All memos tagged #reading-list

Shared with me by Will Cady. Contexts reading-list alexis-ohanian

'Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine' by Eric Weiner is on my reading-list after loving The Geography of Genius (which later inspired the naming of Symposium). Man Seeks God, Weiner's...

'New Self, New World: Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-First Century' challenges the story of what it means to be human, the random and materialistic lifestyle that author Philip Shepherd calls...

'The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World' by Eric Weiner is on my reading-list after loving his book The Geography of Genius. Tags eric-weiner

'A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age' chronicles the life of the tinkerer, playful wunderkind, groundbreaking polymath, and digital pioneer whose insights made the...

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister and the...

'User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play' was recommended to me by Michael Jager. Contexts on my reading-list with a recommendation from...

'Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness' by Richard H. Thaler was recommended to me by Reuben Metcalfe in the Journey To One: Chat. More soon. Contexts Nudge: Improving...

The Courage to Be Disliked by Derek Sivers was recommended to me by Ilias Ismanalijev. See his notes: https://mythos.one/iliasismanalijev/5779d6 https://sivers.org/book/Disliked Contexts reading-list...

Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future We know that our world is undergoing seismic change―but how can we emerge from the crisis a fairer, more equal society? Over the past two centuries or so,...

'Kinesics: The Power of Silent Command' is a book by Merlyn Cundiff. It was recommended to me by Chase Riner. Contexts reading-list

Bossypants is a memoir by comedian and writer Tina Fey, first published in 2012 by Back Bay Books. The book consists of a series of autobiographical essays chronicling Fey’s journey from her...

'The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West' is a nonfiction book by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska, published in 2025. The book critiques the evolving...

The human use of human beings is (1) a paradigm whereby people make use of other people to accomplish tasks rather than employing technology for the same purpose. The same language also encapsulates...

'The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection' by Michael Singer. This was added to my reading-list when Rob Sanchez said, in response to my thanking Shar Ghoudsifar for recommending...

'Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism―Understanding the Social Science of Cult Influence is a nonfiction' book by Amanda Montell, published by Harper in June 2021. The work examines how groups ranging...

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we cherish—becomes detrimental to our...

'The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity' was recommended by Teddy Tannenbaum. References The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, amazon.com Creators citizensofone (See: Citizens...

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The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms is a comprehensive reference that clearly and accessibly defines hundreds of important literary and critical terms from classical times to the...