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Sapiens

— Юваль Ной Харари • 2011

The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.

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🌍 Big History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 History Of Science 🏛️ Social Hierarchy

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Sapiens

The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.

— Юваль Ной Харари 2011 456 стр.

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🌍 Big History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 History Of Science 🏛️ Social Hierarchy

Фрикономика

— Стивен Д. Левитт • 2005

Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.

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🍿 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Incentive Design 📊 Data Journalism 🔍 Information Asymmetry

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Фрикономика

Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.

— Стивен Д. Левитт 2005 352 стр.

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🍿 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Incentive Design 📊 Data Journalism 🔍 Information Asymmetry

Переломный момент

— Малколм Гладуэлл • 2000

Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.

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🦠 Social Contagion 🗣️ Word Of Mouth 🧠 Behavioral Influence 🏙️ Situational Psychology 🕸️ Network Effects

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Переломный момент

Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.

— Малколм Гладуэлл 2000 204 стр.

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🦠 Social Contagion 🗣️ Word Of Mouth 🧠 Behavioral Influence 🏙️ Situational Psychology 🕸️ Network Effects

Бессмертная жизнь Генриетты Лакс

— Ребекка Склут • 2010

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

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🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

Бессмертная жизнь Генриетты Лакс

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

— Ребекка Склут 2010 362 стр.

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🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

Озарение

— Малкольм Гладуэлл • 2005

Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.

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🧠 Behavioral Psychology 📊 Decision Science ⚡ Intuition Research 🎯 Unconscious Bias 🔍 Pattern Recognition

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Озарение

Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.

— Малкольм Гладуэлл 2005 296 стр.

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🧠 Behavioral Psychology 📊 Decision Science ⚡ Intuition Research 🎯 Unconscious Bias 🔍 Pattern Recognition

Ружья, микробы и сталь

— Джаред Даймонд • 2005

Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.

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🗺️ Macrohistory 🌍 Geographic Determinism 🧬 Biogeography 🔄 Cultural Evolution 🏛️ Human Prehistory

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Ружья, микробы и сталь

Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.

— Джаред Даймонд 2005 498 стр.

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🗺️ Macrohistory 🌍 Geographic Determinism 🧬 Biogeography 🔄 Cultural Evolution 🏛️ Human Prehistory

Илон Маск

— Эшли Вэнс • 2015

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

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🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

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Илон Маск

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

— Эшли Вэнс 2015 392 стр.

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🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

Краткая история почти всего на свете

— Билл Брайсон • 2004

What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.

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Краткая история почти всего на свете

What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.

— Билл Брайсон 2004 544 стр.

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Разговор с незнакомцами

— Малкольм Гладуэлл • 2019

The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.

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🧠 Social Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Deception Detection 🤝 Trust And Suspicion 👀 First Impressions

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Разговор с незнакомцами

The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.

— Малкольм Гладуэлл 2019 675 стр.

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🧠 Social Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Deception Detection 🤝 Trust And Suspicion 👀 First Impressions

Homo Deus

— Юваль Ной Харари • 2015

We tamed hunger and war. Now we chase immortality and godhood. The chase may end us.

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🔭 Big History 🔮 Futurism 🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Homo Deus

We tamed hunger and war. Now we chase immortality and godhood. The chase may end us.

— Юваль Ной Харари 2015 449 стр.

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🔭 Big History 🔮 Futurism 🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Зачем мы спим

— Мэттью Уолкер • 2017

Nineteen hours awake equals legal drunkenness. What sleep does, and what its loss costs us.

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🧬 Sleep Science 🕰️ Circadian Biology 🏥 Public Health 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 🧠 Cognitive Performance

Зачем мы спим

Nineteen hours awake equals legal drunkenness. What sleep does, and what its loss costs us.

— Мэттью Уолкер 2017 368 стр.

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🧬 Sleep Science 🕰️ Circadian Biology 🏥 Public Health 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 🧠 Cognitive Performance

Being Mortal

— Atul Gawande • 2014

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

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🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality 🚫 Medical Overreach 📖 Narrative Medicine

Being Mortal

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

— Atul Gawande 2014 282 стр.

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🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality 🚫 Medical Overreach 📖 Narrative Medicine

Вы, конечно, шутите, мистер Фейнман!

— Ричард Ф. Фейнман • 1985

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

Вы, конечно, шутите, мистер Фейнман!

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

— Ричард Ф. Фейнман 1985 352 стр.

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

Дилемма всеядного

— Майкл Поллан • 2006

Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.

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🏭 Food Systems 🌽 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🐄 Ethical Eating 🌍 Food And Climate

Дилемма всеядного

Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.

— Майкл Поллан 2006 710 стр.

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🏭 Food Systems 🌽 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🐄 Ethical Eating 🌍 Food And Climate

Давид и Голиаф

— Малкольм Гладуэлл • 2013

Giants don't always win: the hidden weapons of underdogs, and why too much power backfires.

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💎 Hidden Strengths 🌱 Adversity Advantage 📉 Diminishing Returns 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🚀 Creative Rebellion

Давид и Голиаф

Giants don't always win: the hidden weapons of underdogs, and why too much power backfires.

— Малкольм Гладуэлл 2013 305 стр.

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💎 Hidden Strengths 🌱 Adversity Advantage 📉 Diminishing Returns 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🚀 Creative Rebellion

21 урок для XXI века

— Юваль Ной Харари • 2018

How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.

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🧭 Big History 🤖 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌊 Information Overload

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21 урок для XXI века

How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.

— Юваль Ной Харари 2018 372 стр.

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🧭 Big History 🤖 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌊 Information Overload

Тест на психопата

— Джон Ронсон • 2011

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

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🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy 📋 Diagnostic Overreach 💊 Mental Health Industry

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Тест на психопата

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

— Джон Ронсон 2011 272 стр.

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🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy 📋 Diagnostic Overreach 💊 Mental Health Industry

Эмоциональный интеллект

— Дэниел Гоулман • 1995

Your emotional brain reacts before thought. That half-second shapes your career and relationships.

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🏫 Social-Emotional Learning 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🧬 Brain And Emotion 💼 Workplace Psychology 😰 Stress Management

Эмоциональный интеллект

Your emotional brain reacts before thought. That half-second shapes your career and relationships.

— Дэниел Гоулман 1995 351 стр.

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🏫 Social-Emotional Learning 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🧬 Brain And Emotion 💼 Workplace Psychology 😰 Stress Management

Суперфрикономика

— Стивен Д. Левитт • 2009

Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Pop Economics 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Data Analysis 💡 Contrarian Ideas

Суперфрикономика

Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.

— Стивен Д. Левитт 2009 288 стр.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Pop Economics 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Data Analysis 💡 Contrarian Ideas

Предсказуемая иррациональность

— Дэн Ариели • 2008

Why you overpay, procrastinate, and cheat just a little (and how to outsmart your own brain).

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Decision Psychology 💲 Pricing Psychology 🤝 Social Norms ⏳ Self-Control

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Предсказуемая иррациональность

Why you overpay, procrastinate, and cheat just a little (and how to outsmart your own brain).

— Дэн Ариели 2008 349 стр.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Decision Psychology 💲 Pricing Psychology 🤝 Social Norms ⏳ Self-Control

Чёрный лебедь

— Нассим Николас Талеб • 2007

The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.

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🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 Tail Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

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Чёрный лебедь

The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.

— Нассим Николас Талеб 2007 480 стр.

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🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 Tail Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Узники географии

— Тим Маршалл • 2015

Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.

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🌍 Geopolitics 🛢️ Natural Resources ⚔️ Military Strategy 🌐 Global Power Politics ✂️ Colonial Borders

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Узники географии

Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.

— Тим Маршалл 2015 319 стр.

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🌍 Geopolitics 🛢️ Natural Resources ⚔️ Military Strategy 🌐 Global Power Politics ✂️ Colonial Borders

Дыхание. Новая наука об утраченном искусстве

— Джеймс Нестор • 2020

You take 25,000 breaths a day. Most of them are making you sick.

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🫁 Respiratory Health 🌬️ Breathing Techniques 👃 Nasal Breathing 🧠 Body-Mind Connection 🌿 Holistic Health

Дыхание. Новая наука об утраченном искусстве Саммари

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Дыхание. Новая наука об утраченном искусстве

You take 25,000 breaths a day. Most of them are making you sick.

— Джеймс Нестор 2020 280 стр.

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🫁 Respiratory Health 🌬️ Breathing Techniques 👃 Nasal Breathing 🧠 Body-Mind Connection 🌿 Holistic Health

What the Dog Saw

— Malcolm Gladwell • 2009

Two seconds of silent video predict a teacher's full semester rating. What else we misjudge.

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✍️ Essay Collections 🗞️ Longform Journalism 💡 Counterintuitive Ideas 🏆 Talent And Success 👥 Social Psychology

What the Dog Saw

Two seconds of silent video predict a teacher's full semester rating. What else we misjudge.

— Malcolm Gladwell 2009 319 стр.

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✍️ Essay Collections 🗞️ Longform Journalism 💡 Counterintuitive Ideas 🏆 Talent And Success 👥 Social Psychology

Nudge. Архитектура выбора

— Ричард Х. Талер • 2008

Why you stick with defaults: the invisible forces shaping every decision, and how to steer them.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎛️ Behavioral Design 👥 Social Norms 🏛️ Public Policy

Nudge. Архитектура выбора

Why you stick with defaults: the invisible forces shaping every decision, and how to steer them.

— Ричард Х. Талер 2008 384 стр.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎛️ Behavioral Design 👥 Social Norms 🏛️ Public Policy

Поток

— Михай Чиксентмихайи • 1990

The most fulfilling moments come not from rest, but from pushing yourself to your limit.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 🎯 Attention Management 🏔️ Peak Performance 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🌟 Finding Meaning

Поток

The most fulfilling moments come not from rest, but from pushing yourself to your limit.

— Михай Чиксентмихайи 1990 322 стр.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 🎯 Attention Management 🏔️ Peak Performance 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🌟 Finding Meaning

Как пожелаете

— Эмили Нагоски • 2015

The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.

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🚺 Female Sexuality 😰 Stress And Desire 💜 Body Acceptance ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🧠 Neuroscience Of Sex

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Как пожелаете

The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.

— Эмили Нагоски 2015 400 стр.

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🚺 Female Sexuality 😰 Stress And Desire 💜 Body Acceptance ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🧠 Neuroscience Of Sex

How to Change Your Mind

— Michael Pollan • 2018

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

How to Change Your Mind

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

— Michael Pollan 2018 464 стр.

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Range

— Дэвид Эпштейн • 2019

Childhood specialization is overrated. Generalists who sample widely solve the hardest problems.

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🌱 Late Bloomers 🧩 Interdisciplinary Thinking 🧠 Desirable Difficulties 🔗 Analogical Reasoning 🌐 Wicked Problems

Range

Childhood specialization is overrated. Generalists who sample widely solve the hardest problems.

— Дэвид Эпштейн 2019 352 стр.

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🌱 Late Bloomers 🧩 Interdisciplinary Thinking 🧠 Desirable Difficulties 🔗 Analogical Reasoning 🌐 Wicked Problems

Украденный фокус

— Йоханн Хари • 2022

You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.

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📊 Attention Economy 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 📨 Information Overload 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Screen Time Effects

Украденный фокус

You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.

— Йоханн Хари 2022 348 стр.

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📊 Attention Economy 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 📨 Information Overload 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Screen Time Effects

Чек-лист

— Атул Гаванде • 2009

Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.

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🛡️ High-Reliability Teams 🔍 Human Factors ⚠️ Error Proofing 📋 Decision Science 🔗 Systems Thinking

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Чек-лист

Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.

— Атул Гаванде 2009 215 стр.

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🛡️ High-Reliability Teams 🔍 Human Factors ⚠️ Error Proofing 📋 Decision Science 🔗 Systems Thinking

Lab Girl

— Hope Jahren • 2016

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

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👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

Lab Girl

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

— Hope Jahren 2016 290 стр.

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👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

Праведный ум

— Джонатан Хайдт • 2012

Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.

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🧠 Moral Psychology 🔴 Political Polarization ⚡ Moral Intuition 👥 Group Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

Праведный ум

Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.

— Джонатан Хайдт 2012 530 стр.

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🧠 Moral Psychology 🔴 Political Polarization ⚡ Moral Intuition 👥 Group Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

Почему одни страны богатые, а другие бедные

— Дарон Аджемоглу • 2012

If geography explained wealth, North and South Korea would be the same country.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📈 Development Economics 🏗️ Institutional Design 🏴 Colonial Legacies 🏢 State Capacity

Почему одни страны богатые, а другие бедные

If geography explained wealth, North and South Korea would be the same country.

— Дарон Аджемоглу 2012 544 стр.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📈 Development Economics 🏗️ Institutional Design 🏴 Colonial Legacies 🏢 State Capacity

Воспитание с умом

— Дэниел Дж. Сигел • 2011

Tantrums reveal a brain still under construction. Twelve strategies that teach instead of punish.

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🧠 Child Development 🧬 Neuroscience Parenting 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🔬 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🤝 Attachment Theory

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Воспитание с умом

Tantrums reveal a brain still under construction. Twelve strategies that teach instead of punish.

— Дэниел Дж. Сигел 2011 192 стр.

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🧠 Child Development 🧬 Neuroscience Parenting 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🔬 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🤝 Attachment Theory

Антихрупкость

— Нассим Николас Талеб • 2012

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

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🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

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Антихрупкость

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

— Нассим Николас Талеб 2012 493 стр.

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🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Silent Spring

— Rachel Carson • 1962

A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.

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🌍 Environmental Activism ☣️ Chemical Pollution 🔗 Ecosystem Thinking 🧪 Toxicology 🏭 Corporate Accountability

Silent Spring

A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.

— Rachel Carson 1962 400 стр.

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🌍 Environmental Activism ☣️ Chemical Pollution 🔗 Ecosystem Thinking 🧪 Toxicology 🏭 Corporate Accountability

Waking Up

— Sam Harris • 2014

Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.

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🧘 Secular Spirituality 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔍 Consciousness Studies 👤 Illusion Of Self 🪷 Meditation Practice

Waking Up

Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.

— Sam Harris 2014 258 стр.

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🧘 Secular Spirituality 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔍 Consciousness Studies 👤 Illusion Of Self 🪷 Meditation Practice

Дизайн привычных вещей

— Дональд А. Норман • 1988

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

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🖥️ User Experience 📐 Product Design 🧠 Design Psychology 🔧 Usability 💡 Design Thinking

Дизайн привычных вещей

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

— Дональд А. Норман 1988 257 стр.

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🖥️ User Experience 📐 Product Design 🧠 Design Psychology 🔧 Usability 💡 Design Thinking

The Happiness Hypothesis

— Jonathan Haidt • 2006

Your reason is not the driver; ancient wisdom and modern psychology agree on what is.

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😊 Positive Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🏛️ Ancient Wisdom 🧠 Dual-Process Theory 💭 Cognitive Therapy

The Happiness Hypothesis

Your reason is not the driver; ancient wisdom and modern psychology agree on what is.

— Jonathan Haidt 2006 297 стр.

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😊 Positive Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🏛️ Ancient Wisdom 🧠 Dual-Process Theory 💭 Cognitive Therapy

Cribsheet

— Эмили Остер • 2019

An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.

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📊 Data-Driven Parenting 👶 New Parents 🧒 Early Childhood 😴 Sleep Training 🤱 Breastfeeding

Cribsheet

An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.

— Эмили Остер 2019 352 стр.

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📊 Data-Driven Parenting 👶 New Parents 🧒 Early Childhood 😴 Sleep Training 🤱 Breastfeeding

Искусство ясно мыслить

— Рольф Добелли • 2011

Dating is a market with supply, demand, and currency. Learn the rules before you make a bad trade.

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🧮 Sexual Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📈 Hypergamy 🎯 Dating Strategy 🕵️ Manosphere

Искусство ясно мыслить

Dating is a market with supply, demand, and currency. Learn the rules before you make a bad trade.

— Рольф Добелли 2011 384 стр.

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🧮 Sexual Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📈 Hypergamy 🎯 Dating Strategy 🕵️ Manosphere

Сила подсознания, или Как изменить жизнь за 4 недели

— Джо Диспенза • 2012

A four-week meditation protocol to rewire your brain and dismantle the self that's holding you back.

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🧠 Subconscious Rewiring 🎯 Identity Change 🧘 Meditation Practice 🌟 Creative Visualization 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

Сила подсознания, или Как изменить жизнь за 4 недели Саммари

Иммерсивные

Сила подсознания, или Как изменить жизнь за 4 недели

A four-week meditation protocol to rewire your brain and dismantle the self that's holding you back.

— Джо Диспенза 2012 329 стр.

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40 000+ оценок

🧠 Subconscious Rewiring 🎯 Identity Change 🧘 Meditation Practice 🌟 Creative Visualization 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

It Didn't Start with You

— Mark Wolynn • 2016

Your worst fears may not be yours. They could belong to your grandmother.

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39 000+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔗 Family Systems 🧫 Epigenetics 👶 Childhood Trauma 🤱 Attachment Theory

It Didn't Start with You

Your worst fears may not be yours. They could belong to your grandmother.

— Mark Wolynn 2016 256 стр.

3.55

39 000+ оценок

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔗 Family Systems 🧫 Epigenetics 👶 Childhood Trauma 🤱 Attachment Theory

When the Body Says No

— Gabor Maté • 2003

Learn to say no before your body does: the emotional roots of chronic illness.

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36 000+

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🏥 Chronic Illness 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🗣️ Emotional Expression 👶 Childhood Trauma

When the Body Says No

Learn to say no before your body does: the emotional roots of chronic illness.

— Gabor Maté 2003 320 стр.

4.17

36 000+ оценок

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🏥 Chronic Illness 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🗣️ Emotional Expression 👶 Childhood Trauma

Я вижу, о чём вы думаете

— Джо Наварро • 2008

Start at the feet, not the face: an FBI agent's method for reading what people feel.

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🧍 Body Language 👀 Behavioral Observation 🕵️ Reading People 🔍 Deception Detection 🛡️ FBI Behavioral Analysis

Иммерсивные

Я вижу, о чём вы думаете

Start at the feet, not the face: an FBI agent's method for reading what people feel.

— Джо Наварро 2008 272 стр.

3.91

35 000+ оценок

🧍 Body Language 👀 Behavioral Observation 🕵️ Reading People 🔍 Deception Detection 🛡️ FBI Behavioral Analysis

The Girls of Atomic City

— Denise Kiernan • 2013

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

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32 000+

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age 🎙️ Oral History 🏅 Unsung Heroes

The Girls of Atomic City

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

— Denise Kiernan 2013 373 стр.

3.73

32 000+ оценок

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age 🎙️ Oral History 🏅 Unsung Heroes

Жизнь 3.0. Быть человеком в эпоху искусственного интеллекта

— Макс Тегмарк • 2017

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

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🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

Жизнь 3.0. Быть человеком в эпоху искусственного интеллекта

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

— Макс Тегмарк 2017 364 стр.

3.99

27 000+ оценок

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

Why Buddhism is True

— Robert Wright • 2017

Evolution tuned your feelings to mislead you. A science-backed case for the Buddhist fix.

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27 000+

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 👤 Illusion Of Self 🎭 Cognitive Biases

Why Buddhism is True

Evolution tuned your feelings to mislead you. A science-backed case for the Buddhist fix.

— Robert Wright 2017 336 стр.

4.02

27 000+ оценок

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 👤 Illusion Of Self 🎭 Cognitive Biases

The Lucifer Effect

— Philip G. Zimbardo • 2007

Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.

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27 000+

🧠 Social Psychology ⚖️ Power And Corruption 😶 Dehumanization 👥 Conformity 🏛️ State Violence

Иммерсивные

The Lucifer Effect

Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.

— Philip G. Zimbardo 2007 551 стр.

3.90

27 000+ оценок

🧠 Social Psychology ⚖️ Power And Corruption 😶 Dehumanization 👥 Conformity 🏛️ State Violence

Чистый код

— Роберт С. Мартин • 2007

Reading code dominates a developer's day; these rules keep your colleagues from cursing your name.

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23 000+

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 📖 Code Readability 🔄 Refactoring ✅ Test-Driven Development ✨ Code Quality

Чистый код

Reading code dominates a developer's day; these rules keep your colleagues from cursing your name.

— Роберт С. Мартин 2007 464 стр.

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23 000+ оценок

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 📖 Code Readability 🔄 Refactoring ✅ Test-Driven Development ✨ Code Quality

Запомнить всё

— Питер С. Браун • 2014

Rereading feels good but does little. The counterintuitive habits that build knowledge that lasts.

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22 000+

🔬 Learning Science 🧠 Retrieval Practice ⏳ Spaced Repetition 💭 Metacognition ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

Запомнить всё

Rereading feels good but does little. The counterintuitive habits that build knowledge that lasts.

— Питер С. Браун 2014 313 стр.

4.15

22 000+ оценок

🔬 Learning Science 🧠 Retrieval Practice ⏳ Spaced Repetition 💭 Metacognition ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

Far From The Tree

— Andrew Solomon • 2012

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

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22 000+

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability 🖋️ Narrative Journalism 👪 Special Needs Parenting

Far From The Tree

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

— Andrew Solomon 2012 976 стр.

4.27

22 000+ оценок

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability 🖋️ Narrative Journalism 👪 Special Needs Parenting

Искусственный интеллект

— Ник Бостром • 2014

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

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🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Иммерсивные

Искусственный интеллект

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

— Ник Бостром 2014 352 стр.

3.85

21 000+ оценок

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Голодай как девушка

— Минди Пелц • 2022

Standard fasting wrecks women's hormones. Here's the cycle-synced protocol that heals instead.

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20 000+

🕰️ Intermittent Fasting 👩 Women's Health 🔁 Cycle Syncing 🔥 Metabolic Flexibility 🧹 Autophagy

Голодай как девушка

Standard fasting wrecks women's hormones. Here's the cycle-synced protocol that heals instead.

— Минди Пелц 2022 329 стр.

4.21

20 000+ оценок

🕰️ Intermittent Fasting 👩 Women's Health 🔁 Cycle Syncing 🔥 Metabolic Flexibility 🧹 Autophagy

Собака от носа до хвоста

— Александра Горовиц • 2009

Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.

3.63

18 000+

🧠 Canine Cognition 👃 Animal Senses 🐕 Dog Behavior 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🔬 Ethology

Собака от носа до хвоста

Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.

— Александра Горовиц 2009 353 стр.

3.63

18 000+ оценок

🧠 Canine Cognition 👃 Animal Senses 🐕 Dog Behavior 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🔬 Ethology

Free

— Chris Anderson • 2009

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

3.88

17 000+

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Free

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

— Chris Anderson 2009 288 стр.

3.88

17 000+ оценок

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Почему у зебр не бывает инфаркта. Психология стресса

— Роберт М. Сапольски • 1993

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

4.17

17 000+

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

Почему у зебр не бывает инфаркта. Психология стресса

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

— Роберт М. Сапольски 1993 560 стр.

4.17

17 000+ оценок

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

The Red Queen

— Matt Ridley • 1993

Sex exists to outrun parasites. From peacock tails to human jealousy, everything follows.

4.05

17 000+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Evolution 💑 Mate Choice

The Red Queen

Sex exists to outrun parasites. From peacock tails to human jealousy, everything follows.

— Matt Ridley 1993 405 стр.

4.05

17 000+ оценок

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Evolution 💑 Mate Choice

Thinking in Pictures

— Temple Grandin • 1995

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

4.10

17 000+

👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Thinking in Pictures

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

— Temple Grandin 1995 308 стр.

4.10

17 000+ оценок

👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Совместный интеллект

— Итан Моллик • 2024

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

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16 000+

🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

Иммерсивные

Совместный интеллект

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

— Итан Моллик 2024 256 стр.

3.93

16 000+ оценок

🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

Сверхдержавы искусственного интеллекта

— Кай-Фу Ли • 2018

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

4.09

16 000+

🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

Сверхдержавы искусственного интеллекта

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

— Кай-Фу Ли 2018 275 стр.

4.09

16 000+ оценок

🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

The Denial of Death

— Ernest Becker • 1973

Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.

4.05

16 000+

🧠 Existential Psychology 💀 Death Anxiety 📚 Existentialism 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🪦 Mortality And Meaning

The Denial of Death

Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.

— Ernest Becker 1973 336 стр.

4.05

16 000+ оценок

🧠 Existential Psychology 💀 Death Anxiety 📚 Existentialism 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🪦 Mortality And Meaning

Starry Messenger

— Neil deGrasse Tyson • 2022

From orbit, borders vanish, along with our excuses about race, risk, and how we govern.

4.11

15 000+

Starry Messenger

From orbit, borders vanish, along with our excuses about race, risk, and how we govern.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 279 стр.

4.11

15 000+ оценок

Where Good Ideas Come From

— Steven Johnson • 2010

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

3.99

15 000+

🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

Where Good Ideas Come From

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

— Steven Johnson 2010 340 стр.

3.99

15 000+ оценок

🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

The Coming Wave

— Mustafa Suleyman • 2023

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

3.80

15 000+

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

The Coming Wave

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

— Mustafa Suleyman 2023 332 стр.

3.80

15 000+ оценок

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

The Mythical Man-Month

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • 1975

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

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15 000+

🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

The Mythical Man-Month

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975 322 стр.

4.01

15 000+ оценок

🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

The Female Brain

— Louann Brizendine • 2006

What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.

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14 000+

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧬 Hormones And Behavior 🤝 Attachment Science 🫂 Empathy And The Brain 💔 Love And Addiction

Иммерсивные

The Female Brain

What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.

— Louann Brizendine 2006 280 стр.

3.85

14 000+ оценок

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧬 Hormones And Behavior 🤝 Attachment Science 🫂 Empathy And The Brain 💔 Love And Addiction

Social Intelligence

— Daniel Goleman • 2006

The brain has a social operating system. Relationships shape it; isolation breaks it.

3.99

14 000+

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🔬 Relationship Science 🦠 Emotional Contagion 👶 Attachment Theory 💞 Empathy

Social Intelligence

The brain has a social operating system. Relationships shape it; isolation breaks it.

— Daniel Goleman 2006 403 стр.

3.99

14 000+ оценок

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🔬 Relationship Science 🦠 Emotional Contagion 👶 Attachment Theory 💞 Empathy

World Order

— Henry Kissinger • 2014

Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.

4.04

14 000+

🌍 International Order ⚖️ Balance Of Power 📜 Diplomatic History 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🗺️ Geopolitics

World Order

Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.

— Henry Kissinger 2014 420 стр.

4.04

14 000+ оценок

🌍 International Order ⚖️ Balance Of Power 📜 Diplomatic History 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🗺️ Geopolitics

The Rational Optimist

— Matt Ridley • 2010

Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.

3.97

13 000+

🤝 Free Trade 📜 Economic History 🌟 Human Progress 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔍 Debunking Pessimism

The Rational Optimist

Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.

— Matt Ridley 2010 448 стр.

3.97

13 000+ оценок

🤝 Free Trade 📜 Economic History 🌟 Human Progress 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔍 Debunking Pessimism

Irresistible

— Adam Alter • 2017

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

3.85

12 000+

🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

Irresistible

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

— Adam Alter 2017 368 стр.

3.85

12 000+ оценок

🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

Вторая эра машин

— Эрик Бриньолфссон • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

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12 000+

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Иммерсивные

Вторая эра машин

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

— Эрик Бриньолфссон 2014 320 стр.

3.91

12 000+ оценок

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

The Moral Animal

— Robert Wright • 1994

Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.

4.08

12 000+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💑 Mating Strategies

The Moral Animal

Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.

— Robert Wright 1994 467 стр.

4.08

12 000+ оценок

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💑 Mating Strategies

Why People Believe Weird Things

— Michael Shermer • 1997

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

3.86

9 000+

🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💡 Critical Thinking 📚 Science Literacy

Why People Believe Weird Things

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

— Michael Shermer 1997 384 стр.

3.86

9 000+ оценок

🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💡 Critical Thinking 📚 Science Literacy

The Marshmallow Test

— Walter Mischel • 2014

Willpower isn't character; it's a cognitive skill. A four-year-old with a marshmallow proved it.

3.72

9 000+

🍬 Delay Of Gratification 🧠 Self-Regulation ⚡ Impulse Control 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Marshmallow Test

Willpower isn't character; it's a cognitive skill. A four-year-old with a marshmallow proved it.

— Walter Mischel 2014 336 стр.

3.72

9 000+ оценок

🍬 Delay Of Gratification 🧠 Self-Regulation ⚡ Impulse Control 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Второй мозг

— Эмеран Майер • 2015

Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.

3.76

9 000+

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🦠 Microbiome Science 🥗 Gut Health 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

Второй мозг

Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.

— Эмеран Майер 2015 256 стр.

3.76

9 000+ оценок

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🦠 Microbiome Science 🥗 Gut Health 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

The Vagina Bible

— Jennifer Gunter • 2019

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

4.34

9 000+

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

The Vagina Bible

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

— Jennifer Gunter 2019 416 стр.

4.34

9 000+ оценок

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

Magic Pill

— Johann Hari • 2024

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

4.26

9 000+

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Magic Pill

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

— Johann Hari 2024 320 стр.

4.26

9 000+ оценок

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Letters from an Astrophysicist

— Neil deGrasse Tyson • 2019

The universe doesn't care about your opinions. An astrophysicist's letters on why that's liberating.

4.06

8 000+

🎙️ Science Communication 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 🔍 Scientific Skepticism ⛪ Religion And Science ⭐ Astrophysics

Letters from an Astrophysicist

The universe doesn't care about your opinions. An astrophysicist's letters on why that's liberating.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson 2019 272 стр.

4.06

8 000+ оценок

🎙️ Science Communication 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 🔍 Scientific Skepticism ⛪ Religion And Science ⭐ Astrophysics

Consciousness Explained

— Daniel C. Dennett • 1991

Consciousness has no central theater. Your brain runs parallel drafts, and the self is a fiction.

3.90

8 000+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧱 Eliminative Materialism 💻 Computational Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🗣️ Cultural Evolution

Consciousness Explained

Consciousness has no central theater. Your brain runs parallel drafts, and the self is a fiction.

— Daniel C. Dennett 1991 530 стр.

3.90

8 000+ оценок

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧱 Eliminative Materialism 💻 Computational Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🗣️ Cultural Evolution

Сторителлинг с данными

— Коул Нуссбаумер Кнафлик • 2015

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

4.38

8 000+

🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling 👁️ Visual Perception 🎤 Presentation Skills

Сторителлинг с данными

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

— Коул Нуссбаумер Кнафлик 2015 288 стр.

4.38

8 000+ оценок

🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling 👁️ Visual Perception 🎤 Presentation Skills

Master Switch

— Tim Wu • 2010

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

3.89

8 000+

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

Master Switch

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

— Tim Wu 2010 368 стр.

3.89

8 000+ оценок

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

The Real Happy Pill

— Anders Hansen • 2016

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

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7 000+

🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧓 Dementia Prevention ⚡ Stress Biology

The Real Happy Pill

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

— Anders Hansen 2016 233 стр.

3.97

7 000+ оценок

🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧓 Dementia Prevention ⚡ Stress Biology

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

— Peter Wohlleben • 2017

Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.

4.05

7 000+

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.

— Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 стр.

4.05

7 000+ оценок

The Art of Deception

— Kevin D. Mitnick • 2001

How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.

3.76

7 000+

🎭 Social Engineering 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🛡️ Security Awareness 🗑️ Dumpster Diving 👤 Insider Threat

The Art of Deception

How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.

— Kevin D. Mitnick 2001 368 стр.

3.76

7 000+ оценок

🎭 Social Engineering 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🛡️ Security Awareness 🗑️ Dumpster Diving 👤 Insider Threat

The Spirit Level

— Richard G. Wilkinson • 2009

Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.

4.13

7 000+

💸 Income Inequality 🏥 Public Health 🤝 Social Trust 😰 Status Anxiety 📊 Progressive Economics

The Spirit Level

Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.

— Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 402 стр.

4.13

7 000+ оценок

💸 Income Inequality 🏥 Public Health 🤝 Social Trust 😰 Status Anxiety 📊 Progressive Economics

Finding Flow

— Mihály Csíkszentmihályi • 1995

Happiness is the wrong target. Between boredom and anxiety is where you come alive.

3.90

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🔬 Positive Psychology 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 🧠 Attention Management 🌱 Human Potential ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Finding Flow

Happiness is the wrong target. Between boredom and anxiety is where you come alive.

— Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1995 181 стр.

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🔬 Positive Psychology 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 🧠 Attention Management 🌱 Human Potential ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Чистая архитектура

— Роберт С. Мартин • 2017

Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.

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🏛️ Software Architecture 🔗 Dependency Management 🧱 Component Architecture ✅ Testable Design 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Чистая архитектура

Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.

— Роберт С. Мартин 2017 432 стр.

4.21

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🏛️ Software Architecture 🔗 Dependency Management 🧱 Component Architecture ✅ Testable Design 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Digital Gold

— Nathaniel Popper • 2015

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

4.14

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💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

Digital Gold

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

— Nathaniel Popper 2015 435 стр.

4.14

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💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

Wizard

— Marc J. Seifer • 1996

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

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📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

Wizard

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

— Marc J. Seifer 1996 678 стр.

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📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

Alone Together

— Sherry Turkle • 2011

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

3.62

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🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Alone Together

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

— Sherry Turkle 2011 384 стр.

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🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Until the End of Time

— Brian Greene • 2020

The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.

4.04

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🌌 Big History 🌡️ Thermodynamics 🧬 Origins Of Life 🧠 Consciousness 🔗 Free Will

Until the End of Time

The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.

— Brian Greene 2020 428 стр.

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🌌 Big History 🌡️ Thermodynamics 🧬 Origins Of Life 🧠 Consciousness 🔗 Free Will

The Revenge of Geography

— Robert D. Kaplan • 2012

Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.

3.79

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🌍 Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographical Determinism 📜 Classical Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🏛️ Great Powers

The Revenge of Geography

Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.

— Robert D. Kaplan 2012 448 стр.

3.79

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🌍 Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographical Determinism 📜 Classical Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🏛️ Great Powers

How Civil Wars Start

— Barbara F. Walter • 2022

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

4.24

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🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

How Civil Wars Start

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

— Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 стр.

4.24

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🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

Наука страха

— Дэниел Гарднер • 2008

Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.

3.96

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🎯 Risk Perception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 😱 Psychology Of Fear 💰 Behavioral Economics 👥 Social Influence

Наука страха

Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.

— Дэниел Гарднер 2008 339 стр.

3.96

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🎯 Risk Perception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 😱 Psychology Of Fear 💰 Behavioral Economics 👥 Social Influence

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future

— Henry Kissinger • 2021

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

3.43

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🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

— Henry Kissinger 2021 205 стр.

3.43

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🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

Life Ascending

— Nick Lane • 2009

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

4.13

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life ⏳ Deep Time 🌿 Natural History

Life Ascending

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

— Nick Lane 2009 352 стр.

4.13

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life ⏳ Deep Time 🌿 Natural History

Создание микросервисов

— Сэм Ньюмен • 2014

Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.

4.22

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🧩 Microservices 🌐 Distributed Systems 🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Domain-Driven Design 🌱 Evolutionary Architecture

Создание микросервисов

Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.

— Сэм Ньюмен 2014 473 стр.

4.22

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🧩 Microservices 🌐 Distributed Systems 🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Domain-Driven Design 🌱 Evolutionary Architecture

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