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Book summaries from the world's best non-fiction books
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Life isn’t linear, and yet we constantly try to mold it around linear goals: four-year college degrees, ten-year career plans, thirty-year mortgages. What if instead we approached…News Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI
The expansion of AI infrastructure has significant environmental costs. Training large models can consume vast amounts of energy; generating text can use as much energy as…News No more tears: The dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson
One day in 2004, Gardiner Harris, early for a flight, sat down at an airport bar and started talking to the woman on the barstool beside him. She was a drug sales rep for Johnson…News The doors you can open by Rosalind Chow
A pioneering professor of organizational behavior turns the concept of networking on its head, arguing that we must move beyond the standard mentorship model to embrace…News Shatterproof: How to Thrive in a World of Constant Chaos (and Why Resilience Alone Isn’t Enough)
Are you working too much but feel like it’s never enough? Have you turned the act of pretending you’re “fine” into an art form? Does self-care feel like one more item on your…News The bad vibes field guide by Devin Hunter
Learn how to cleanse, protect yourself from, and transmute bad vibes, regardless of their size or origin. Devin Hunter provides the support you need to face any energetic problem,…News Beyond happy: How to rethink happiness and find fulfilment
Mark Fabian, one of the most exhilarating thinkers working on wellbeing today, presents a revolutionary approach to understanding why there’s more to life than the pursuit of…News Stoic empathy by Shermin Kruse
Correct the power imbalances in your work and life with a science-backed practice that combines the rigor of Stoic philosophy with the relational impact of empathy.Stoicism…News High functioning: Overcome your hidden depression and reclaim your joy
Do you feel you’re simply going through the motions? Succeeding at work, pulling your weight at home, living an active social life . . . yet deep down, you feel drained? If so,…News I Don’t Believe in Astrology by Debra Silverman
In a chaotic, confusing, and divisive world, Debra Silverman introduces astrology as the medicine for accepting our human nature–its idiosyncrasies and dilemmas. Through an…News The once and future world order by Amitav Acharya
Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, the West has been in crisis. Social unrest, political polarization, and the rise of other great powers – especially China – threaten to…