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Revenge of the Tipping Point
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2024
Why the opioid crisis, a TV miniseries, and a pandemic all follow the same hidden rules.
4.02
64k+
🦠 Social Epidemics⚖️ Tipping Points🎯 Superspreaders🔬 Popular Social Science🛠️ Social Engineering
Revenge of the Tipping Point Summary
Revenge of the Tipping Point 93%
Why the opioid crisis, a TV miniseries, and a pandemic all follow the same hidden rules.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2024
4.02
64k+ ratings
🦠 Social Epidemics⚖️ Tipping Points🎯 Superspreaders🔬 Popular Social Science🛠️ Social Engineering
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 93%
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
Conformity
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2019
We copy, therefore we err. The hidden logic of conformity and the architecture that counters it.
3.46
396
🧪 Social Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science👥 Group Dynamics🧲 Social Influence🗣️ Dissent And Deviance
Conformity Summary
Conformity 93%
We copy, therefore we err. The hidden logic of conformity and the architecture that counters it.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019
3.46
396 ratings
🧪 Social Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science👥 Group Dynamics🧲 Social Influence🗣️ Dissent And Deviance
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell • 2023
Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.
4.38
3k+
📋 Public Policy Critique🔄 Unintended Consequences📊 Statistical Fallacies👥 Group Differences🧠 Knowledge Problem
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies 93%
Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.
by Thomas Sowell 2023
4.38
3k+ ratings
📋 Public Policy Critique🔄 Unintended Consequences📊 Statistical Fallacies👥 Group Differences🧠 Knowledge Problem
The Social Construction of Reality
by Peter L. Berger • 1966
The world you take for granted is built: how everyday talk, habit, and institutions make reality.
4.11
4k+
🧠 Sociology Of Knowledge🏗️ Social Constructionism🔍 Phenomenological Sociology🏠 Everyday Life🏛️ Institutional Analysis
The Social Construction of Reality Summary
The Social Construction of Reality 93%
The world you take for granted is built: how everyday talk, habit, and institutions make reality.
by Peter L. Berger 1966
4.11
4k+ ratings
🧠 Sociology Of Knowledge🏗️ Social Constructionism🔍 Phenomenological Sociology🏠 Everyday Life🏛️ Institutional Analysis
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 92%
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
Connected
by Nicholas A. Christakis • 2008
Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.
3.74
4k+
🕸️ Network Science🦠 Social Contagion🔗 Network Effects💰 Behavioral Economics😊 Happiness Research
Connected Summary
Connected 92%
Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.
by Nicholas A. Christakis 2008
3.74
4k+ ratings
🕸️ Network Science🦠 Social Contagion🔗 Network Effects💰 Behavioral Economics😊 Happiness Research
The Vision of the Anointed
by Thomas Sowell • 1995
Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.
4.40
3k+
🧐 Public Policy📢 Social Criticism📊 Statistical Fallacies💥 Policy Failure🎭 Ideological Bias
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed 92%
Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.
by Thomas Sowell 1995
4.40
3k+ ratings
🧐 Public Policy📢 Social Criticism📊 Statistical Fallacies💥 Policy Failure🎭 Ideological Bias
Status and Culture
by W. David Marx • 2022
All culture is a status game. Fashion cycles, taste boundaries, and why nothing cool stays cool.
3.89
1k+
📊 Status Dynamics🏷️ Social Signaling🍷 Taste And Class💎 Conspicuous Consumption👗 Fashion Sociology
Status and Culture Summary
Status and Culture 92%
All culture is a status game. Fashion cycles, taste boundaries, and why nothing cool stays cool.
by W. David Marx 2022
3.89
1k+ ratings
📊 Status Dynamics🏷️ Social Signaling🍷 Taste And Class💎 Conspicuous Consumption👗 Fashion Sociology
Liquid Times
by Zygmunt Bauman • 2007
The stable world of careers, communities, and safety nets is gone, replaced by a permanent churn.
3.87
2k+
🧠 Social Theory🏭 Late Capitalism⚠️ Precarity😨 Culture Of Fear🧳 Displacement
Liquid Times Summary
Liquid Times 92%
The stable world of careers, communities, and safety nets is gone, replaced by a permanent churn.
by Zygmunt Bauman 2007
3.87
2k+ ratings
🧠 Social Theory🏭 Late Capitalism⚠️ Precarity😨 Culture Of Fear🧳 Displacement
Mix It Up
by David Grazian • 2010
Rihanna, the Super Bowl, and Disney: how sociology reveals the social forces behind popular culture.
3.52
107
🎥 Media Sociology🏭 Culture Industry Critique🎉 Ritual And Solidarity📡 Diffusion Of Culture💎 Cultural Capital
Mix It Up Summary
Mix It Up 92%
Rihanna, the Super Bowl, and Disney: how sociology reveals the social forces behind popular culture.
by David Grazian 2010
3.52
107 ratings
🎥 Media Sociology🏭 Culture Industry Critique🎉 Ritual And Solidarity📡 Diffusion Of Culture💎 Cultural Capital
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🏥 Welfare State Reform🧬 Cultural Evolution
The Listening Society Summary
The Listening Society 92%
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🏥 Welfare State Reform🧬 Cultural Evolution
Uses of Disorder
by Richard Sennett • 1970
The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.
3.88
258
🏙️ Urban Sociology🧩 Identity Formation🚧 Social Segregation🏛️ Bureaucratic Power💰 Affluent Isolation
Uses of Disorder Summary
Uses of Disorder 92%
The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.
by Richard Sennett 1970
3.88
258 ratings
🏙️ Urban Sociology🧩 Identity Formation🚧 Social Segregation🏛️ Bureaucratic Power💰 Affluent Isolation
Liquid Surveillance
by Zygmunt Bauman • 2012
Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.
3.80
490
👁️ Surveillance Studies🔒 Digital Privacy🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory📊 Social Sorting⚙️ Technological Determinism
Liquid Surveillance Summary
Liquid Surveillance 92%
Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012
3.80
490 ratings
👁️ Surveillance Studies🔒 Digital Privacy🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory📊 Social Sorting⚙️ Technological Determinism
Everything is Obvious
by Duncan J. Watts • 2011
Common sense is a reverse-engineered story: it explains the past perfectly and predicts nothing.
3.81
5k+
🌀 Complexity Science🧠 Behavioral Economics🔗 Systems Thinking🔮 Hindsight Bias🐦 Social Emergence
Everything is Obvious Summary
Everything is Obvious 92%
Common sense is a reverse-engineered story: it explains the past perfectly and predicts nothing.
by Duncan J. Watts 2011
3.81
5k+ ratings
🌀 Complexity Science🧠 Behavioral Economics🔗 Systems Thinking🔮 Hindsight Bias🐦 Social Emergence
How Change Happens
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2019
Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.
3.11
197
🌊 Social Change🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Political Polarization🏗️ Choice Architecture⚖️ Moral Psychology
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens 92%
Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019
3.11
197 ratings
🌊 Social Change🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Political Polarization🏗️ Choice Architecture⚖️ Moral Psychology
Life at the Bottom
by Theodore Dalrymple • 2001
Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.
4.23
4k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏛️ Welfare State Critique🎭 Victimhood Culture🌐 Cultural Relativism✍️ Cultural Criticism
Life at the Bottom Summary
Life at the Bottom 92%
Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.
by Theodore Dalrymple 2001
4.23
4k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏛️ Welfare State Critique🎭 Victimhood Culture🌐 Cultural Relativism✍️ Cultural Criticism
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 92%
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
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
3.83
1k+
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures🤝 Collective Action🏘️ Localism
Team Human Summary
Team Human 92%
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019
3.83
1k+ ratings
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures🤝 Collective Action🏘️ Localism
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowellm • 2009
The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.
4.29
4k+
🏛️ Political Philosophy📢 Social Criticism🧠 Intellectual Overreach📜 Classical Liberalism⚙️ Social Engineering
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society 92%
The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.
by Thomas Sowellm 2009
4.29
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📢 Social Criticism🧠 Intellectual Overreach📜 Classical Liberalism⚙️ Social Engineering
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
3.84
4k+
🏛️ Political Philosophy🤝 Communitarianism🧩 Individualism Critique📉 Meritocracy Critique🏚️ Civic Decline
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed 92%
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018
3.84
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🤝 Communitarianism🧩 Individualism Critique📉 Meritocracy Critique🏚️ Civic Decline
Social Physics
by Alex Pentland • 2014
Idea flow through social networks predicts team output and city GDP better than individual talent.
3.53
1k+
🕸️ Network Science💻 Computational Social Science🧠 Social Learning🦠 Behavioral Contagion🐝 Collective Intelligence
Social Physics Summary
Social Physics 92%
Idea flow through social networks predicts team output and city GDP better than individual talent.
by Alex Pentland 2014
3.53
1k+ ratings
🕸️ Network Science💻 Computational Social Science🧠 Social Learning🦠 Behavioral Contagion🐝 Collective Intelligence
The End of the World As We Know It
by Immanuel Wallerstein • 1999
The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.
4.01
137
🌐 World-Systems Theory🏛️ Historical Sociology💰 Global Political Economy📖 Postcolonial Critique📉 Capitalist Crisis
The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It 92%
The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.
by Immanuel Wallerstein 1999
4.01
137 ratings
🌐 World-Systems Theory🏛️ Historical Sociology💰 Global Political Economy📖 Postcolonial Critique📉 Capitalist Crisis
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) 92%
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
Anointed
by Toby Stuart • 2025
Why a Rembrandt sells for millions and the same painting by an unknown does not.
3.48
150
🏆 Social Status📊 Inequality Studies🧠 Cognitive Shortcuts📜 Credentialism🔗 Elite Networks
Anointed Summary
Anointed 92%
Why a Rembrandt sells for millions and the same painting by an unknown does not.
by Toby Stuart 2025
3.48
150 ratings
🏆 Social Status📊 Inequality Studies🧠 Cognitive Shortcuts📜 Credentialism🔗 Elite Networks
Freakonomics Rev Ed
by Steven D. Levitt • 2005
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
4.01
902k+
🍿 Pop Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design📊 Data Journalism🔍 Information Asymmetry
Freakonomics Rev Ed Summary
Freakonomics Rev Ed 92%
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
by Steven D. Levitt 2005
4.01
902k+ ratings
🍿 Pop Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design📊 Data Journalism🔍 Information Asymmetry
Here Comes Everybody
by Clay Shirky • 2008
Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.
3.78
7k+
🖥️ Internet Culture📱 Digital Sociology✊ Collective Action🕸️ Network Effects🤝 Peer Production
Here Comes Everybody Summary
Here Comes Everybody 92%
Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.
by Clay Shirky 2008
3.78
7k+ ratings
🖥️ Internet Culture📱 Digital Sociology✊ Collective Action🕸️ Network Effects🤝 Peer Production
Change
by Damon Centola • 2021
Social change doesn't spread virally. The network margins, not influencers, hold the real leverage.
4.06
940
🕸️ Network Science🦠 Social Contagion💡 Diffusion Of Innovation🏢 Organizational Change✊ Social Movements
Change Summary
Change 92%
Social change doesn't spread virally. The network margins, not influencers, hold the real leverage.
by Damon Centola 2021
4.06
940 ratings
🕸️ Network Science🦠 Social Contagion💡 Diffusion Of Innovation🏢 Organizational Change✊ Social Movements
Status Anxiety
by Alain de Botton • 2004
Why you care what others think: not weakness, but modern life working as designed.
3.89
22k+
🏛️ Cultural Criticism📊 Social Status👀 Social Comparison⚖️ Meritocracy Critique🛒 Consumer Culture
Status Anxiety Summary
Status Anxiety 92%
Why you care what others think: not weakness, but modern life working as designed.
by Alain de Botton 2004
3.89
22k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism📊 Social Status👀 Social Comparison⚖️ Meritocracy Critique🛒 Consumer Culture
Rebel Sell
by Joseph Heath • 2004
The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.
3.84
2k+
🛒 Consumer Culture🏆 Status Competition🔄 Counterculture Critique🎭 Cultural Capital🚫 Anti-Consumerism
Rebel Sell Summary
Rebel Sell 92%
The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.
by Joseph Heath 2004
3.84
2k+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Culture🏆 Status Competition🔄 Counterculture Critique🎭 Cultural Capital🚫 Anti-Consumerism
End Times
by Peter Turchin • 2023
Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.
4.06
3k+
📊 Quantitative History💥 Political Instability👑 Elite Theory✊ Revolution Theory🏚️ State Collapse
End Times Summary
End Times 92%
Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.
by Peter Turchin 2023
4.06
3k+ ratings
📊 Quantitative History💥 Political Instability👑 Elite Theory✊ Revolution Theory🏚️ State Collapse
Why Nothing Works
by Marvin Harris • 1981
An anthropologist finds that broken toasters, inflation, and cults share a single cause.
3.76
264
🏛️ Cultural Anthropology🇺🇸 American Society📖 Cultural Criticism📊 Political Economy🏪 Service Economy
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works 92%
An anthropologist finds that broken toasters, inflation, and cults share a single cause.
by Marvin Harris 1981
3.76
264 ratings
🏛️ Cultural Anthropology🇺🇸 American Society📖 Cultural Criticism📊 Political Economy🏪 Service Economy
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🌿 Degrowth Economics🧬 Human Nature Debate
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life 92%
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🌿 Degrowth Economics🧬 Human Nature Debate
The Matthew Effect
by Daniel Rigney • 2010
Why a small head start in science, money, or the classroom rarely stays small.
3.65
46
🏛️ Inequality Studies📈 Cumulative Advantage💰 Wealth Concentration🔄 Privilege Reproduction⚖️ Systemic Inequality
The Matthew Effect Summary
The Matthew Effect 91%
Why a small head start in science, money, or the classroom rarely stays small.
by Daniel Rigney 2010
3.65
46 ratings
🏛️ Inequality Studies📈 Cumulative Advantage💰 Wealth Concentration🔄 Privilege Reproduction⚖️ Systemic Inequality
Identity and Violence
by Amartya Sen • 2006
The single-identity myth killed millions. A philosopher shows why, and what a plural self demands.
3.83
2k+
🆔 Identity Politics🌍 Multiculturalism🔓 Anti-Essentialism🗳️ Deliberative Democracy📚 Postcolonial Theory
Identity and Violence Summary
Identity and Violence 91%
The single-identity myth killed millions. A philosopher shows why, and what a plural self demands.
by Amartya Sen 2006
3.83
2k+ ratings
🆔 Identity Politics🌍 Multiculturalism🔓 Anti-Essentialism🗳️ Deliberative Democracy📚 Postcolonial Theory
Under the Influence
by Robert H. Frank • 2020
Nobody decides alone. The $2 trillion proof that social contagion drives everything.
3.75
154
🧠 Behavioral Economics🦠 Social Contagion👥 Social Influence💸 Positional Spending🤔 Cognitive Biases
Under the Influence Summary
Under the Influence 91%
Nobody decides alone. The $2 trillion proof that social contagion drives everything.
by Robert H. Frank 2020
3.75
154 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🦠 Social Contagion👥 Social Influence💸 Positional Spending🤔 Cognitive Biases
The Broken Ladder
by Keith Payne • 2018
Inequality doesn't just divide bank accounts. It rewires how we think, vote, and age.
4.20
4k+
🪞 Social Comparison💰 Economic Inequality⏳ Scarcity Mindset⚖️ Relative Deprivation🗳️ Political Polarization
The Broken Ladder Summary
The Broken Ladder 91%
Inequality doesn't just divide bank accounts. It rewires how we think, vote, and age.
by Keith Payne 2018
4.20
4k+ ratings
🪞 Social Comparison💰 Economic Inequality⏳ Scarcity Mindset⚖️ Relative Deprivation🗳️ Political Polarization
Saving the Modern Soul
by Eva Illouz • 2008
Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.
4.08
184
🏛️ Cultural Sociology🛋️ Therapy Culture📚 Self-Help Critique💼 Emotional Labor📖 Narrative Identity
Saving the Modern Soul Summary
Saving the Modern Soul 91%
Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.
by Eva Illouz 2008
4.08
184 ratings
🏛️ Cultural Sociology🛋️ Therapy Culture📚 Self-Help Critique💼 Emotional Labor📖 Narrative Identity
Freedomnomics
by John R. Lott Jr. • 2007
Abortion didn't cut crime. The incentive story that flips campaign finance, gun control, and more.
3.55
573
💰 Free Market Economics⚖️ Law And Economics🏛️ Public Choice Theory🔄 Unintended Consequences🌟 Reputation Economics
Freedomnomics Summary
Freedomnomics 91%
Abortion didn't cut crime. The incentive story that flips campaign finance, gun control, and more.
by John R. Lott Jr. 2007
3.55
573 ratings
💰 Free Market Economics⚖️ Law And Economics🏛️ Public Choice Theory🔄 Unintended Consequences🌟 Reputation Economics
Morality
by Jonathan Sacks • 2019
Loneliness rivals smoking. Broken politics. Amoral markets. All from one trade: community for self.
4.34
2k+
🔗 Social Capital🫂 Loneliness Epidemic🧍 Individualism Critique🏘️ Communitarianism🪞 Self-Help Critique
Morality Summary
Morality 91%
Loneliness rivals smoking. Broken politics. Amoral markets. All from one trade: community for self.
by Jonathan Sacks 2019
4.34
2k+ ratings
🔗 Social Capital🫂 Loneliness Epidemic🧍 Individualism Critique🏘️ Communitarianism🪞 Self-Help Critique
The Misinformation Age
by Cailin O'Connor • 2018
False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.
3.77
1k+
🧠 Social Epistemology🕸️ Network Science💭 Belief Formation🏭 Manufactured Doubt🔬 Scientific Consensus
The Misinformation Age Summary
The Misinformation Age 91%
False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.
by Cailin O'Connor 2018
3.77
1k+ ratings
🧠 Social Epistemology🕸️ Network Science💭 Belief Formation🏭 Manufactured Doubt🔬 Scientific Consensus
The Spirit Level
by Richard G. Wilkinson • 2009
Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.
4.13
7k+
💸 Income Inequality🏥 Public Health🤝 Social Trust😰 Status Anxiety📊 Progressive Economics
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level 91%
Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009
4.13
7k+ ratings
💸 Income Inequality🏥 Public Health🤝 Social Trust😰 Status Anxiety📊 Progressive Economics
The Joy of Pain
by Richard H. Smith • 2013
Joy at others' failures is not a character flaw. It is a feature of human nature.
3.45
268
⚖️ Social Comparison🐍 Envy😈 Schadenfreude⚔️ Justice And Revenge👥 Group Dynamics
The Joy of Pain Summary
The Joy of Pain 91%
Joy at others' failures is not a character flaw. It is a feature of human nature.
by Richard H. Smith 2013
3.45
268 ratings
⚖️ Social Comparison🐍 Envy😈 Schadenfreude⚔️ Justice And Revenge👥 Group Dynamics
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
The Status Game
by Will Storr • 2021
Belonging and rank: the twin drives of human life. The hidden tournament behind every act.
4.11
3k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏆 Status Seeking⚖️ Social Comparison👥 Group Dynamics📜 Belief Systems
The Status Game Summary
The Status Game 91%
Belonging and rank: the twin drives of human life. The hidden tournament behind every act.
by Will Storr 2021
4.11
3k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏆 Status Seeking⚖️ Social Comparison👥 Group Dynamics📜 Belief Systems
Kids These Days
by Malcolm Harris • 2017
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
3.77
2k+
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days 91%
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
by Malcolm Harris 2017
3.77
2k+ ratings
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
The Empathic Civilization
by Jeremy Rifkin • 2009
Every energy revolution expanded human empathy. Now that same engine threatens to undo us all.
4.03
937
🏛️ Big History🫂 Empathy Studies📈 Moral Progress⚡ Energy And Civilization🌍 Ecological Philosophy
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization 91%
Every energy revolution expanded human empathy. Now that same engine threatens to undo us all.
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009
4.03
937 ratings
🏛️ Big History🫂 Empathy Studies📈 Moral Progress⚡ Energy And Civilization🌍 Ecological Philosophy
The Quantified Self
by Deborah Lupton • 2016
Your fitness tracker feeds a digital economy that profits from your body's data.
3.81
86
📊 Digital Self-Tracking👁️ Data And Surveillance🔍 Critical Data Studies🏛️ Biopolitics🤖 Sociology Of Technology
The Quantified Self Summary
The Quantified Self 91%
Your fitness tracker feeds a digital economy that profits from your body's data.
by Deborah Lupton 2016
3.81
86 ratings
📊 Digital Self-Tracking👁️ Data And Surveillance🔍 Critical Data Studies🏛️ Biopolitics🤖 Sociology Of Technology
Friendship in an Age of Economics
by Todd May • 2012
The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.
3.72
29
📉 Neoliberal Critique🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship🏛️ Social Philosophy🎭 Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism And Identity
Friendship in an Age of Economics Summary
Friendship in an Age of Economics 91%
The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.
by Todd May 2012
3.72
29 ratings
📉 Neoliberal Critique🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship🏛️ Social Philosophy🎭 Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism And Identity
The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe • 2023
An 80-year cycle pushes America toward a 2030 crisis. The last two ended in total war.
3.93
3k+
🌀 Cyclical History🧬 Generational Theory⚠️ Crisis Cycles🔮 Social Forecasting🇺🇸 American Crisis
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here 91%
An 80-year cycle pushes America toward a 2030 crisis. The last two ended in total war.
by Neil Howe 2023
3.93
3k+ ratings
🌀 Cyclical History🧬 Generational Theory⚠️ Crisis Cycles🔮 Social Forecasting🇺🇸 American Crisis
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