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Technopoly Summary
Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
by Neil Postman 1993 240 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Sociology
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1986 192 pages
4.15
31k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Culture Code Summary
Culture Code
by Clotaire Rapaille 2006 272 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Everything Bad Is Good for You Summary
Everything Bad Is Good for You
by Steven Johnson 2006 274 pages
3.49
5k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond 2012 512 pages
3.77
10k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations
by Christopher Lasch 1991 304 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Why Men Fight (Routledge Classics) Summary
Why Men Fight (Routledge Classics)
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 2010 192 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Bullied Summary
Bullied
What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear
by Carrie Goldman 2012 368 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
Breaking Bad and Philosophy Summary
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
Badder Living through Chemistry
by Robert Arp 2012 288 pages
3.29
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Pop Culture
Essays
The Japanese Mind Summary
The Japanese Mind
Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
by Roger J. Davies 2002 280 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Japan
History
Cultural
The News Summary
The News
A User's Manual
by Alain de Botton 2014 272 pages
3.59
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Journalism
Politics
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 336 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Call of the Mall Summary
Call of the Mall
The Geography of Shopping by the Author of Why We Buy
by Paco Underhill 2004 240 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris 2014 256 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
The Culture Map Summary
The Culture Map
Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
by Erin Meyer 2014 288 pages
4.34
23k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Leadership
The Narcissism Epidemic Summary
The Narcissism Epidemic
Living in the Age of Entitlement
by Jean M. Twenge 2009 339 pages
3.61
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Cultural
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007 356 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult Of Sentimentality
by Theodore Dalrymple 2011 256 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Essays
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Bowling Alone Summary
Bowling Alone
The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam 2001 544 pages
3.84
7k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Community Summary
Community
The Structure of Belonging
by Peter Block 2008 240 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Sociology
Everyone Is African Summary
Everyone Is African
How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
by Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015 191 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Science
Race
History
The World Beyond Your Head Summary
The World Beyond Your Head
On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
by Matthew B. Crawford 2015 320 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Primed to Perform Summary
Primed to Perform
How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures Through the Science of Total Motivation
by Neel Doshi 2015 368 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Reclaiming Conversation Summary
Reclaiming Conversation
The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
by Sherry Turkle 2015 448 pages
3.82
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Technology
Communication
The Open Organization Summary
The Open Organization
Igniting Passion and Performance
by Jim Whitehurst 2015 256 pages
4.1
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Reinventing Organizations Summary
Reinventing Organizations
A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness
by Frederic Laloux 2014 382 pages
4.21
6k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Joy, Inc. Summary
Joy, Inc.
How We Built a Workplace People Love
by Richard Sheridan 2013 288 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
by Kate Fox 2014 528 pages
3.91
10k+ ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Rebel Sell Summary
Rebel Sell
Why The Culture Can't Be Jammed
by Joseph Heath 2010 384 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Cultural
How to Listen to Jazz Summary
How to Listen to Jazz
by Ted Gioia 2016 268 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Music
Jazz
History
Etiquette Guide to Japan Summary
Etiquette Guide to Japan
Know the Rules that Make the Difference!
by Boyé Lafayette de Mente 2015 192 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Japan
Travel
Japanese Literature
Men and Marriage Summary
Men and Marriage
by George Gilder 2010 289 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Marriage
Cultural
Politics
Selfie Summary
Selfie
How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
by Will Storr 2018 416 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
Every Song Ever Summary
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
by Ben Ratliff 2016 272 pages
3.3
500+ ratings
Music
Art
Unfinished
An Everyone Culture Summary
An Everyone Culture
Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization
by Robert Kegan 2016 336 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Russia - Culture Smart! Summary
Russia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
by Anna King 2007 168 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Travel
History
Russia
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique Moïsi 2010 176 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Political Science
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.30
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Liquid Times Summary
Liquid Times
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
by Zygmunt Bauman 2013 200 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Powerful Summary
Powerful
Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
by Patty McCord 2018 135 pages
4.08
6k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Thailand - Culture Smart! Summary
Thailand - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
by Roger Jones 2014 168 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Travel
Cultural
Asian Literature
Sex Matters Summary
Sex Matters
How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense
by Mona Charen 2018 320 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Politics
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
British Literature
The Fearless Organization Summary
The Fearless Organization
Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
by Amy C. Edmondson 2018 256 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Psychology
Team Human Summary
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019 256 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
Unstoppable Teams Summary
Unstoppable Teams
The Four Essential Actions of High-Performance Leadership
by Alden Mills 2019 240 pages
3.8
100+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Prophet's Way Summary
The Prophet's Way
A Guide to Living in the Now
by Thom Hartmann 2004 336 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
The English Summary
The English
by Jeremy Paxman 2007 320 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
The Anarchist In The Library Summary
The Anarchist In The Library
How The Clash Between Freedom And Control Is Hacking The Real World And Crashing The System
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 pages
3.53
100+ ratings
Library Science
Technology
Politics
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