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Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door—Why Everything Has Changed about How and What We Buy

By Porchlight

The Wall Street Journal technology columnist reveals the fascinating story behind the misleadingly simple phrase shoppers take for granted—“Arriving Today”—in this eye-opening investigation into the new rules of online commerce, transportation, and supply chain management.

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The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide

Book Review by Emily Porter

In her heartrending yet hopeful memoir, Nice Leng’ete describes her journey to becoming a human rights activist and dedicating her life to fighting female genital mutilation.

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Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

At a time when so many of us have allowed our focus and relationships to become unidimensional, in orbit around our work, Rob Cross offers a framework that focuses us back on our fuller lives. And that may be exactly what we need to be happier and more productive at work.

Blog / ChangeThis

The Virtue of Equity

By Minal Bopaiah

Equity in the workplace is about designing a system, a culture, or an organization so that everyone has an equal shot, however they may define what they are shooting for. Moreover, equity gets us out of the hard work of constantly going against the system by creating a system that makes it easy to opt in to inclusive and equitable behaviors

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You Are What You Click: How Being Selective, Positive, and Creative Can Transform Your Social Media Experience

Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros

This new book shows that the answer is not swearing off technology, but learning how to use social media without letting it use you.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | September 7, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros, Emily Porter

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System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot

By Porchlight

A forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors—experts who have worked at ground zero of the tech revolution for decades—that reveals how Big Tech’s obsession with optimization and efficiency has sacrificed fundamental human values and demands that we change course to renew our democracy and save ourselves

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Windswept : Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women

Book Review by Emily Porter

Annabel Abbs looks at walking with a feminist's eye, writing about Simone de Beauvoir, Nan Shepherd, Frieda Lawrence, Georgia O’Keefe, and many more who walked and found inspiration that deeply impacted their lives.

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The Reading List

Book Review by Lauren Kohlenberg

This novel evokes the magical feeling that arises when you enter a book-filled space. It tells of the power of a community space, the impact of found family, and the reach of a carefully crafted story.

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The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

There are so many things to learn—about Wall Street, about short selling, about social media’s growing influence on investing, about the gamification of trading—in the individual stories Ben Mezrich tells and how they connect to one another. But the real magic is in the writing itself.