Editor's Choice
Looking for a new book to dive into? Our in-depth reviews cover some of the best new books being released into the world and use those books to gain a better understanding of the world, helping guide where to go—and what to read—next.
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The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
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Amy Webb's book is a look at where AI comes from and where it is going, laying out three scenarios—from "optimistic to pragmatic to catastrophic"—of where it could lead us in the next 50 years.
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Radical Kindness: The Life-Changing Power of Giving and Receiving
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Angela C. Santomero's new book calls on us to rediscover and re-engage with an essential human quality and knowledge we have within us—kindness.
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Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)
Book Review by Porchlight
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic's HBR article, "Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?" has become one of the most read in recent years. There is a reason for that, and an answer to the question he poses.
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The Power of Agency: The 7 Principles to Conquer Obstacles, Make Effective Decisions, and Create a Life on Your Own Terms
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Dr. Paul Napper and Anthony Rao, Ph.D., examine how we can regain agency and live a more independent, yet connected and fulfilled, life in an age of distraction.
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Burn: Using Fire to Cool the Earth
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Albert Bates and Kathleen Draper's new book explains how we can rebuild our economy and reverse climate change by reversing the flow of our carbon economy.
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No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
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Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy have written a book that can help us build a more emotionally mature workplace, and maybe even a kinder world.
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Bedtime Stories for Managers: Farewell, Lofty Leadership...Welcome, Engaging Management
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Henry Mintzberg offers 42 stories that will challenge and change the conventional wisdom we too often accept about the business world and its role in the society that it's supposed to serve.
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
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Cal Newport offers a philosophy to combat the more damaging effects of a digital age dominated by "attention economy conglomerates," and strategies for living a more deliberate, intentional, and fulfilled life.
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Team Human
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Douglas Rushkoff diagnoses the structural problems of the digital age, and points the way toward human liberation.
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Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It
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Susan Crawford's new book makes the case that upgrading American homes to fiber optic cable connections is not only a business and economic imperative, but a critical social justice issue as well.
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