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The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning by Jeremy Lent

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the …

Mind Is Flat by Nick Chater

"Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a …

I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

The People in the Trees is the 2013 debut novel of author Hanya Yanagihara. Yanagihara stated that her novel was …

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, Les arenes

A visually stunning journey into the diversity and wonders of forests. In his international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees, …

This Is Not a Drill by Douglas Rushkoff, Vandana Shiva, Kate Raworth, and 11 others

Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan

BEFORE: In Bristol’s centre lies the Croft, a digital no-man’s-land cut off from the surveillance, Big Data dependence, and corporate-sponsored, …

Make time by Jake Knapp

Do you ever wonder where your day went? Or daydream about activities you'll get to "someday"? Knapp and Zeratsky share …

This Census-Taker by China Miéville

This Census-Taker is a 2016 novella by British author China Miéville. It tells the story of a boy who witnesses …

How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens

An informational book that describes and advocates for the note taking system of the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann. The author's …

How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by …

The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann, Bronson Pinchot

Drugs Without the Hot Air by David Nutt

Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro