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Tricks of the Trade
by Howard S. Becker • 1998
How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.
4.06
405
🔬 Qualitative Methods🔍 Analytic Induction⚠️ Deviant Cases🧱 Concept Formation🧠 Logic Of Inquiry
Tricks of the Trade Summary
Tricks of the Trade 92%
How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.
by Howard S. Becker 1998
4.06
405 ratings
🔬 Qualitative Methods🔍 Analytic Induction⚠️ Deviant Cases🧱 Concept Formation🧠 Logic Of Inquiry
Sensemaking
by Christian Madsbjerg • 2017
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
3.67
680
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods📊 Critique Of Big Data🧠 Phenomenology
Sensemaking Summary
Sensemaking 91%
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
by Christian Madsbjerg 2017
3.67
680 ratings
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods📊 Critique Of Big Data🧠 Phenomenology
Chief Culture Officer
by Grant McCracken • 2009
Your competitors treat culture like weather. One C-suite role can read it first.
3.76
254
🏢 Business Anthropology🗺️ Cultural Strategy📈 Trend Forecasting🔍 Ethnographic Research📶 Status Signaling
Chief Culture Officer Summary
Chief Culture Officer 90%
Your competitors treat culture like weather. One C-suite role can read it first.
by Grant McCracken 2009
3.76
254 ratings
🏢 Business Anthropology🗺️ Cultural Strategy📈 Trend Forecasting🔍 Ethnographic Research📶 Status Signaling
The Golem (Canto Classics)
by Harry Collins • 1992
Science, like a golem, is powerful but clumsy. Its real process is social, not neat method.
3.77
341
🔬 Sociology Of Science🤔 Philosophy Of Science🧪 Scientific Method🧫 Laboratory Studies🌍 Science And Society
The Golem (Canto Classics) Summary
The Golem (Canto Classics) 90%
Science, like a golem, is powerful but clumsy. Its real process is social, not neat method.
by Harry Collins 1992
3.77
341 ratings
🔬 Sociology Of Science🤔 Philosophy Of Science🧪 Scientific Method🧫 Laboratory Studies🌍 Science And Society
Look
by Christian Madsbjerg • 2023
Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.
3.15
233
🏛️ Phenomenology🔍 Gestalt Psychology👁️ Ethnographic Observation🦴 Embodied Cognition🧠 Attention Management
Look Summary
Look 90%
Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.
by Christian Madsbjerg 2023
3.15
233 ratings
🏛️ Phenomenology🔍 Gestalt Psychology👁️ Ethnographic Observation🦴 Embodied Cognition🧠 Attention Management
Market Research in Practice
by Paul N. Hague • 1992
Why most market research gathers dust and how to produce findings that managers actually use.
3.93
15
🔍 Market Research💡 Consumer Insights📋 Survey Design✍️ Questionnaire Design🗣️ Qualitative Research
Market Research in Practice Summary
Market Research in Practice 90%
Why most market research gathers dust and how to produce findings that managers actually use.
by Paul N. Hague 1992
3.93
15 ratings
🔍 Market Research💡 Consumer Insights📋 Survey Design✍️ Questionnaire Design🗣️ Qualitative Research
Exposing the Magic of Design
by Jon Kolko • 2010
Research reveals what is; synthesis reveals what could be. The methods for crossing that gap.
4.09
210
🧩 Sensemaking🔍 Design Research🧠 Abductive Reasoning🗺️ Concept Mapping🛤️ Experience Mapping
Exposing the Magic of Design Summary
Exposing the Magic of Design 90%
Research reveals what is; synthesis reveals what could be. The methods for crossing that gap.
by Jon Kolko 2010
4.09
210 ratings
🧩 Sensemaking🔍 Design Research🧠 Abductive Reasoning🗺️ Concept Mapping🛤️ Experience Mapping
Interviewing Users
by Steve Portigal • 2013
Your assumptions about users are wrong. A systematic way to find out what they actually need.
4.13
1k+
🔍 User Research📋 Qualitative Research💬 Interview Techniques👂 Active Listening❓ Question Design
Interviewing Users Summary
Interviewing Users 90%
Your assumptions about users are wrong. A systematic way to find out what they actually need.
by Steve Portigal 2013
4.13
1k+ ratings
🔍 User Research📋 Qualitative Research💬 Interview Techniques👂 Active Listening❓ Question Design
Discursive Design
by Bruce M. Tharp • 2019
What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.
4.36
25
🧠 Design Theory🔮 Speculative Design🔬 Design Research🎓 Design Education⚖️ Design Ethics
Discursive Design Summary
Discursive Design 90%
What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.
by Bruce M. Tharp 2019
4.36
25 ratings
🧠 Design Theory🔮 Speculative Design🔬 Design Research🎓 Design Education⚖️ Design Ethics
Shaping School Culture
by Terrence E. Deal • 2016
School culture is shaped by rituals, stories, and hidden rules. Learn to read and rewrite them.
3.83
138
🏫 School Culture🏢 Organizational Culture👩‍🏫 School Leadership🔄 Cultural Transformation📖 Storytelling
Shaping School Culture Summary
Shaping School Culture 90%
School culture is shaped by rituals, stories, and hidden rules. Learn to read and rewrite them.
by Terrence E. Deal 2016
3.83
138 ratings
🏫 School Culture🏢 Organizational Culture👩‍🏫 School Leadership🔄 Cultural Transformation📖 Storytelling
The Power of Not Thinking
by Simon Roberts • 2020
AI beats us at chess but cannot pick up a pencil. The intelligence in your bones.
3.51
181
🧠 Embodied Cognition👃 Sensory Anthropology⚡ Expert Intuition💪 Muscle Memory📊 Big Data Critique
The Power of Not Thinking Summary
The Power of Not Thinking 90%
AI beats us at chess but cannot pick up a pencil. The intelligence in your bones.
by Simon Roberts 2020
3.51
181 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition👃 Sensory Anthropology⚡ Expert Intuition💪 Muscle Memory📊 Big Data Critique
Ignorance
by Stuart Firestein • 2012
Science runs on ignorance not facts and the real skill is knowing which question to chase.
3.86
1k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Science🎓 Science Education🔬 Scientific Method🔍 Research Practice🗣️ Public Understanding Of Science
Ignorance Summary
Ignorance 90%
Science runs on ignorance not facts and the real skill is knowing which question to chase.
by Stuart Firestein 2012
3.86
1k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Science🎓 Science Education🔬 Scientific Method🔍 Research Practice🗣️ Public Understanding Of Science
The Power of Positive Deviance
by Richard Tanner Pascale • 2010
Inside every struggling community, a few people are thriving under the same constraints. Find them.
4.16
354
🏗️ Social Innovation🔄 Behavior Change🏘️ Community-Driven Change🔗 Systems Thinking🌍 Global Health
The Power of Positive Deviance Summary
The Power of Positive Deviance 90%
Inside every struggling community, a few people are thriving under the same constraints. Find them.
by Richard Tanner Pascale 2010
4.16
354 ratings
🏗️ Social Innovation🔄 Behavior Change🏘️ Community-Driven Change🔗 Systems Thinking🌍 Global Health
The Things We Make
by Bill Hammack • 2023
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
3.75
1k+
🛠️ History Of Technology🏗️ Engineering Culture💡 Design Thinking🧭 Heuristics🔧 Incremental Innovation
The Things We Make Summary
The Things We Make 90%
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
by Bill Hammack 2023
3.75
1k+ ratings
🛠️ History Of Technology🏗️ Engineering Culture💡 Design Thinking🧭 Heuristics🔧 Incremental Innovation
How We Got to Now
by Steven Johnson • 2014
Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.
4.12
16k+
🕰️ History Of Technology💡 Everyday Inventions🦋 Ripple Effects🏙️ Hidden Systems🤝 Collaborative Innovation
How We Got to Now Summary
How We Got to Now 90%
Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.
by Steven Johnson 2014
4.12
16k+ ratings
🕰️ History Of Technology💡 Everyday Inventions🦋 Ripple Effects🏙️ Hidden Systems🤝 Collaborative Innovation
The Lean PhD
by Julian Kirchherr • 2018
Your PhD as a startup: draft early, gather feedback fast, and finish with more publications.
3.90
61
🎓 Doctoral Studies✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Lean Methodology⚡ Academic Productivity📐 Research Design
The Lean PhD Summary
The Lean PhD 89%
Your PhD as a startup: draft early, gather feedback fast, and finish with more publications.
by Julian Kirchherr 2018
3.90
61 ratings
🎓 Doctoral Studies✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Lean Methodology⚡ Academic Productivity📐 Research Design
UX Research
by Brad Nunnally • 2016
What to ask, who to ask, and how to turn their answers into better products.
3.68
263
📐 Product Design🔍 User Research🧪 Usability Testing🧩 Data Synthesis⚖️ Mixed Methods
UX Research Summary
UX Research 89%
What to ask, who to ask, and how to turn their answers into better products.
by Brad Nunnally 2016
3.68
263 ratings
📐 Product Design🔍 User Research🧪 Usability Testing🧩 Data Synthesis⚖️ Mixed Methods
Anthro-Vision
by Gillian Tett • 2021
Wall Street's models did not see 2008 coming. Anthropology did. Here is how.
4.01
1k+
🏢 Corporate Anthropology🏛️ Organizational Culture👁️ Cultural Blind Spots🌐 Cultural Intelligence💰 Financial Anthropology
Anthro-Vision Summary
Anthro-Vision 89%
Wall Street's models did not see 2008 coming. Anthropology did. Here is how.
by Gillian Tett 2021
4.01
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Anthropology🏛️ Organizational Culture👁️ Cultural Blind Spots🌐 Cultural Intelligence💰 Financial Anthropology
Aid on the Edge of Chaos
by Ben Ramalingam • 2013
Aid agencies build blueprints for a clockwork world, but poverty is a tangled, living system.
3.89
153
🏳️ Foreign Aid🌍 International Development📉 Aid Effectiveness🔬 Complexity Theory🧠 Systems Thinking
Aid on the Edge of Chaos Summary
Aid on the Edge of Chaos 89%
Aid agencies build blueprints for a clockwork world, but poverty is a tangled, living system.
by Ben Ramalingam 2013
3.89
153 ratings
🏳️ Foreign Aid🌍 International Development📉 Aid Effectiveness🔬 Complexity Theory🧠 Systems Thinking
Palaces for the People
by Eric Klinenberg • 2018
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
3.97
5k+
🏙️ Public Space🧱 Placemaking🤝 Social Capital💪 Community Resilience📚 Libraries And Community
Palaces for the People Summary
Palaces for the People 89%
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
by Eric Klinenberg 2018
3.97
5k+ ratings
🏙️ Public Space🧱 Placemaking🤝 Social Capital💪 Community Resilience📚 Libraries And Community
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy
by James Paul Gee • 2003
Video games teach because they have to. The 36 learning principles schools can steal from them.
3.90
1k+
🎮 Game-Based Learning🧠 Learning Science📍 Situated Cognition👁️ Multimodal Learning🔄 Learning Through Failure
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy Summary
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy 89%
Video games teach because they have to. The 36 learning principles schools can steal from them.
by James Paul Gee 2003
3.90
1k+ ratings
🎮 Game-Based Learning🧠 Learning Science📍 Situated Cognition👁️ Multimodal Learning🔄 Learning Through Failure
The World Until Yesterday
by Jared Diamond • 2012
What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.
3.78
11k+
🏕️ Traditional Societies👶 Child Rearing⚠️ Risk Perception🤝 Restorative Justice🛡️ Traditional Warfare
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday 89%
What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.
by Jared Diamond 2012
3.78
11k+ ratings
🏕️ Traditional Societies👶 Child Rearing⚠️ Risk Perception🤝 Restorative Justice🛡️ Traditional Warfare
The Geography of Genius
by Eric Weiner • 2016
Why Athens, Renaissance Florence, and Silicon Valley each erupted with genius at particular moments.
3.80
4k+
🌍 Historical Travelogue🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Creativity Research🏛️ Comparative History💡 Innovation Ecosystems
The Geography of Genius Summary
The Geography of Genius 89%
Why Athens, Renaissance Florence, and Silicon Valley each erupted with genius at particular moments.
by Eric Weiner 2016
3.80
4k+ ratings
🌍 Historical Travelogue🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Creativity Research🏛️ Comparative History💡 Innovation Ecosystems
Design Thinking for the Greater Good
by Jeanne Liedtka • 2017
Innovate without a big R&D budget: borrowing designer methods that work in the public square.
4.00
50
🧠 Design Thinking🏛️ Social Sector Innovation🤲 Human-Centered Design🔄 Organizational Change🧪 Prototyping And Testing
Design Thinking for the Greater Good Summary
Design Thinking for the Greater Good 89%
Innovate without a big R&D budget: borrowing designer methods that work in the public square.
by Jeanne Liedtka 2017
4.00
50 ratings
🧠 Design Thinking🏛️ Social Sector Innovation🤲 Human-Centered Design🔄 Organizational Change🧪 Prototyping And Testing
Small Data
by Martin Lindstrom • 2016
Why a boy's scuffed skate shoes revealed what mountains of consumer data missed.
3.78
3k+
🧠 Consumer Psychology👀 Ethnographic Observation📖 Brand Storytelling💖 Emotional Branding🌍 Cultural Imbalances
Small Data Summary
Small Data 89%
Why a boy's scuffed skate shoes revealed what mountains of consumer data missed.
by Martin Lindstrom 2016
3.78
3k+ ratings
🧠 Consumer Psychology👀 Ethnographic Observation📖 Brand Storytelling💖 Emotional Branding🌍 Cultural Imbalances
Air & Light & Time & Space
by Helen Sword • 2017
Daily writing is a myth. The flexible, four-foundation practice that real productive academics use.
3.98
581
📝 Academic Writing⏰ Writing Habits🏡 Writing Environments🌐 Multilingual Writing🎯 Writing For Impact
Air & Light & Time & Space Summary
Air & Light & Time & Space 89%
Daily writing is a myth. The flexible, four-foundation practice that real productive academics use.
by Helen Sword 2017
3.98
581 ratings
📝 Academic Writing⏰ Writing Habits🏡 Writing Environments🌐 Multilingual Writing🎯 Writing For Impact
Buddhism
by Damien Keown • 1996
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
3.74
3k+
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Buddhism Summary
Buddhism 89%
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
by Damien Keown 1996
3.74
3k+ ratings
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Rocket Surgery Made Easy
by Steve Krug • 2009
Usability testing sounds expensive and complex. A three-person, one-morning method proves it isn't.
4.14
4k+
🧪 Usability Testing🎨 User Experience Design👀 User Observation🌐 Web Design📦 Product Development
Rocket Surgery Made Easy Summary
Rocket Surgery Made Easy 89%
Usability testing sounds expensive and complex. A three-person, one-morning method proves it isn't.
by Steve Krug 2009
4.14
4k+ ratings
🧪 Usability Testing🎨 User Experience Design👀 User Observation🌐 Web Design📦 Product Development
In Search of Deeper Learning
by Jal Mehta • 2019
The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.
4.31
320
🔄 Education Reform🏫 High School Education🌱 Progressive Education🛠️ Project-Based Learning🎯 Inquiry-Based Learning
In Search of Deeper Learning Summary
In Search of Deeper Learning 89%
The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.
by Jal Mehta 2019
4.31
320 ratings
🔄 Education Reform🏫 High School Education🌱 Progressive Education🛠️ Project-Based Learning🎯 Inquiry-Based Learning
The Cosmic Serpent
by Jeremy Narby • 1998
A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.
4.17
8k+
🌿 Ethnobotany🍄 Psychedelics🪶 Indigenous Knowledge🐍 Comparative Mythology🔬 Anthropology Of Science
The Cosmic Serpent Summary
The Cosmic Serpent 89%
A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.
by Jeremy Narby 1998
4.17
8k+ ratings
🌿 Ethnobotany🍄 Psychedelics🪶 Indigenous Knowledge🐍 Comparative Mythology🔬 Anthropology Of Science
No Shame in My Game
by Katherine S. Newman • 1999
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
3.75
466
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor👷 Dignity Of Work🎭 Stigma And Identity
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game 89%
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
by Katherine S. Newman 1999
3.75
466 ratings
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor👷 Dignity Of Work🎭 Stigma And Identity
The Art of Gathering
by Priya Parker • 2018
Stop hosting on autopilot: give your gathering a disputable purpose and watch people lean in.
3.94
29k+
📋 Meeting Design🧩 Behavioral Design🤝 Social Connection👥 Group Dynamics🕯️ Ritual Design
The Art of Gathering Summary
The Art of Gathering 89%
Stop hosting on autopilot: give your gathering a disputable purpose and watch people lean in.
by Priya Parker 2018
3.94
29k+ ratings
📋 Meeting Design🧩 Behavioral Design🤝 Social Connection👥 Group Dynamics🕯️ Ritual Design
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
by Richard W. Hamming • 1996
What separates great scientists from good ones: they pick better problems.
4.18
2k+
🧠 Scientific Thinking⚙️ Engineering Practice💻 Computational Thinking🔬 Research Methods🔗 Interdisciplinary
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Summary
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 89%
What separates great scientists from good ones: they pick better problems.
by Richard W. Hamming 1996
4.18
2k+ ratings
🧠 Scientific Thinking⚙️ Engineering Practice💻 Computational Thinking🔬 Research Methods🔗 Interdisciplinary
Health Design Thinking
by Bon Ku • 2020
Empathy interviews, prototypes, sprints: the playbook for making healthcare human again.
4.11
163
💭 Design Thinking🏥 Healthcare Design💡 Medical Innovation🔍 User Research🧱 Prototyping
Health Design Thinking Summary
Health Design Thinking 89%
Empathy interviews, prototypes, sprints: the playbook for making healthcare human again.
by Bon Ku 2020
4.11
163 ratings
💭 Design Thinking🏥 Healthcare Design💡 Medical Innovation🔍 User Research🧱 Prototyping
Join the Club
by Tina Rosenberg • 2011
Peer pressure has toppled dictators and slowed epidemics. The case for aiming it deliberately.
3.49
340
🫂 Peer Pressure✊ Social Movements🏥 Community Health🌍 International Development📚 Case Studies
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club 89%
Peer pressure has toppled dictators and slowed epidemics. The case for aiming it deliberately.
by Tina Rosenberg 2011
3.49
340 ratings
🫂 Peer Pressure✊ Social Movements🏥 Community Health🌍 International Development📚 Case Studies
Community Building on the Web
by Amy Jo Kim • 1999
Nine design rules for online communities that earn trust and grow more intimate, not less.
3.68
101
🏘️ Community Management🎨 Community Design🔄 Membership Models🌱 User Onboarding🎉 Community Rituals
Community Building on the Web Summary
Community Building on the Web 89%
Nine design rules for online communities that earn trust and grow more intimate, not less.
by Amy Jo Kim 1999
3.68
101 ratings
🏘️ Community Management🎨 Community Design🔄 Membership Models🌱 User Onboarding🎉 Community Rituals
Speculative Everything
by Anthony Dunne • 2013
Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.
4.12
999
🧐 Design Criticism🔮 Futures Thinking⚙️ Technology Studies💭 Social Imagination🌍 World Building
Speculative Everything Summary
Speculative Everything 89%
Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.
by Anthony Dunne 2013
4.12
999 ratings
🧐 Design Criticism🔮 Futures Thinking⚙️ Technology Studies💭 Social Imagination🌍 World Building
When Clothes Become Fashion
by Ingrid Loschek • 2009
Clothing stays clothing until it's copied. Fashion runs on imitation, not originality.
4.04
26
👗 Fashion Theory🔧 Design Systems🔄 Social Systems Theory🏺 Material Culture🔤 Semiotics Of Dress
When Clothes Become Fashion Summary
When Clothes Become Fashion 89%
Clothing stays clothing until it's copied. Fashion runs on imitation, not originality.
by Ingrid Loschek 2009
4.04
26 ratings
👗 Fashion Theory🔧 Design Systems🔄 Social Systems Theory🏺 Material Culture🔤 Semiotics Of Dress
Design Thinking
by Nigel Cross • 2011
Design has its own logic: designers don't analyze what exists but propose what might be.
3.55
315
🧠 Design Cognition🔧 Design Methodology🖼️ Problem Framing💡 Creative Problem Solving🔄 Iterative Process
Design Thinking Summary
Design Thinking 89%
Design has its own logic: designers don't analyze what exists but propose what might be.
by Nigel Cross 2011
3.55
315 ratings
🧠 Design Cognition🔧 Design Methodology🖼️ Problem Framing💡 Creative Problem Solving🔄 Iterative Process
Coding Freedom
by Gabriella Coleman • 2012
They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.
3.82
280
💻 Hacker Culture🐧 Free Software Movement🌐 Digital Ethnography📜 Intellectual Property👥 Online Communities
Coding Freedom Summary
Coding Freedom 89%
They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.
by Gabriella Coleman 2012
3.82
280 ratings
💻 Hacker Culture🐧 Free Software Movement🌐 Digital Ethnography📜 Intellectual Property👥 Online Communities
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
by William H. Whyte • 1980
A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.
4.33
927
🏙️ Public Space🚶 Street Life🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism✨ Placemaking🌍 Urban Anthropology
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Summary
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 89%
A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.
by William H. Whyte 1980
4.33
927 ratings
🏙️ Public Space🚶 Street Life🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism✨ Placemaking🌍 Urban Anthropology
The Weirdest People in the World
by Joseph Henrich • 2020
How a medieval church's war on cousin marriage made the West individualistic, analytical, and rich.
4.13
4k+
🧠 Cultural Psychology🦴 Evolutionary Anthropology👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kinship And Social Structure🧪 Cross-Cultural Experiments🔄 Cultural Evolution Theory
The Weirdest People in the World Summary
The Weirdest People in the World 89%
How a medieval church's war on cousin marriage made the West individualistic, analytical, and rich.
by Joseph Henrich 2020
4.13
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cultural Psychology🦴 Evolutionary Anthropology👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kinship And Social Structure🧪 Cross-Cultural Experiments🔄 Cultural Evolution Theory
Think Like a UX Researcher
by David Travis • 2019
Observation beats opinion. How to run UX research that actually drives business decisions.
4.57
329
🧪 Design Research🔍 Usability Testing👁️ Behavioral Observation🤲 Human-Centered Design🔄 Iterative Design
Think Like a UX Researcher Summary
Think Like a UX Researcher 89%
Observation beats opinion. How to run UX research that actually drives business decisions.
by David Travis 2019
4.57
329 ratings
🧪 Design Research🔍 Usability Testing👁️ Behavioral Observation🤲 Human-Centered Design🔄 Iterative Design
How Forests Think
by Eduardo Kohn • 2013
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
3.86
1k+
🌴 Amazonian Ethnography🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography🧬 Biosemiotics🌍 More-Than-Human✨ Animism
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think 89%
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
by Eduardo Kohn 2013
3.86
1k+ ratings
🌴 Amazonian Ethnography🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography🧬 Biosemiotics🌍 More-Than-Human✨ Animism
Cognitive Surplus
by Clay Shirky • 2010
Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.
3.83
6k+
🏭 Peer Production🎬 Participatory Culture🧠 Intrinsic Motivation🤝 Collective Action💻 Open Source Culture
Cognitive Surplus Summary
Cognitive Surplus 89%
Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.
by Clay Shirky 2010
3.83
6k+ ratings
🏭 Peer Production🎬 Participatory Culture🧠 Intrinsic Motivation🤝 Collective Action💻 Open Source Culture
Product Design for the Web
by Randy J. Hunt • 2013
Why shipping early and designing the invisible parts matters more than getting the pixels right.
3.76
278
📱 Product Design✨ User Experience🔄 Iterative Design🧭 Usability🏗️ Lean Methodology
Product Design for the Web Summary
Product Design for the Web 89%
Why shipping early and designing the invisible parts matters more than getting the pixels right.
by Randy J. Hunt 2013
3.76
278 ratings
📱 Product Design✨ User Experience🔄 Iterative Design🧭 Usability🏗️ Lean Methodology
The Sociological Imagination
by C. Wright Mills • 1959
Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.
4.16
3k+
📚 Sociological Theory✊ Critical Sociology🎙️ Public Intellectualism🏛️ Bureaucracy Critique🛠️ Research As Craft
The Sociological Imagination Summary
The Sociological Imagination 89%
Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.
by C. Wright Mills 1959
4.16
3k+ ratings
📚 Sociological Theory✊ Critical Sociology🎙️ Public Intellectualism🏛️ Bureaucracy Critique🛠️ Research As Craft
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
by Howard Gardner • 2010
Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.
3.48
216
🧭 Moral Education🏛️ Virtue Ethics💻 Digital Age Ethics🎨 Aesthetic Education👶 Child Moral Development
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed Summary
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed 89%
Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.
by Howard Gardner 2010
3.48
216 ratings
🧭 Moral Education🏛️ Virtue Ethics💻 Digital Age Ethics🎨 Aesthetic Education👶 Child Moral Development
Imagine
by Jonah Lehrer • 2012
Why cities, outsiders, and arguments produce more breakthroughs than solitary genius ever does.
3.98
55k+
🔬 Creativity Research🔄 Creative Process👥 Group Creativity🏙️ Urban Innovation👀 Outsider Perspectives
Imagine Summary
Imagine 89%
Why cities, outsiders, and arguments produce more breakthroughs than solitary genius ever does.
by Jonah Lehrer 2012
3.98
55k+ ratings
🔬 Creativity Research🔄 Creative Process👥 Group Creativity🏙️ Urban Innovation👀 Outsider Perspectives
La science politique
by Philippe Braud • 1986
Elections are spectacle; political science studies the regulation of conflict beneath.
3
13
📊 Social Science Methods⚖️ Value-Free Social Science🧱 Bourdieusian Sociology📢 Collective Action🌐 Constructivist Epistemology
La science politique Summary
La science politique 89%
Elections are spectacle; political science studies the regulation of conflict beneath.
by Philippe Braud 1986
3
13 ratings
📊 Social Science Methods⚖️ Value-Free Social Science🧱 Bourdieusian Sociology📢 Collective Action🌐 Constructivist Epistemology
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