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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
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4.2
939 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
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Bright-Sided Summary
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.73
10.2K ratings
Psychology
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The Substance of Style Summary
The Substance of Style
How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
by Virginia Postrel 2003 237 pages
3.49
515 ratings
Design
Business
Cultural
Thanks a Thousand Summary
Thanks a Thousand
A Gratitude Journey
by A.J. Jacobs 2018 160 pages
3.73
3.2K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Humor
Born Digital Summary
Born Digital
Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives
by John Palfrey 2008 288 pages
3.62
1.4K ratings
Technology
Education
Internet
National Populism Summary
National Populism
The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
by Roger Eatwell 2018 374 pages
3.80
1.3K ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2005 356 pages
4.14
1.5K ratings
Politics
Essays
Philosophy
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer 2004 368 pages
3.91
3.1K ratings
Science
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Mismeasure of Woman Summary
Mismeasure of Woman
Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex
by Carol Tavris 1992 400 pages
4.06
426 ratings
Feminism
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The Journey of Humanity Summary
The Journey of Humanity
The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
by Oded Galor 2022 304 pages
3.83
1.7K ratings
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Anthropology
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019 344 pages
3.11
185 ratings
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Personality, Character, and Intelligence Summary
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Part Three from What the Dog Saw
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 100 pages
3.91
752 ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
880.8K ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Selfie Summary
Selfie
How the West Became Self-Obsessed
by Will Storr 2017 416 pages
3.92
3.6K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
The World Cafe Summary
The World Cafe
Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter
by Juanita Brown 2005 264 pages
4.10
441 ratings
Leadership
Business
Communication
Clock of the Long Now Summary
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
by Stewart Brand 1999 208 pages
4.10
790 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Culture Summary
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
by Martin Puchner 2023 384 pages
3.82
538 ratings
History
Art
Sociology
Hate Inc. Summary
Hate Inc.
Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
by Matt Taibbi 2019 380 pages
4.10
5.5K ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
Asking for It Summary
Asking for It
The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It
by Kate Harding 2014 261 pages
4.37
4.2K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Gender Studies
Free Speech And Why It Matters Summary
Free Speech And Why It Matters
by Andrew Doyle 2021 128 pages
4.25
927 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
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Get Rich or Lie Trying Summary
Get Rich or Lie Trying
Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy
by Symeon Brown 2022 304 pages
3.85
852 ratings
Sociology
Economics
Business
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
by Saket Soni 2023 368 pages
4.52
893 ratings
History
Politics
Race
Flesh and Stone Summary
Flesh and Stone
The Body and the City in Western Civilization
by Richard Sennett 1996 432 pages
4.29
520 ratings
History
Architecture
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
4.16
424 ratings
Law
Politics
Social Justice
Criminology For Dummies Summary
Criminology For Dummies
by Steven Briggs 2009 384 pages
3.90
232 ratings
Reference
Crime
Science
Nation of Rebels Summary
Nation of Rebels
Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
by Joseph Heath 2004 368 pages
3.84
2.0K ratings
Politics
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Philosophy
تئوری انتخاب Summary
تئوری انتخاب
در آمدی بر روان شناسی امید
by William Glasser 592 pages
4.05
859 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism Summary
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
A Warning to the Global Middle Class
by Joel Kotkin 2020 266 pages
3.61
798 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Who Speaks for Islam? Summary
Who Speaks for Islam?
What a Billion Muslims Really Think
by Dalia Mogahed 2008 204 pages
4.05
1.1K ratings
Islam
Religion
Politics
Pedagogy of Freedom Summary
Pedagogy of Freedom
Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage
by Paulo Freire 1996 176 pages
4.37
2.1K ratings
Education
Philosophy
Politics
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Labor of Love Summary
Labor of Love
The Invention of Dating
by Moira Weigel 2016 304 pages
3.70
1.3K ratings
History
Feminism
Sociology
Like, Comment, Subscribe Summary
Like, Comment, Subscribe
How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
by Mark Bergen 2022 464 pages
3.73
1.0K ratings
Business
Technology
History
Bobos in Paradise Summary
Bobos in Paradise
The New Upper Class and How They Got There
by David Brooks 2000 284 pages
3.62
4.5K ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future Summary
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
by Johan Norberg 2016 304 pages
4.05
1.7K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Ain't No Makin' It Summary
Ain't No Makin' It
Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
by Jay MacLeod 2004 344 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
Sociology
Education
School
Respect in a World of Inequality Summary
Respect in a World of Inequality
by Richard Sennett 2003 306 pages
3.69
236 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Society
The Third Chimpanzee Summary
The Third Chimpanzee
The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
by Jared Diamond 1991 407 pages
4.08
28.2K ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
The Turning Point Summary
The Turning Point
Science, Society, and the Rising Culture
by Fritjof Capra 1982 464 pages
4.11
1.5K ratings
Science
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Sociology
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands
A Plan To Replace The Welfare State
by Charles Murray 2006 214 pages
3.74
289 ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
The English Summary
The English
A Portrait of a People
by Jeremy Paxman 1998 309 pages
3.56
2.5K ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
Smart on Crime Summary
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
by Kamala Harris 2009 205 pages
3.74
320 ratings
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Discrimination and Disparities Summary
Discrimination and Disparities
by Thomas Sowell 2018 192 pages
4.47
5.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Purity Myth Summary
The Purity Myth
How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
by Jessica Valenti 2009 263 pages
4.07
8.5K ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Gender Studies
The Sociology Book Summary
The Sociology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Sam Atkinson 2015 352 pages
4.01
1.1K ratings
Sociology
Reference
Science
Solitude Summary
Solitude
A Singular Life in a Crowded World
by Michael Harris 2017 256 pages
3.67
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
880.8K ratings
Economics
Business
Science
The Unprotected Class Summary
The Unprotected Class
How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
by Jeremy Carl 2024 400 pages
4.32
130 ratings
Politics
History
Race
The Book of Learning and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Learning and Forgetting
by Frank Smith 1998 144 pages
4.08
346 ratings
Education
Psychology
Sociology
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold J. Toynbee 1947 640 pages
4.10
519 ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
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