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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
Leadership
Society
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Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.30
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Equal Is Unfair Summary
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
by Don Watkins 2016 268 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The New Human Rights Movement Summary
The New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
by Peter Joseph 2017 447 pages
4.34
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
by Malcolm Harris 2017 272 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
25k+ ratings
History
Political Science
Politics
Enlightenment Now Summary
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker 2018 576 pages
4.2
30k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Liquid Times Summary
Liquid Times
by Zygmunt Bauman 2013 200 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Choice Factory Summary
The Choice Factory
25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy
by Richard Shotton 2018 202 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Insane Summary
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
by Alisa Roth 2018 338 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Mental Health
Psychology
History
The Myth of Mars and Venus Summary
The Myth of Mars and Venus
Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages?
by Deborah Cameron 2009 196 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Feminism
Linguistics
Gender
Post-Truth (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Summary
Post-Truth (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
by Lee McIntyre 2018 236 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Weaponized Lies Summary
Weaponized Lies
by Daniel J. Levitin 2017 352 pages
3.77
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Text Me When You Get Home Summary
Text Me When You Get Home
The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
by Kayleen Schaefer 2018 288 pages
3.47
8k+ ratings
Feminism
Womens
Memoir
The Ten Types of Human Summary
The Ten Types of Human
A New Understanding of Who We Are, and Who We Can Be
by Dexter Dias 2017 805 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Far From The Tree Summary
Far From The Tree
by Andrew Solomon 2013 976 pages
4.26
21k+ ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Science
Winners Take All Summary
Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
by Anand Giridharadas 2018 304 pages
4.14
16k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
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 Greg Lukianoff 2018 352 pages
4.24
44k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity
How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 pages
3.6
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Race
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018 240 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
The Third Wave Summary
The Third Wave
by Alvin Toffler 1980 544 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Sociology
History
Economics
The Boy Crisis Summary
The Boy Crisis
Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
by Warren Farrell Ph.D. 2018 368 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Sociology
Punishment Without Crime Summary
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
by Alexandra Natapoff 2018 352 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Politics
Law
Social Justice
Seduction Summary
Seduction
Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy
by Rachel O'Neill 2018 256 pages
4.69
10+ ratings
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
The Misinformation Age Summary
The Misinformation Age
How False Beliefs Spread
by Cailin O'Connor 2018 280 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
Team Human Summary
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019 256 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
The Beauty Myth Summary
The Beauty Myth
How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
by Naomi Wolf 2002 368 pages
3.91
28k+ ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Psychology
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Vaclav Havel 2018 160 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
by Slavoj Žižek 2019 70 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Crystallizing Public Opinion Summary
Crystallizing Public Opinion
by Edward L. Bernays 2015 112 pages
3.8
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Perez 2019 272 pages
4.35
100k+ ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein 2008 672 pages
4.27
48k+ ratings
Economics
History
Sociology
Biased Summary
Biased
Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
by Jennifer L. Eberhardt PhD 2019 352 pages
4.33
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
Homo Ludens Summary
Homo Ludens
by Johan Huizinga 1981 230 pages
4
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Game Design
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 480 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Science
History
Sociology
A Force More Powerful Summary
A Force More Powerful
A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
by Peter Ackerman 2000 544 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Perez 2019 272 pages
4.35
100k+ ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
The Theft of a Decade Summary
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
by Joseph C. Sternberg 2019 288 pages
3.41
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
How Change Happens (The MIT Press) Summary
How Change Happens (The MIT Press)
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019 344 pages
3.1
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Economics
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life Summary
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life
by Katherine Ormerod 2018 256 pages
3.51
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Social Media
The Irrational Ape Summary
The Irrational Ape
Why Flawed Logic Puts us all at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
by David Robert Grimes 2019 320 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Man for Himself Summary
Man for Himself
An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics
by Erich Fromm 1990 272 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
by Edward S Herman 2010 464 pages
4.24
21k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Naked Ape Summary
Naked Ape
by Desmond Morris 2010 272 pages
3.93
11k+ ratings
Science
Anthropology
Psychology
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration (Myths Made in America)
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
A Billion Wicked Thoughts Summary
A Billion Wicked Thoughts
What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals about Human Desire
by Ogi Ogas & Sai Gaddam
3.83
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sexuality
Education and the Social Order Summary
Education and the Social Order
by Bertrand Russell 2009 192 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
Shop Class as Soulcraft Summary
Shop Class as Soulcraft
An Inquiry into the Value of Work
by Matthew B. Crawford 2009 268 pages
3.75
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Education
Self Help
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
The Political Brain Summary
The Political Brain
The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
by Drew Westen 2008 495 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
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