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  • Illuminating Philosophy

    Stories Beyond Boundaries

    In these 25 true stories, a widely published philosopher recounts 60 years of interaction with people in all walks of life – some extremely famous, others complete strangers – from hospitals to restaurants, concert halls to airplanes, in private conversations and nationally broadcast interviews. Stories can be heartbreaking, distracting, funny, shocking, inspiring, revealing, and sometimes ... Leer más

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  • The Death of Expertise

    The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

    de Tom Nichols ...
    Technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone knows everything: with only a quick trip through WebMD or Wikipedia, average citizens believe ... Leer más

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  • Being Wrong

    Adventures in the Margin of Error

    The bestselling history of and investigation into human error by beloved New Yorker writer Kathryn Schulz"Both wise and clever, full of fun and surprise about a topic so central to our lives that we almost never even think about it." —Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New PlanetTo err is human. Yet most of us go through life assuming (and sometimes insisting) that we are ... Leer más

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  • How to Think

    A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    "Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now." **—David Brooks, New York TimesHow to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.**As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications ... Leer más

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  • Drunk Tank Pink

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    **A New York Times bestseller!A revelatory look at how our environment unconsciously yet dramatically shapes the judgments and decisions we make every day**Most of us go through life believing that we are in control of the choices we make—that we think and behave almost independently from the world around us. But as Drunk Tank Pink illustrates, the truth is our environment shapes our thoughts and ... Leer más

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  • Nonsense

    The Power of Not Knowing

    de Jamie Holmes ...
    An illuminating look at the surprising upside of ambiguity—and how, properly harnessed, it can inspire learning, creativity, even empathyLife today feels more overwhelming and chaotic than ever. Whether it’s a confounding work problem or a faltering relationship or an unclear medical diagnosis, we face constant uncertainty. And we’re continually bombarded with information, much of it contradictory ... Leer más

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  • Weapons of Mass Instruction

    A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

    Expose the hidden mechanisms that turn curious children into compliant workers. John Taylor Gatto's explosive follow-up to Dumbing Us Down reveals the specific techniques schools use to destroy imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as rote memorization rather than creative discovery.The Weaponization of Education:This isn't conspiracy theory - it's ... Leer más

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  • Think!

    Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye

    This isn't the time to Blink.It's time toTHINK!-- before it's too late.Outraged by the downward spiral of American intellect and culture, Michael R. LeGault offers the flip side of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling phenomenon, Blink, which theorized that our best decision-making is done on impulse, without factual knowledge or critical analysis. If bestselling books are advising us to not think, ... Leer más

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  • How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

    A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between

    The New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.We live in an information age, but it is increasingly difficult to know which information to trust. Fake news is rampant in mass media, stoked by foreign ... Leer más

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  • How Good People Make Tough Choices Rev Ed

    Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living

    This insightful and brilliant analysis of ethics teaches readers valuable skills in evaluating tough choices and arriving at sound conclusions.“A thought-provoking guide to enlightened and progressive personal behavior.”—Jimmy CarterAn essential guide to ethical action updated for our challenging times, How Good People Make Tough Choices by Rushworth M. Kidder offers practical tools for ethical ... Leer más

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  • The Best American Essays 2012

    de David Brooks ...
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    Nonfiction from Malcolm Gladwell, Francine Prose, Jonathan Franzen, and more: "There is not a dud in the bunch. [An] exhilarating collection." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Whether a personal reflection on a wife's decline from Alzheimer's, a critique of the overdiagnosis of mood disorders, a lighthearted look at menopause, a friend's commentary on David Foster Wallace's heartbreaking ... Leer más

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  • Rock, Paper, Scissors

    Game Theory in Everyday Life

    de Len Fisher ...
    Praised by Entertainment Weekly as the man who put the fizz into physics,” Dr. Len Fisher turns his attention to the science of cooperation in his lively and thought-provoking book. Fisher shows how the modern science of game theory has helped biologists to understand the evolution of cooperation in nature, and investigates how we might apply those lessons to our own society. In a series of ... Leer más

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