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🔧 Progressive Pragmatism

A vision of political progress grounded not in ideology but in what actually works — incremental, evidence-based reform over revolutionary purity. Readers drawn here want change tempered by realism.
Democracy and Social Ethics
by Jane Addams • 1902
Democracy is a social ethic requiring cross-class mixing and mutual understanding.
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170
🕰️ Progressive Era💡 American Pragmatism⚖️ Social Ethics
Democracy and Social Ethics Summary
Democracy and Social Ethics 90%
Democracy is a social ethic requiring cross-class mixing and mutual understanding.
by Jane Addams 1902
3.94
170 ratings
🕰️ Progressive Era💡 American Pragmatism⚖️ Social Ethics
The Two Percent Solution
by Matt Miller • 2003
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
3.98
89
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution 90%
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
by Matt Miller 2003
3.98
89 ratings
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform
The Listening Society
by Hanzi Freinacht • 2017
Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.
4.49
402
🏛️ Political Philosophy📖 Social Theory🪜 Adult Development
The Listening Society Summary
The Listening Society 90%
Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.
by Hanzi Freinacht 2017
4.49
402 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📖 Social Theory🪜 Adult Development
Common Sense
by Joel Greenblatt • 2020
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
3.65
276
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense 90%
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
by Joel Greenblatt 2020
3.65
276 ratings
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions
Leading Quietly
by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. • 2001
When values hit office politics, the fix isn't heroism but patience, details, and creative rule use
3.59
378
🤝 Ethical Leadership🏢 Organizational Ethics🔄 Incremental Change
Leading Quietly Summary
Leading Quietly 90%
When values hit office politics, the fix isn't heroism but patience, details, and creative rule use
by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. 2001
3.59
378 ratings
🤝 Ethical Leadership🏢 Organizational Ethics🔄 Incremental Change
Glimpses of Utopia
by Jess Scully • 2020
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
3.97
110
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship
Glimpses of Utopia Summary
Glimpses of Utopia 90%
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
by Jess Scully 2020
3.97
110 ratings
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship
Free and Equal
by Daniel Chandler • 2023
Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.
3.95
439
🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 Social Contract⚖️ Economic Justice
Free and Equal Summary
Free and Equal 89%
Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.
by Daniel Chandler 2023
3.95
439 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 Social Contract⚖️ Economic Justice
Progressivism
by Walter Nugent • 2009
The landmark Progressive Era reforms owed less to urban crusaders than to angry farmers.
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🏛️ Progressive Era💰 Gilded Age🗳️ Political Reform
Progressivism Summary
Progressivism 89%
The landmark Progressive Era reforms owed less to urban crusaders than to angry farmers.
by Walter Nugent 2009
3.48
125 ratings
🏛️ Progressive Era💰 Gilded Age🗳️ Political Reform
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
by Steven Pinker • 2016
Four thinkers debate: are we actually getting better, or just trading old problems for bigger ones?
3.34
2k+
🏛️ Human Progress📊 Data-Driven Optimism🧠 Cognitive Biases
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? Summary
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? 89%
Four thinkers debate: are we actually getting better, or just trading old problems for bigger ones?
by Steven Pinker 2016
3.34
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Human Progress📊 Data-Driven Optimism🧠 Cognitive Biases
Progress
by Johan Norberg • 2016
Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.
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2k+
📈 Progress Studies🌍 Global Development🔍 Declinism Debunked
Progress Summary
Progress 89%
Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.
by Johan Norberg 2016
4.03
2k+ ratings
📈 Progress Studies🌍 Global Development🔍 Declinism Debunked
Handbook for a Positive Revolution
by Edward de Bono • 1991
A revolution without enemies: five principles that turn personal effectiveness into global change.
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115
🏛️ Social Change🎯 Personal Effectiveness👁️ Perception And Reality
Handbook for a Positive Revolution Summary
Handbook for a Positive Revolution 89%
A revolution without enemies: five principles that turn personal effectiveness into global change.
by Edward de Bono 1991
3.23
115 ratings
🏛️ Social Change🎯 Personal Effectiveness👁️ Perception And Reality
Nordic Ideology
by Hanzi Freinacht • 2019
Out-liberate liberalism: a politics that rewires the hidden rules of everyday life.
4.46
142
🏛️ Political Philosophy🔄 Metamodernism🛠️ Societal Design
Nordic Ideology Summary
Nordic Ideology 89%
Out-liberate liberalism: a politics that rewires the hidden rules of everyday life.
by Hanzi Freinacht 2019
4.46
142 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🔄 Metamodernism🛠️ Societal Design
Why Nothing Works
by Marc J. Dunkelman • 2025
Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.
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1k+
🇺🇸 American Progressivism🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock🏘️ Housing Crisis
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works 89%
Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.
by Marc J. Dunkelman 2025
3.79
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Progressivism🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock🏘️ Housing Crisis
Getting to Green
by Frederic C. Rich • 2016
No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.
4.02
106
🌿 Environmental Policy🇺🇸 American Conservation🪓 Political Polarization
Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green 89%
No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.
by Frederic C. Rich 2016
4.02
106 ratings
🌿 Environmental Policy🇺🇸 American Conservation🪓 Political Polarization
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
by Alex Epstein • 2014
Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.
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⚡ Energy Policy🌡️ Climate Debate🔧 Techno-Optimism
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Summary
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels 89%
Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.
by Alex Epstein 2014
4.07
2k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Policy🌡️ Climate Debate🔧 Techno-Optimism
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
by Aaron Bastani • 2018
Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.
3.68
3k+
🏛️ Political Economy🌅 Post-Capitalism🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics
Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary
Fully Automated Luxury Communism 89%
Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.
by Aaron Bastani 2018
3.68
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🌅 Post-Capitalism🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton • 2011
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
3.87
446
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary
How to Think Seriously About the Planet 89%
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
by Roger Scruton 2011
3.87
446 ratings
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
From What Is to What If
by Rob Hopkins • 2019
Our collective imagination is collapsing. The remedy: less screen time, more play, better questions.
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1k+
🔮 Future Thinking🏘️ Community Resilience📱 Attention Economy
From What Is to What If Summary
From What Is to What If 89%
Our collective imagination is collapsing. The remedy: less screen time, more play, better questions.
by Rob Hopkins 2019
4.31
1k+ ratings
🔮 Future Thinking🏘️ Community Resilience📱 Attention Economy
Edward de Bono's Textbook of Wisdom
by Edward de Bono • 1996
Wisdom is not knowing the answers; it is widening perception until better questions appear.
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🦉 Practical Wisdom👁️ Perception And Reality🧠 Cognitive Flexibility
Edward de Bono's Textbook of Wisdom Summary
Edward de Bono's Textbook of Wisdom 89%
Wisdom is not knowing the answers; it is widening perception until better questions appear.
by Edward de Bono 1996
3.76
119 ratings
🦉 Practical Wisdom👁️ Perception And Reality🧠 Cognitive Flexibility
Apocalypse Never
by Michael Shellenberger • 2020
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
4.16
6k+
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never 89%
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
by Michael Shellenberger 2020
4.16
6k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy
Tetralogue
by Timothy Williamson • 2014
A turnaround expert sees Rome's fate repeating in America and drafts a radical constitutional cure.
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🏛️ Political Philosophy🎭 Philosophical Dialogue🗽 Libertarian Critique
Tetralogue Summary
Tetralogue 89%
A turnaround expert sees Rome's fate repeating in America and drafts a radical constitutional cure.
by Timothy Williamson 2014
3.32
481 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🎭 Philosophical Dialogue🗽 Libertarian Critique
Experience and Education
by John Dewey • 1938
Two principles separate experiences that grow a mind from those that just fill time.
3.88
4k+
🏫 Progressive Education🔍 Experiential Learning❓ Inquiry-Based Learning
Experience and Education Summary
Experience and Education 89%
Two principles separate experiences that grow a mind from those that just fill time.
by John Dewey 1938
3.88
4k+ ratings
🏫 Progressive Education🔍 Experiential Learning❓ Inquiry-Based Learning
The Good Society
by Robert N. Bellah • 1991
Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.
3.66
105
🏘️ Communitarianism🗳️ American Civic Life🏛️ Democratic Theory
The Good Society Summary
The Good Society 89%
Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.
by Robert N. Bellah 1991
3.66
105 ratings
🏘️ Communitarianism🗳️ American Civic Life🏛️ Democratic Theory
Ethics in the Real World
by Peter Singer • 2016
A philosopher's case that buying a luxury watch when children are dying is an ethical failure.
3.92
5k+
⚖️ Applied Ethics🏛️ Moral Philosophy🌍 Effective Altruism
Ethics in the Real World Summary
Ethics in the Real World 89%
A philosopher's case that buying a luxury watch when children are dying is an ethical failure.
by Peter Singer 2016
3.92
5k+ ratings
⚖️ Applied Ethics🏛️ Moral Philosophy🌍 Effective Altruism
This Is Water
by David Foster Wallace • 2009
The real freedom no one mentions: you get to choose what you see in the checkout line.
4.47
39k+
👁️ Everyday Awareness🎯 Perception And Choice💙 Empathy Practice
This Is Water Summary
This Is Water 89%
The real freedom no one mentions: you get to choose what you see in the checkout line.
by David Foster Wallace 2009
4.47
39k+ ratings
👁️ Everyday Awareness🎯 Perception And Choice💙 Empathy Practice
Reading the Constitution
by Stephen Breyer • 2024
Text isn't enough. A Supreme Court justice shows what else judges must consider.
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1k+
🏛️ Judicial Philosophy📜 Constitutional Interpretation⚖️ Legal Pragmatism
Reading the Constitution Summary
Reading the Constitution 89%
Text isn't enough. A Supreme Court justice shows what else judges must consider.
by Stephen Breyer 2024
3.98
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Judicial Philosophy📜 Constitutional Interpretation⚖️ Legal Pragmatism
Keeping the Republic
by Mitch Daniels • 2011
A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.
4.02
252
💰 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📉 Fiscal Policy
Keeping the Republic Summary
Keeping the Republic 89%
A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.
by Mitch Daniels 2011
4.02
252 ratings
💰 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📉 Fiscal Policy
I Am Right You Are Wrong
by Edward de Bono • 1990
Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.
3.82
518
🧠 Creative Cognition👁️ Perception Logic🕸️ Self-Organizing Systems
I Am Right You Are Wrong Summary
I Am Right You Are Wrong 88%
Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.
by Edward de Bono 1990
3.82
518 ratings
🧠 Creative Cognition👁️ Perception Logic🕸️ Self-Organizing Systems
How to Live
by Derek Sivers • 2021
The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.
4.16
3k+
🏛️ Practical Philosophy🔄 Anti-Self-Help🪓 Self-Reliance
How to Live Summary
How to Live 88%
The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.
by Derek Sivers 2021
4.16
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Practical Philosophy🔄 Anti-Self-Help🪓 Self-Reliance
Reframe Your Brain
by Scott Adams • 2023
Mental reframes that work better than truth: how to install them for happiness and success.
4.35
1k+
🔄 Perspective Shifting🛠️ Pragmatic Self-Help⚙️ Systems Thinking
Reframe Your Brain Summary
Reframe Your Brain 88%
Mental reframes that work better than truth: how to install them for happiness and success.
by Scott Adams 2023
4.35
1k+ ratings
🔄 Perspective Shifting🛠️ Pragmatic Self-Help⚙️ Systems Thinking
Free Market Revolution
by Yaron Brook • 2012
Altruism is the moral fuel of government growth; only a rational selfishness can stop it.
4.22
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🧠 Objectivism🧍 Rational Egoism📈 Free Market Advocacy
Free Market Revolution Summary
Free Market Revolution 88%
Altruism is the moral fuel of government growth; only a rational selfishness can stop it.
by Yaron Brook 2012
4.22
669 ratings
🧠 Objectivism🧍 Rational Egoism📈 Free Market Advocacy
Inventing the Future
by Nick Srnicek • 2015
Small protests fail. The left needs automation, a guaranteed wage, and a long-term vision.
3.97
3k+
💸 Post-Capitalism🪧 Leftist Strategy🤖 Future Of Work
Inventing the Future Summary
Inventing the Future 88%
Small protests fail. The left needs automation, a guaranteed wage, and a long-term vision.
by Nick Srnicek 2015
3.97
3k+ ratings
💸 Post-Capitalism🪧 Leftist Strategy🤖 Future Of Work
Enlightenment Now
by Steven Pinker • 2018
The world is getting better, by the numbers. The credit belongs to ideals we are abandoning.
4.19
33k+
📊 Data-Driven Optimism🌍 Global Development🕊️ Decline Of Violence
Enlightenment Now Summary
Enlightenment Now 88%
The world is getting better, by the numbers. The credit belongs to ideals we are abandoning.
by Steven Pinker 2018
4.19
33k+ ratings
📊 Data-Driven Optimism🌍 Global Development🕊️ Decline Of Violence
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein • 2017
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
4.10
11k+
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough 88%
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
by Naomi Klein 2017
4.10
11k+ ratings
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics
Practical Thinking
by Edward de Bono • 1971
Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.
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🧠 Critical Thinking🧩 Mental Models🔧 Problem Solving
Practical Thinking Summary
Practical Thinking 88%
Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.
by Edward de Bono 1971
3.77
133 ratings
🧠 Critical Thinking🧩 Mental Models🔧 Problem Solving
Longpath
by Ari Wallach • 2022
Your brain was built for the next five minutes. Civilization needs you to think in centuries.
3.74
323
🧭 Futures Thinking🌍 Intergenerational Ethics🔄 Systems Thinking
Longpath Summary
Longpath 88%
Your brain was built for the next five minutes. Civilization needs you to think in centuries.
by Ari Wallach 2022
3.74
323 ratings
🧭 Futures Thinking🌍 Intergenerational Ethics🔄 Systems Thinking
In the Long Run
by Jonathan White • 2024
The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.
3.78
85
🗳️ Democratic Theory📜 Intellectual History💭 Political Imagination
In the Long Run Summary
In the Long Run 88%
The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.
by Jonathan White 2024
3.78
85 ratings
🗳️ Democratic Theory📜 Intellectual History💭 Political Imagination
Superagency
by Reid Hoffman • 2025
AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.
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1k+
🏛️ Ai Policy🌅 Tech Optimism⚖️ Ai Ethics
Superagency Summary
Superagency 88%
AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.
by Reid Hoffman 2025
3.33
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Ai Policy🌅 Tech Optimism⚖️ Ai Ethics
Industrial Society and Its Future
by Ted Kaczynski • 2024
Modern comfort is a trap that erases human purpose. The only escape: abolishing technology.
3.88
203
📜 Anarcho-Primitivism⚙️ Critique Of Technology🌍 Radical Environmentalism
Industrial Society and Its Future Summary
Industrial Society and Its Future 88%
Modern comfort is a trap that erases human purpose. The only escape: abolishing technology.
by Ted Kaczynski 2024
3.88
203 ratings
📜 Anarcho-Primitivism⚙️ Critique Of Technology🌍 Radical Environmentalism
Spoilt Rotten
by dalrymple-theodore • 2010
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
3.96
1k+
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten 88%
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
by dalrymple-theodore 2010
3.96
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
The Good-Enough Life
by Avram Alpert • 2022
Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.
3.39
390
🧘 Sufficiency Philosophy🔨 Anti-Perfectionism🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life 88%
Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.
by Avram Alpert 2022
3.39
390 ratings
🧘 Sufficiency Philosophy🔨 Anti-Perfectionism🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy
Moral Ambition
by Rutger Bregman • 2024
The 80,000-hour career: a guide to using it on solvable, neglected problems, not just paychecks.
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🌍 Effective Altruism💼 Social Impact Careers🔄 Career Reinvention
Moral Ambition Summary
Moral Ambition 88%
The 80,000-hour career: a guide to using it on solvable, neglected problems, not just paychecks.
by Rutger Bregman 2024
3.76
13k+ ratings
🌍 Effective Altruism💼 Social Impact Careers🔄 Career Reinvention
An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper
by Roberta Corvi • 1996
A scientific theory earns its status not by what it proves, but by what it forbids.
4.00
14
🧪 Philosophy Of Science❗ Fallibilism🧬 Evolutionary Epistemology
An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper Summary
An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper 88%
A scientific theory earns its status not by what it proves, but by what it forbids.
by Roberta Corvi 1996
4.00
14 ratings
🧪 Philosophy Of Science❗ Fallibilism🧬 Evolutionary Epistemology
The Conservative Sensibility
by George F. Will • 2019
The Founders built a limited republic. Progressives turned it into an engine of expansion.
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🇺🇸 American Conservatism🏛️ Founding Principles⚖️ Limited Government
The Conservative Sensibility Summary
The Conservative Sensibility 88%
The Founders built a limited republic. Progressives turned it into an engine of expansion.
by George F. Will 2019
4.11
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Conservatism🏛️ Founding Principles⚖️ Limited Government
How to Change the World
by John-Paul Flintoff • 2012
Find your reason, start small, and go first: how ordinary people actually change the world.
3.73
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🫶 Social Change🌱 Grassroots Activism💪 Personal Agency
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World 88%
Find your reason, start small, and go first: how ordinary people actually change the world.
by John-Paul Flintoff 2012
3.73
942 ratings
🫶 Social Change🌱 Grassroots Activism💪 Personal Agency
The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays
by Hilary Putnam • 2002
The wall between facts and values was a mistake; taking it down reshapes science and ethics.
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❓ Fact And Value🤔 Metaethics🗣️ Philosophy Of Language
The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays Summary
The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays 88%
The wall between facts and values was a mistake; taking it down reshapes science and ethics.
by Hilary Putnam 2002
3.98
176 ratings
❓ Fact And Value🤔 Metaethics🗣️ Philosophy Of Language
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life
by Trevor Curnow • 2012
The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.
3.87
190
🧠 Applied Philosophy🤔 Critical Thinking❓ Skepticism
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life Summary
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life 88%
The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.
by Trevor Curnow 2012
3.87
190 ratings
🧠 Applied Philosophy🤔 Critical Thinking❓ Skepticism
The Conservative Heart
by Arthur C. Brooks • 2015
Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.
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🏛️ American Conservatism😊 Happiness Economics🔨 Meaningful Work
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart 88%
Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏛️ American Conservatism😊 Happiness Economics🔨 Meaningful Work
On Quality
by Robert M. Pirsig • 2021
Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.
3.64
387
🏷️ Value Theory☯️ Nonduality🌏 Comparative Philosophy
On Quality Summary
On Quality 88%
Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.
by Robert M. Pirsig 2021
3.64
387 ratings
🏷️ Value Theory☯️ Nonduality🌏 Comparative Philosophy
Transformative Scenario Planning
by Adam Kahane • 2012
Stuck on a big, complex problem? Stop pushing. Start transforming the whole system, together.
4.03
134
🧭 Scenario Planning🧠 Systems Thinking🤝 Collaborative Strategy
Transformative Scenario Planning Summary
Transformative Scenario Planning 88%
Stuck on a big, complex problem? Stop pushing. Start transforming the whole system, together.
by Adam Kahane 2012
4.03
134 ratings
🧭 Scenario Planning🧠 Systems Thinking🤝 Collaborative Strategy
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