enlightenment, through the breakthroughs of Einstein and Dirac, to the contemporary physicists and mathematicians who are shedding fascinating light on each other's disciplines. As Farmelo shows, this blossoming relationship between mathematics and physics is responsible for huge, redefining advances in our understanding of reality, space and time.

Always lively, vivid and authoritative, Farmelo guides the reader through the most thrilling and controversial developments in contemporary thought.

LISTEN TO THE ACCOMPANYING PODCAST featuring interviews with leading scientists at

'A superbly written, riveting book. In elegant prose, and using virtually no equations, Farmelo describes the ongoing quest of great thinkers to understand the bedrock nature of reality' Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge

'I am overcome with admiration for this book's range and profundity ... An amazing achievement' Michael Frayn, award-winning writer of Copenhagen

'Masterful ... a riveting account of one of the greatest stories of our time' Nima Arkani-Hamed, Professor at the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton

]]> 349 Graham Farmelo Edwin 0 to-read 3.70 2019 The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets
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]]> <![CDATA[The Species That Changed Itself: How Prosperity Reshaped Humanity]]> 50308677
Other species adapt to their environments; we alone create ours. Over generations, we have remade the world to suit ourselves - using improved knowledge and technology to confront the traditional scourges - and for the most part we enjoy prosperity beyond the dreams of our ancestors. What's more, in changing our world, we have also reshaped the human phenotype - the interaction between genes and environment that moulds our bodies and minds.

The results can be seen in the streets of our post-industrial cities. We are taller and heavier, and live longer. We think and behave differently, and die from once-rare diseases. Our experiences of life have been transformed, and in turn so have our societies.

Weaving together biology, social anthropology, epidemiology and history, Edwin Gale examines the shifting physical and mental dimensions of our lives, from ageing to illness, food production to reproduction, designer bodies to IQ tests, and are we a self-domesticated species?]]> 400 Edwin Gale 0241292697 Edwin 0 to-read 3.83 The Species That Changed Itself: How Prosperity Reshaped Humanity
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media]]> 57220251
※Riveting. . . . Dimsdale . . . shows how the art of dark persuasion a generation ago led almost inevitably to today＊s misinformation, cyberbullying and cultlike behavior on the Internet.§〞Dina Temple-Raston, Washington Post
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This gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by Lenin and Stalin, setting the stage for major breakthroughs in tools for social, political, and religious control. ?
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Tracing these developments through many of the past century＊s major conflagrations, Dimsdale narrates how when World War II erupted, governments secretly raced to develop drugs for interrogation. Brainwashing returned to the spotlight during the Cold War in the hands of the North Koreans and Chinese. In response, a huge Manhattan Project of the Mind was established to study memory obliteration, indoctrination during sleep, and hallucinogens. Cults used the techniques as well. Nobel laureates, university academics, intelligence operatives, criminals, and clerics all populate this shattering and dark story〞one that hasn＊t yet ended.]]> 304 Joel E. Dimsdale 0300247176 Edwin 0 to-read 3.76 Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media
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]]> <![CDATA[The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival]]> 57356064
Pandemic, climate change, or our era is ripe with the odor of doomsday. In movies, books, and more, our imaginations run wild with visions of dreadful, abandoned cities and returning to the land in a desperate attempt at survival.

In The Next Apocalypse , archaeologist Chris Begley argues that we completely misunderstand how disaster works. Examining past collapses of civilizations, such as the Maya and Rome, he argues that these breakdowns are actually less about cataclysmic destruction than they are about long processes of change. In it＊s what happens after the initial uproar that matters. Some people abandon their homes and neighbors; others band together to start anew. As we anticipate our own fate, Begley tells us that it was communities, not lone heroes, who survived past apocalypses〞and who will survive the next.

Fusing archaeology, survivalism, and social criticism, The Next Apocalypse is an essential read for anxious times.]]> 288 Chris Begley 1541675282 Edwin 0 to-read 3.63 The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you]]> 52283963
The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak.



They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little . As a matter of fact, it's not their responsibility to tell you the truth. It's your responsibility to find it and it's worth doing right .



Talking to customers is one of the foundational skills of both Customer Development and Lean Startup. We all know we're supposed to do it, but nobody seems willing to admit that it's easy to screw up and hard to do right. This book is going to show you how customer conversations go wrong and how you can do better.

]]> 138 Rob Fitzpatrick Edwin 0 to-read 4.36 2013 The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
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]]> <![CDATA[The Brain: Everything You Need To Know]]> 50998881
Congratulations! You're the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped with all sorts of useful design features, but also many bugs and weaknesses. Problem is you don't get an owner's manual. You have to just plug and play.

As a result, most of us never properly understand how our brains work and what they're truly capable of. We fail to get the best out of them, ignore some of their most useful features and struggle to overcome their design faults.

Until now, that is.

Featuring witty essays and fascinating "try this at home" experiments, New Scientist take you on a journey through intelligence, memory, creativity, the unconscious and beyond. From the strange ways to distort what we think of as "reality" to the brain hacks that can improve memory, The A User's Guide will help you understand your brain and show you how to use it to its full potential.]]> 448 New Scientist 1473629373 Edwin 0 to-read 3.85 The Brain: Everything You Need To Know
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]]> <![CDATA[Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great, 2)]]> 4122 368 Jim Collins 0060566108 Edwin 0 to-read 4.06 1994 Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great, 2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die]]> 69242 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to improve your idea's chances--essential reading in the "fake news" era.

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas--entrepreneurs, teachers, politicians, and journalists--struggle to make them "stick."

In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds--from the infamous "kidney theft ring" hoax to a coach's lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony--draw their power from the same six traits.

Made to Stick will transform the way you communicate. It's a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures): the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of the Mother Teresa Effect; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice.

Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas--and tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick.]]> 291 Chip Heath 1400064287 Edwin 0 to-read 3.98 2006 Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
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]]> The Brain: A User's Guide 38507363 Este conjunto de temas es tratado de manera amena mediante ejemplos, actividades, infograf赤as y esquemas. Al finalizar cada bloque se ofrecen experimentos ingeniosos y fascinantes que ayudan al lector a poner en pr芍ctica c車mo funciona el cerebro, el dispositivo de procesamiento de informaci車n m芍s complejo del universo.

Divulgaci車n cient赤fica de calidad de la mano de New Scientist, el semanario sobre temas cient赤ficos m芍s vendido en el mundo, que acompa?a al lector en un viaje a trav谷s de toda la variedad de peculiaridades del cerebro humano.]]> 320 New Scientist 1473685060 Edwin 0 to-read 3.86 The Brain: A User's Guide
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]]> Time Is a Mother 58582927 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid, brave, and propulsive, Vuong's poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break.

The author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky With Exit Wounds, winner of the 2016 Whiting Award, the 2017 T.S. Eliot Prize, and a 2019 MacArthur fellow, Vuong writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the current moment. These poems represent a more innovative and daring experimentation with language and form, illuminating how the themes we perennially live in and question are truly inexhaustible. Bold and prescient, and a testament to tenderness in the face of violence, Time Is a Mother is a return and a forging forth all at once.
]]> 114 Ocean Vuong 0593300238 Edwin 0 to-read 3.94 2022 Time Is a Mother
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]]> <![CDATA[Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World]]> 57863480 A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller

The history of the last half century in America, Europe, and other major economies is in large part the story of wealth flowing upward. The most affluent people emerged from capitalism's triumph in the Cold War to loot the peace, depriving governments of the resources needed to serve their people, and leaving them tragically unprepared for the worst pandemic in a century.

Drawing on decades of experience covering the global economy, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman profiles five representative Davos Men-members of the billionaire class-chronicling how their shocking exploitation of the global pandemic has hastened a fifty-year trend of wealth centralization. Alongside this reporting, Goodman delivers textured portraits of those caught in Davos Man's wake, including a former steelworker in the American Midwest, a Bangladeshi migrant in Qatar, a Seattle doctor on the front lines of the fight against COVID, blue-collar workers in the tenements of Buenos Aires, an African immigrant in Sweden, a textile manufacturer in Italy, an Amazon warehouse employee in New York City, and more.

Goodman's rollicking and revelatory expos谷 of the global billionaire class reveals their hidden impact on nearly every aspect of modern society: widening wealth inequality, the rise of anti-democratic nationalism, the shrinking opportunity to earn a livable wage, the vulnerabilities of our health-care systems, access to affordable housing, unequal taxation, and even the quality of the shirt on your back. Meticulously reported yet compulsively readable, Davos Man is an essential read for anyone concerned about economic justice, the capacity of societies to grapple with their greatest challenges, and the sanctity of representative government.

The New York Times's Global Economics Correspondent masterfully reveals how billionaires' systematic plunder of the world--brazenly accelerated during the pandemic--has transformed 21st-century life and dangerously destabilized democracy.

Davos Man will be read a hundred years from now as a warning. --EVAN OSNOS

"Excellent. A powerful, fiery book, and it could well be an essential one. --NPR.org]]> 480 Peter S. Goodman 0063078309 Edwin 0 to-read 3.86 2022 Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World
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]]> <![CDATA[Wise as Fu*k: Simple Truths to Guide You Through the Sh*tstorms of Life (Unfu*k Yourself series)]]> 50496881
In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop taught millions of readers how to silence the negative, self-sabotaging voice in their head to thrive. In? Wise As Fu*k? he expands on his ideas, redefining what it means to be wise and showing how to tackle problems and improve our lives and those of others.? When the shit storms of life hit us, many of us don＊t know what to do〞whether it＊s losing a job, suffering a broken heart, or just feeling a lack of purpose. We need wisdom to help us navigate forward. While the internet is full of seemingly good advice, it isn＊t helping us actually change our lives.? Wise As Fu*k ?breaks through the bullshit, providing insight to inspire us in the four areas we need it most: love, loss, fear, and success.? Written with his widely admired no-nonsense style,? Wise As Fu*k ?provides a welcome fresh perspective to help us transform how we approach a variety of life＊s problems. But Bishop makes clear, the work doesn＊t stop there. Now that you＊ve unfu*ked yourself and and are wise as fu*k about these touchy areas, you can apply the lessons to make a positive impact on the world.]]> 224 Gary John Bishop 0062952277 Edwin 0 to-read 3.81 2020 Wise as Fu*k: Simple Truths to Guide You Through the Sh*tstorms of Life (Unfu*k Yourself series)
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]]> <![CDATA[Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity]]> 29939161
"I raced through Radical Candor --It＊s thrilling to learn a framework that shows how to be both a better boss and a better colleague. Radical Candor is packed with illuminating truths, insightful advice, and practical suggestions, all illustrated with engaging (and often funny) stories from Kim Scott＊s own experiences at places like Apple, Google, and various start-ups. Indispensable." 求 Gretchen Rubin author of New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project

"Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead, and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives. Kim Scott's insights--based on her experience, keen observational intelligence and analysis--will help you be a better leader and create a more effective organization." 求 Sheryl Sandberg author of the New York Times bestseller Lean In

"Kim Scott has a well-earned reputation as a kick-ass boss and a voice that CEOs take seriously. In this remarkable book, she draws on her extensive experience to provide clear and honest guidance on the fundamentals of leading others: how to give (and receive) feedback, how to make smart decisions, how to keep moving forward, and much more. If you manage people--whether it be 1 person or a 1,000--you need Radical Candor . Now." 求 Daniel Pink author of New York Times bestseller Drive

From the time we learn to speak, we＊re told that if you don＊t have anything nice to say, don＊t say anything at all. When you become a manager, it＊s your job to say it--and your obligation.

Author Kim Scott was an executive at Google and then at Apple, where she worked with a team to develop a class on how to be a good boss. She has earned growing fame in recent years with her vital new approach to effective management, Radical Candor.

Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring it＊s obnoxious aggression; when you care without challenging it＊s ruinous empathy. When you do neither it＊s manipulative insincerity.

This simple framework can help you build better relationships at work, and fulfill your three key responsibilities as a leader: creating a culture of feedback (praise and criticism), building a cohesive team, and achieving results you＊re all proud of.

Radical Candor offers a guide to those bewildered or exhausted by management, written for bosses and those who manage bosses. Taken from years of the author＊s experience, and distilled clearly giving actionable lessons to the reader; it shows managers how to be successful while retaining their humanity, finding meaning in their job, and creating an environment where people both love their work and their colleagues.]]> 336 Kim Malone Scott 1250103509 Edwin 3 4.05 2017 Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
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]]> <![CDATA[Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World]]> 25614523 Originals the author addresses the challenge of improving the world from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all?
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Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt; how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children; and how leaders can build cultures that welcome dissent. Learn from an entrepreneur who pitches his start-ups by highlighting the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who overturned the rule of secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees for failing to criticize him, and a TV executive who didn＊t even work in comedy but saved Seinfeld from the cutting-room floor. The payoff is a set of groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity and improving the status quo.
]]> 326 Adam M. Grant 0525429565 Edwin 3 3.93 2016 Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
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]]> <![CDATA[Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win]]> 23848190 320 Jocko Willink 1250067057 Edwin 4
The first 2 chapters set the tone for the book. This is not another leadership cliche, which is often written by business school professors and talkers. On-field experience with the stories is different.

Surprisingly succinct principles and pragmatic. Without exaggeration, it changes my perspective to run the business.
]]> 4.23 2015 Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
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Top tier content, even better storyteller. Exceeded cliche leadership book expectations.

The first 2 chapters set the tone for the book. This is not another leadership cliche, which is often written by business school professors and talkers. On-field experience with the stories is different.

Surprisingly succinct principles and pragmatic. Without exaggeration, it changes my perspective to run the business.

]]> <![CDATA[Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse]]> 56430139
How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play Go, and why is learning Go so much easier for them than learning to read a sentence? Can ancient Greek proportions predict the stock market? (Sorry, no.) What should your kids learn in school if they really want to learn to think? All these are questions about geometry. For real.

If you're like most people, geometry is a sterile and dimly remembered exercise you gladly left behind in the dust of ninth grade, along with your braces and active romantic interest in pop singers. If you recall any of it, it's plodding through a series of miniscule steps only to prove some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That's not geometry. Okay, it is geometry, but only a tiny part, which has as much to do with geometry in all its flush modern richness as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel.

Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. The word "geometry," from the Greek for "measuring the world." If anything, that's an undersell. Geometry doesn't just measure the world〞it explains it. Shape shows us how.]]> 480 Jordan Ellenberg 1984879065 Edwin 0 to-read 3.74 2021 Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
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]]> World of My Own 948118 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her helm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili, paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and brown, her self-steering gone, her tiller arm jury rigged to the rudder head, came romping joyously back to Falmouth to a fantastic reception for Robin, who had become the first man to sail round the world non-stop single-handed.

By every standard it was an incredible adventure, perhaps the last great uncomputerised journey left to man. Every hazard, every temptation to abandon the astounding voyage came Robin's way, from polluted water tanks, smashed cabin top and collapsed boom to lost self-steering gear and sheered off tiller, and all before the tiny ketch had fought her way to Cape Horn, the point of no return, the fearsome test of any seaman's nerve and determination.

A World of My Own is Robin's gripping, uninhibited, moving account of one of the greatest sea adventures of our time. An instant bestseller, it is now reissued for a new generation of readers to be enthralled and inspired.]]> 256 Robin Knox-Johnston 0713668997 Edwin 0 to-read 4.28 1969 World of My Own
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]]> Fahrenheit 451 13079982 Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury＊s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television ※family.§ But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn＊t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.]]> 194 Ray Bradbury Edwin 0 to-read 3.97 1953 Fahrenheit 451
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]]> Copywriting Secrets 52967057
Nobody is born knowing how to sell. But the truth is, you can learn how to sell more . . . a LOT more . . . when you discover the right words that make people buy.

Copywriting is selling. Whether online, offline, in video, direct mail, on Facebook, or from the stage, copywriting is how you put words together that make people click, call, or pull out their wallets and buy from you.

Whether you＊re a coach, author, ※funnel hacker§, ecommerce seller, or real estate agent, your ability to create sales copy that drives people to buy determines your paycheck, your lifestyle, and your family＊s future.

In the fast-paced, attention-starved, social media driven world of business today, two facts about your ability to create sales messages (copywriting) stand out:

Fact #1: Great Copywriting = Incredible lifestyle, plenty of money, and freedom!

Fact #2: Poor Copywriting = Struggle forever and die poor!

Putting The Right Words On Paper And Online

Is The Single Most Profitable Skill Everyone Can Learn.

This book teaches you street-smart copywriting, which means this book teaches you how to get results today. (Because we all need to make more sales today . . . not tomorrow, not next week!)

If you＊ve tried to write ads, emails, and sales letters for your business before and failed, this book is for you. If you need to make more sales〞no matter what you sell or who you sell it to〞this book is for you.

Bottom Line: If you want to make a lot more money, have a lot more time off, and enjoy a lot more freedom, this book is for you . . . especially if you＊re not making as many sales as you want to right now.]]> 265 Jim Edwards Edwin 0 to-read 4.24 2019 Copywriting Secrets
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]]> 淩酵噫 (苾佴燴炵蹈, #110) 17260726 懼選 Edwin 5 3.22 淩酵噫 (苾佴燴炵蹈, #110)
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]]> <![CDATA[(苾佴燴嘟岈湴紲唳) (Traditional Chinese Edition)]]> 51676491 180 懼選 9628917269 Edwin 4 4.61 (苾佴燴嘟岈湴紲唳) (Traditional Chinese Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[湮B(苾佴燴嘟岈湴紲唳) (Traditional Chinese Edition)]]> 46151111 204 懼選 9628917951 Edwin 3 4.38 湮B(苾佴燴嘟岈湴紲唳) (Traditional Chinese Edition)
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]]> 螹 (苾佴燴炵蹈, #37) 17260121 329 懼選 9576456789 Edwin 4 4.02 螹 (苾佴燴炵蹈, #37)
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]]> 湮B (苾佴燴炵蹈, #28) 11191451 247 懼選 9576456835 Edwin 3 3.78 1993 湮B (苾佴燴炵蹈, #28)
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]]> <![CDATA[Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics]]> 25135194 Geography shapes not only our history, but where we're headed...

All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture.

If you've ever wondered why Putin is so obsessed with Crimea, why the USA was destined to become a global superpower, or why China's power base continues to expand ever outwards, the answers are all here.

In ten chapters and ten maps, Prisoners of Geography looks at the past, present and future to offer an essential insight into one of the major factors that determines world history.

It's time to put the 'geo' back into geopolitics.

Ten maps; ten chapters:

Russia * China * United States of America * Latin America * the Middle East * Africa * India and Pakistan * Europe * Japan and Korea * the Arctic]]> 256 Tim Marshall 1783961414 Edwin 0 to-read 4.18 2015 Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
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]]> <![CDATA[The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win]]> 762542 275 Steve Blank 0976470705 Edwin 0 to-read 3.94 2003 The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win
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]]> <![CDATA[The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!]]> 18872437 322 M.J. DeMarco 0984358102 Edwin 0 to-read 4.28 2010 The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!
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]]> <![CDATA[The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA]]> 56271390
When attorney Chris Hansen learned that?the U.S. government was issuing patents?for human genes to biotech companies, his?first thought was, How can a corporation own?what makes us who we are? Then he discovered?that women were being charged exorbitant?fees to test for hereditary breast and ovarian?cancers, tests they desperately needed〞all because?Myriad Genetics had patented the famous? BRCA genes. So he sued them.

Jorge L. Contreras, one of the nation＊s foremost authorities on human genetics law, has devoted years to investigating the groundbreaking civil rights case known as AMP v. Myriad . In The Genome Defense Contreras gives us the view from inside as Hansen and his team of ACLU lawyers, along with a committed group of activists, scientists, and physicians, take their one-in-a-million case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Contreras interviewed more than a hundred key players involved in all aspects of the case〞from judges and policy makers to ethicists and genetic counselors, as well as cancer survivors and those whose lives would be impacted by the decision〞expertly weaving together their stories into a fascinating narrative of this pivotal moment in history.
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The Genome Defense is a powerful and compelling story about how society must balance scientific discovery with corporate profits and the rights of all people.
?]]> 432 Jorge L. Contreras 1616209682 Edwin 0 to-read 4.30 The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA
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]]> <![CDATA[Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital]]> 13529059 The inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam and in the spirit of Oliver Sacks, this intensely involving memoir from a former medical director of a major NYC hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and reveals the author's own battle with cancer.

Dr. Manheimer describes the plights of twelve very different patients--from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons.


Manheimer was not only the medical director of the country's oldest public hospital for over 13 years, but he was also a patient. As the book unfolds, the narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others.]]> 355 Eric Manheimer 1455503886 Edwin 0 to-read 3.57 2012 Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital
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]]> Zen in the Art of Archery 103758
This book is the result of the author＊s six year quest to learn archery in the hands of Japanese Zen masters. It is an honest account of one man＊s journey to complete abandonment of ＆the self＊ and the Western principles that we use to define ourselves. Professor Herrigel imparts knowledge from his experiences and guides the reader through physical and spiritual lessons in a clear and insightful way.

Mastering archery is not the key to achieving Zen, and this is not a practical guide to archery. It is more a guide to Zen principles and learning and perfect for practitioners and non-practitioners alike.]]> 81 Eugen Herrigel 0375705090 Edwin 0 to-read 4.00 1948 Zen in the Art of Archery
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]]> The Prophet 2547 The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.

The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran＊s musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.]]> 127 Kahlil Gibran 000100039X Edwin 0 to-read 4.27 1923 The Prophet
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]]> The Eight Mountains 36709372 224 Paolo Cognetti 1501169890 Edwin 0 to-read 4.12 2016 The Eight Mountains
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]]> <![CDATA[Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less]]> 53138204 Blending behavioral science and design, Leidy Klotz's Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less offers a scientific appreciation of why we underuse subtraction〞and how to access its untapped potential.

When humans solve problems, we overlook an incredibly powerful option: We don＊t subtract. We pile on ※to-dos§ but don＊t consider ※stop-doings.§ We create incentives for high performance, but don＊t get rid of obstacles to our goals.

Whether considering a stack of Legos, preparing a grilled cheese sandwich, or writing an essay, Leidy Klotz shows that we consistently overlook the principle of subtraction as a way to improve. Our mental preference for addition〞for adding to what＊s already there rather than thinking of taking away〞is so wide-spread and strong that we would prefer to accommodate wrong ideas than simply remove them.

Drawing from his own pioneering research and scientific research throughout history, Klotz examines cultural, political, and economic trends underlying our neglect of subtraction, asserting that we have billions of years of evidence showing that lifeforms are perfectly capable of subtracting to improve.

Proposing a new way to frame our behaviors, Klotz shares thought-provoking examples and anecdotes to supplement his proven techniques on implementing a new perspective and understanding of subtraction. By learning to use the counterintuitive approach of subtracting, we can revolutionize not just our day-to-day lives, but our work across every field and industry. Subtract shows how this innovative approach to life is the key to unlocking our greatest potential.]]> 304 Leidy Klotz 1250249864 Edwin 0 to-read 3.42 Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day]]> 598506
Acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, who has helped thousands of people expand their minds to accomplish more than they ever thought possible, shows you how. Drawing on Da Vinci's notebooks, inventions, and legendary works of art, Gelb introduces Seven Da Vincian Principles〞the essential elements of genius〞from? curiosit角, ?the insatiably curious approach to life to? connessione, ?the appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things. With Da Vinci as your inspiration, you will discover an exhilarating new way of thinking. And step-by-step, through exercises and provocative lessons, you will harness the power〞and awesome wonder〞of your own genius, mastering such life-changing abilities as:

?Problem solving
?Creative thinking
?Self-expression
?Enjoying the world around you?
?Goal setting and life balance?
?Harmonizing body and mind

Drawing on Da Vinci's notebooks, inventions, and legendary works of art, acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, introduces seven Da Vincian principles, the essential elements of genius, from curiosita, the insatiably curious approach to life, to connessione, the appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things. With Da Vinci as their inspiration, readers will discover an exhilarating new way of thinking.?

Step-by-step, through exercises and provocative lessons, anyone can harness the power and awesome wonder of their own genius, mastering such life-changing skills as problem solving, creative thinking, self-expression, goal setting and life balance, and harmonizing body and mind.]]> 321 Michael J. Gelb 0440508274 Edwin 0 to-read 3.83 1998 How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
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]]> <![CDATA[Time Warrior: How to defeat procrastination, people-pleasing, self-doubt, over-commitment, broken promises and chaos]]> 11267866
This book takes you on a 101-chapter journey intended to transmute the base metals of ordinary linear time-consciousness into the gold of the Time Warrior's non-linear vision. You will learn to create for yourself a newfound and more powerful cognitive style that will make time tracking, multi-tasking and other clock-subservient behaviors an unsavory and distant memory.

Time Warriors arrange the "chaos" around them by slowing down--way, way down--and then letting go of people-pleasing, approval-seeking and every shade of mood-based and future-based thinking.]]> 303 Steve Chandler 1600250386 Edwin 0 to-read 3.93 2011 Time Warrior: How to defeat procrastination, people-pleasing, self-doubt, over-commitment, broken promises and chaos
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]]> <![CDATA[Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach]]> 49786117
This volume comprises three books under one cover: Part I outlines the necessary foundations of quantum computing and quantum circuits. Part II walks through the canon of quantum computing algorithms and provides code on a range of quantum computing methods in current use. Part III covers the mathematical toolkit required to master quantum computing. Additional resources include a table of operators and circuit elements and a companion GitHub site providing code and updates.


Jack D. Hidary is a research scientist in quantum computing and in AI at Alphabet X, formerly Google X.







"Quantum Computing will change our world in unexpected ways. Everything technology leaders, engineers and graduate students need is in this book including the methods and hands-on code to program on this novel platform."

--Eric Schmidt, PhD, Former Chairman and CEO of Google; Founder, Innovation Endeavors]]> 379 Jack D. Hidary 3030239217 Edwin 0 to-read 3.89 Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach
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]]> <![CDATA[Dancing with Qubits: How quantum computing works and how it can change the world]]> 49928907 516 Robert S. Sutor 1838827366 Edwin 0 to-read 3.73 Dancing with Qubits: How quantum computing works and how it can change the world
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]]> <![CDATA[Quantum Computing Since Democritus]]> 17471298 370 Scott Aaronson 0521199565 Edwin 0 to-read 4.17 2013 Quantum Computing Since Democritus
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]]> <![CDATA[Quantum Computing for Everyone]]> 40994088 216 Chris Bernhardt 0262039257 Edwin 0 to-read 4.03 2019 Quantum Computing for Everyone
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]]> <![CDATA[Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy]]> 34928269 The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economy

Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, from tech firms and pharma companies to coffee shops and gyms, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source of long-term success.

But this is not just a familiar story of the so-called new economy. Capitalism without Capital shows that the growing importance of intangible assets has also played a role in some of the big economic changes of the last decade. The rise of intangible investment is, Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake argue, an underappreciated cause of phenomena from economic inequality to stagnating productivity.

Haskel and Westlake bring together a decade of research on how to measure intangible investment and its impact on national accounts, showing the amount different countries invest in intangibles, how this has changed over time, and the latest thinking on how to assess this. They explore the unusual economic characteristics of intangible investment, and discuss how these features make an intangible-rich economy fundamentally different from one based on tangibles.

Capitalism without Capital concludes by presenting three possible scenarios for what the future of an intangible world might be like, and by outlining how managers, investors, and policymakers can exploit the characteristics of an intangible age to grow their businesses, portfolios, and economies.]]> 288 Jonathan Haskel 0691175039 Edwin 0 to-read 3.75 2017 Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
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]]> <![CDATA[A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming: Mastering the Art of Oneironautics]]> 17472023 ?
Imagine experiencing all the things that happen in dreams, but with one extraordinary You are ※lucid§每每consciously, joyously in control. Not just an adventure (yes, you can fly), a lucid dream is a time ripe for creative thinking, healing, inspiration, and self-knowledge.
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This lively dream guide shows step-by-step how to become lucid, and then what to do once awake in the dream world. Here＊s how to reconnect with dreams, and the importance of keeping a journal and timing REM cycles. How to use simple reality checks to differentiate between waking and sleeping states. How to incubate a dream to solve a problem.
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With every dream we are washing up on the shores of our own inner landscape. Now, learn to explore this strange and thrilling world.
?]]> 274 Dylan Tuccillo 0761177396 Edwin 0 to-read 3.95 2012 A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming: Mastering the Art of Oneironautics
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]]> The Time Machine 2493
So begins the Time Traveller＊s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era〞and the story that launched H.G. Wells＊s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes...and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine＊s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth.? There he discovers two bizarre races〞the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks〞who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well.? Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells＊s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.

?]]> 118 H.G. Wells Edwin 0 to-read 3.91 1895 The Time Machine
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]]> <![CDATA[The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You]]> 39088592
From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, numbers aren't we need to know how to make those numbers talk. In The Model Thinker , social scientist Scott E. Page shows us the mathematical, statistical, and computational models〞from linear regression to random walks and far beyond〞that can turn anyone into a genius. At the core of the book is Page's "many-model paradigm," which shows the reader how to apply multiple models to organize the data, leading to wiser choices, more accurate predictions, and more robust designs. The Model Thinker provides a toolkit for business people, students, scientists, pollsters, and bloggers to make them better, clearer thinkers, able to leverage data and information to their advantage.]]> 448 Scott E. Page 0465094627 Edwin 0 to-read 3.92 2018 The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
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]]> <![CDATA[Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine]]> 1710940
As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative care. That all changed in less than a generation with the discovery and development of a new category of medicine known as antibiotics. By 1955, the age-old evolutionary relationship between humans and microbes had been transformed, trivializing once-deadly infections.

William Rosen captures this revolution with all its false starts, lucky surprises, and eccentric characters. He explains why, given the complex nature of bacteria〞and their ability to rapidly evolve into new forms〞the only way to locate and test potential antibiotic strains is by large-scale, systematic, trial-and-error experimentation. Organizing that research needs large, well-funded organizations and businesses, and so our entire scientific-industrial complex, built around the pharmaceutical company, was born.

Timely, engrossing, and eye-opening, Miracle Cure is a must-read science narrative〞a drama of enormous range, combining science, technology, politics, and economics to illuminate the reasons behind one of the most dramatic changes in humanity＊s relationship with nature since the invention of agriculture ten thousand years ago.]]> 368 William Rosen 0525428100 Edwin 0 to-read 4.06 2017 Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle]]> 406931 The untold story of the discovery of the first wonder drug, the men who led the way, and how it changed the modern world

The discovery of penicillin in 1928 ushered in a new age in medicine. But it took a team of Oxford scientists headed by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain four more years to develop it as the first antibiotic, and the most important family of drugs in the twentieth century. At once the world was transformed〞major bacterial scourges such as blood poisoning and pneumonia, scarlet fever and diphtheria, gonorrhea and syphilis were defeated as penicillin helped to foster not only a medical revolution but a sexual one as well. In his wonderfully engaging book, acclaimed author Eric Lax tells the real story behind the discovery and why it took so long to develop the drug.?He reveals the reasons why credit for penicillin was?misplaced, and why this astonishing achievement garnered a Nobel Prize but no financial rewards for Alexander Fleming, Florey, and his team.

The Mold in Dr. Florey＊s Coat is the compelling story of the passage of medicine from one era to the next and of the eccentric individuals whose participation in this extraordinary accomplishment has, until now, remained largely unknown.
]]> 320 Eric Lax 0805067906 Edwin 0 to-read 3.95 2004 The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle
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]]> Penicillin Man 10890346 320 Kevin Brown 0750931523 Edwin 0 to-read 3.75 2004 Penicillin Man
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]]> <![CDATA[Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History]]> 38915907 256 Ajay K. Seth 0785221131 Edwin 0 to-read 4.22 Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History
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]]> <![CDATA[Everything Is Connected: The Power Of Music]]> 19406281 228 Daniel Barenboim Edwin 0 to-read 3.82 2008 Everything Is Connected: The Power Of Music
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]]> 1984 3744438 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101 . . .

Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime.]]> 334 George Orwell 0141036141 Edwin 0 to-read 4.20 1949 1984
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]]> <![CDATA[Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions]]> 334755 480 Jaak Panksepp 019517805X Edwin 0 to-read 4.40 1998 Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions
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]]> Coraline 17061
In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.

The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own.

Only it's different.

At first, things seem marvelous in the other flat. The food is better. The toy box is filled with wind-up angels that flutter around the bedroom, books whose pictures writhe and crawl and shimmer, little dinosaur skulls that chatter their teeth. But there's another mother, and another father, and they want Coraline to stay with them and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Other children are trapped there as well, lost souls behind the mirrors. Coraline is their only hope of rescue. She will have to fight with all her wits and all the tools she can find if she is to save the lost children, her ordinary life, and herself.

Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Neil Gaiman will delight readers with his first novel for all ages.]]> 176 Neil Gaiman 0061139378 Edwin 0 to-read 4.13 2002 Coraline
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]]> <![CDATA[Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World]]> 18222843 272 Mark Miodownik 0544236041 Edwin 0 to-read 4.10 2013 Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
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]]> <![CDATA[Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger]]> 1995421 318 Peter Bevelin 1578644283 Edwin 0 to-read 4.22 2003 Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger
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]]> <![CDATA[The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty]]> 20663690 352 Robert P. Crease 0393067920 Edwin 0 to-read 3.60 2014 The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty
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]]> <![CDATA[Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)]]> 17274 320 Richard P. Feynman 0738202967 Edwin 0 to-read 4.25 1996 Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)
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]]> <![CDATA[New Thinking: From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology that Transformed Our World]]> 39283582 The creator of YouTube's ColdFusion explores the development of technology from Industrial Revolution to Artificial Intelligence to figure out what's next.

As each new stage of technology builds on the last, advancements start to progress at an exponential rate. In order to know where we're headed, it's essential to know how we got here. What hidden stories lie behind the technology we use today? What drove the men and women who invented it? What were those special moments that changed the world forever?

Dagogo Altraide explores these questions in a history of human innovation that reveals how new technologies influence each other, how our modern world came to be, and what future innovations might look like. From the electric world of Tesla and the steam engine revolution to the first computers, the invention of the internet, and the rise of artificial intelligence, New Thinking tells the stories of the men and women who changed our world with the power of new thought.]]> 393 Dagogo Altraide 163353751X Edwin 0 to-read 4.18 2019 New Thinking: From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology that Transformed Our World
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]]> <![CDATA[Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality]]> 19395553 Our Mathematical Universe is a journey to explore the mysteries uncovered by cosmology and to discover the nature of reality. Our Big Bang, our distant future, parallel worlds, the sub-atomic and intergalactic - none of them are what they seem. But there is a way to understand this immense strangeness - mathematics. Seeking an answer to the fundamental puzzle of why our universe seems so mathematical, Tegmark proposes a radical idea: that our physical world not only is described by mathematics, but that it is mathematics. This may offer answers to our deepest questions: How large is reality? What is everything made of? Why is our universe the way it is?

Table of Contents
Preface

1 What Is Reality?
Not What It Seems ? What＊s the Ultimate Question? ? The Journey Begins

Part One: Zooming Out

2 Our Place in Space
Cosmic Questions ? How Big Is Space? ? The Size of Earth ? Distance to the Moon ? Distance to the Sun and the Planets ? Distance to the Stars ? Distance to the Galaxies ? What Is Space?

3 Our Place in Time
Where Did Our Solar System Come From? ? Where Did the
Galaxies Come From? ? Where Did the Mysterious Microwaves
Come From? ? Where Did the Atoms Come From?

4 Our Universe by Numbers
Wanted: Precision Cosmology ? Precision Microwave-Background Fluctuations ? Precision Galaxy Clustering ? The Ultimate Map of Our Universe ? Where Did Our Big Bang Come From?

5 Our Cosmic Origins
What＊s Wrong with Our Big Bang? ? How Inflation Works ? The Gift That Keeps on Giving ? Eternal Inflation

6 Welcome to the Multiverse
The Level I Multiverse ? The Level II Multiverse ? Multiverse Halftime Roundup

Part Two: Zooming In

7 Cosmic Legos
Atomic Legos ? Nuclear Legos ? Particle-Physics Legos ? Mathematical Legos ? Photon Legos ? Above the Law? ? Quanta and Rainbows ? Making Waves ? Quantum Weirdness ? The Collapse of Consensus ? The Weirdness Can＊t Be Confined ? Quantum Confusion

8 The Level III Multiverse
The Level III Multiverse ? The Illusion of Randomness ? Quantum Censorship ? The Joys of Getting Scooped ? Why Your Brain Isn＊t a Quantum Computer ? Subject, Object and Environment ? Quantum Suicide ? Quantum Immortality? ? Multiverses Unified ? Shifting Views: Many Worlds or Many Words?

Part Three: Stepping Back

9 Internal Reality, External Reality and Consensus Reality
External Reality and Internal Reality ? The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth ? Consensus Reality ? Physics: Linking External to Consensus Reality

10 Physical Reality and Mathematical Reality
Math, Math Everywhere! ? The Mathematical Universe Hypothesis ? What Is a Mathematical Structure?

11 Is Time an Illusion?
How Can Physical Reality Be Mathematical? ? What Are You? ? Where Are You? (And What Do You Perceive?) ? When Are You?

12 The Level IV Multiverse
Why I Believe in the Level IV Multiverse ? Exploring the Level IV Multiverse: What＊s Out There? ? Implications of the Level IV Multiverse ? Are We Living in a Simulation? ? Relation Between the MUH, the Level IV Multiverse and Other Hypotheses ?Testing the Level IV Multiverse

13 Life, Our Universe and Everything
How Big Is Our Physical Reality? ? The Future of Physics ? The Future of Our Universe〞How Will It End? ? The Future of Life ?The Future of You〞Are You Insignificant?

Acknowledgments
Suggestions for Further Reading
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]]> The E-myth Revisited 81948 Small business coaching. 269 Michael E. Gerber 0887307280 Edwin 0 to-read 4.06 1985 The E-myth Revisited
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]]> <![CDATA[Thinking without Words (Philosophy of Mind Series)]]> 969913 proceeded without any clear account of the types of thinking available to non-linguistic creatures. One consequence of this is that ascriptions of thoughts to non-linguistic creatures have frequently been held to be metaphorical and not to be taken at face value. Berm迆dez offers a conceptual
framework for treating human infants and non-human animals as genuine thinkers. Whereas existing discussions of thought at the non-linguistic level have concentrated on how such thoughts might be physically realized, Berm迆dez approaches the problem by considering what is required in explaining
behavior in psychological terms. In developing a positive account of non-linguistic thought he shows how the experimental tools used by developmental psychologists and students of animal behavior can be used to give a precise account of the way in which a human infant or non-human animal is
representing the world. Much of the book is devoted to exploring the differences between thinking without words and language-based thinking. Berm迆dez argues that there are clear limits to the expressive power of non-linguistic thought. Nonetheless, he identifies primitive analogues at the
non-linguistic level that can be used to explain sophisticated non-linguistic behaviors. Thinking Without Words is the first full-length philosophical study of this important topic. It is written with an interdisciplinary readership in mind and will appeal to philosophers, psychologists, and
students of animal behavior.]]> 248 Jos谷 Luis Berm迆dez 0195159691 Edwin 0 to-read 3.63 2003 Thinking without Words (Philosophy of Mind Series)
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]]> <![CDATA[What Is Thought? (A Bradford Book)]]> 1573970 494 Eric B. Baum 0262524570 Edwin 0 to-read 4.02 2003 What Is Thought? (A Bradford Book)
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]]> <![CDATA[Quantum Closures and Disclosures: Thinking-together postphenomenology and quantum brain dynamics (Advances in Consciousness Research)]]> 1471863
Related Quantum Brain Dynamics and An introduction , edited by Mari Jibu and Kunio Yasue (1995), and My Double The dissipative quantum model of the brain , by Giuseppe Vitiello (2001)]]> 220 Gordon G. Globus 1588113701 Edwin 0 to-read 3.33 2003 Quantum Closures and Disclosures: Thinking-together postphenomenology and quantum brain dynamics (Advances in Consciousness Research)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Neurocomputational Perspective: The Nature of Mind and the Structure of Science]]> 376697 341 Paul M. Churchland 0262531062 Edwin 0 to-read 3.82 1992 A Neurocomputational Perspective: The Nature of Mind and the Structure of Science
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]]> <![CDATA[Complementarity of Mind and Body: Realizing the Dream of Descartes, Einstein and Eccles (World Philosophy)]]> 9129629 362 Richard L. Amoroso 1616682035 Edwin 0 to-read 0.0 2010 Complementarity of Mind and Body: Realizing the Dream of Descartes, Einstein and Eccles (World Philosophy)
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]]> <![CDATA[Nothingness: The Science Of Empty Space]]> 331334 352 Henning Genz 0738206105 Edwin 0 to-read 3.84 1998 Nothingness: The Science Of Empty Space
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Build a Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel]]> 11499781 320 Brian Clegg 0312656882 Edwin 0 to-read 3.59 2011 How to Build a Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel
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