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The Coddling of the American Mind Summary
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
by Jonathan Haidt 2018 352 pages
4.23
51k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
The Small and the Mighty Summary
The Small and the Mighty
Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
by Sharon McMahon 2024 320 pages
4.44
27k+ ratings
History
Book Club
Biography
Soft Power Summary
Soft Power
The Means to Success in World Politics
by Joseph S. Nye Jr. 2004 191 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Liquid Times Summary
Liquid Times
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
by Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Emergent Strategy Summary
Emergent Strategy
Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
by Adrienne Maree Brown 2017 280 pages
4.26
9k+ ratings
Social Justice
Politics
Activism
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe 2023
3.95
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Righteous Mind Summary
The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by Jonathan Haidt 2012 419 pages
4.20
62k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Genesis Summary
Genesis
Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
by Henry A. Kissinger 2024 288 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance 2016 264 pages
3.85
400k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
The Precipice Summary
The Precipice
by Toby Ord 2020 480 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Politics
Systems Thinking For Social Change Summary
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
by David Peter Stroh 2015 264 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Business
Sociology
Leadership
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
by Timothy Snyder 2017 127 pages
4.26
83k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Essays
Blueprint for Revolution Summary
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
by Srdja Popovic 2015 304 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Politics
Activism
History
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
by Edward L. Bernays 1928 168 pages
3.75
8k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Chaos Machine Summary
The Chaos Machine
The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
by Max Fisher 2022 400 pages
4.28
7k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Politics
Parasitic Mind Summary
Parasitic Mind
How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
by Gad Saad 2020 264 pages
3.95
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.24
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
A History of Modern Iran Summary
A History of Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
History
Iran
Politics
Team of Rivals Summary
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages
4.28
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
by Michael J. Sandel 2020 272 pages
4.19
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Technofeudalism Summary
Technofeudalism
What Killed Capitalism
by Yanis Varoufakis 2023 224 pages
4.03
5k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
From Third World to First Summary
From Third World to First
The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
by Lee Kuan Yew 2000 752 pages
4.46
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
29k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.02
4k+ ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Atlas of AI Summary
Atlas of AI
Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
by Kate Crawford 2020 288 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
The Big Short Summary
The Big Short
Inside the Doomsday Machine
by Michael Lewis 2010 291 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
by Charles B. Handy 2015 240 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Business
Society
Management
The Fourth Turning Summary
The Fourth Turning
An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
by William Strauss 1996 400 pages
3.88
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Telling Lies Summary
Telling Lies
Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage
by Paul Ekman 1985 390 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter D. Schiff 2010 256 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
Bowling Alone Summary
Bowling Alone
The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Biography
History
American History
The Way of Men Summary
The Way of Men
by Jack Donovan 2012 170 pages
3.80
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 228 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Will to Power Summary
The Will to Power
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1901 575 pages
4.06
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche Summary
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
by Erich Fromm 1976 182 pages
4.18
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1997 119 pages
4.06
19k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
by Shoshana Zuboff 2018 691 pages
4.06
12k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Technology
The Ascent of Money Summary
The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
by Niall Ferguson 2007 496 pages
3.90
29k+ ratings
History
Economics
Finance
The Deficit Myth Summary
The Deficit Myth
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
by Stephanie Kelton 2020 327 pages
4.03
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Too Much and Never Enough Summary
Too Much and Never Enough
How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
by Mary L. Trump 2020 236 pages
3.82
94k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.64
2k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Money
Anti-Oedipus Summary
Anti-Oedipus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1972 400 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
Capitalist Realism Summary
Capitalist Realism
Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher 2009 81 pages
4.21
35k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
by Dan Davies 2024 304 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Utopia Summary
Utopia
by Thomas More 1516 113 pages
3.55
79k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell 2000 448 pages
4.37
13k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
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