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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
Schadenfreude Summary
Schadenfreude
The Joy of Another's Misfortune
by Tiffany Watt Smith 2018 157 pages
3.36
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Passwords Summary
Passwords
by Jean Baudrillard 2000 120 pages
3.74
389 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
You Can't Read This Book Summary
You Can't Read This Book
Censorship in an Age of Freedom
by Nick Cohen 2012 330 pages
4.07
734 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
A Return to Modesty Summary
A Return to Modesty
Discovering the Lost Virtue
by Wendy Shalit 1998 304 pages
3.79
1.4K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Sexuality
Adam and Eve After the Pill Summary
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
by Mary Eberstadt 2012 175 pages
3.98
498 ratings
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
Black Folk Summary
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023 352 pages
4.49
370 ratings
History
Race
Politics
A Brief History of Neoliberalism Summary
A Brief History of Neoliberalism
by David Harvey 2005 247 pages
4.13
7.1K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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 7 pages
3.46
8.4K ratings
Feminism
Book Club
Friendship
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010 304 pages
3.51
633 ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
by Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 pages
3.64
183 ratings
Politics
Science
Technology
Diffusion of Innovations Summary
Diffusion of Innovations
by Everett M. Rogers 1982 576 pages
4.09
1.5K ratings
Business
Sociology
Management
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
Delusions of Gender Summary
Delusions of Gender
How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
by Cordelia Fine 2010 338 pages
4.08
11.2K ratings
Feminism
Science
Psychology
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.71
930 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
For Her Own Good Summary
For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976 432 pages
3.96
2.5K ratings
Feminism
History
Womens
Social Psychology Summary
Social Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
by Richard J. Crisp 2015 144 pages
3.96
190 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Mask Off Summary
Mask Off
Masculinity Redefined
by J.J. Bola 2019 127 pages
3.94
3.0K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Gender
Tocqueville Summary
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
by Harvey C. Mansfield 2007 124 pages
3.51
150 ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
151.0K ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
Meme Wars Summary
Meme Wars
The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America
by Joan Donovan 2022 432 pages
4.00
435 ratings
Politics
Technology
History
The Tell Summary
The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are
by Matthew Hertenstein 2013 288 pages
3.20
497 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
What Is Populism? Summary
What Is Populism?
by Jan-Werner Müller 2014 136 pages
3.82
2.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Great Divide Summary
The Great Divide
Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015 466 pages
3.82
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Hype Summary
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following
by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021 352 pages
3.33
1.2K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Wildland Summary
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
by Evan Osnos 2021 465 pages
4.23
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Everyday Survival Summary
Everyday Survival
Why Smart People Do Stupid Things
by Laurence Gonzales 2008 290 pages
3.59
821 ratings
Psychology
Science
Survival
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
3.51
175 ratings
Library Science
Technology
Politics
War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.18
854 ratings
History
Politics
War
How to Win a Cosmic War Summary
How to Win a Cosmic War
God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
by Reza Aslan 2009 228 pages
3.99
1.7K ratings
Religion
Politics
History
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
I'm Right and You're an Idiot Summary
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
by James Hoggan 2016 272 pages
3.72
225 ratings
Politics
Canada
Sociology
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
Men Without Work Summary
Men Without Work
America's Invisible Crisis
by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016 216 pages
3.42
475 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
A Colony in a Nation Summary
A Colony in a Nation
by Chris Hayes 2017 256 pages
4.18
6.4K ratings
Politics
History
Race
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper Summary
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos 1997 224 pages
3.59
996 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Journalism
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris 2014 243 pages
3.64
1.8K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
The Big Change Summary
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages
3.94
217 ratings
History
American History
Economics
Chief Culture Officer Summary
Chief Culture Officer
How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
by Grant McCracken 2009 272 pages
3.76
253 ratings
Business
Anthropology
Sociology
Popular Summary
Popular
The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
by Mitch Prinstein 2017 288 pages
3.66
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Republic of Lies Summary
Republic of Lies
American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
by Anna Merlan 2019 288 pages
3.89
1.8K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
by John Hope Bryant 2014 176 pages
3.98
205 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Identity Summary
Identity
The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
by Francis Fukuyama 2018 240 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
America Summary
America
The Farewell Tour
by Chris Hedges 2018 400 pages
4.23
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Nordic Ideology Summary
Nordic Ideology
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two
by Hanzi Freinacht 2019 497 pages
4.46
134 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Populist Delusion Summary
The Populist Delusion
by Neema Parvini 2022 174 pages
4.35
472 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
Cool Summary
Cool
How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World
by Steven Quartz 2015 304 pages
3.59
219 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Economics
The Other Side of Prospect Summary
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022 464 pages
4.43
415 ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
Wired for Culture Summary
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
by Mark Pagel 2012 432 pages
3.87
297 ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Discrimination and Disparities Summary
Discrimination and Disparities
by Thomas Sowell 2018 192 pages
4.47
5.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
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