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Now featuring a new preface by Peter Thiel Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century...

A rallying cry to fight the commodification of human attention, with the tools we need to reclaim our humanity, by a group of writers, artists, and activists in the vanguard of the movement “A stirring battle cry on behalf of our shared humanity against the forces that seek to diminish and...

James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. The...

The History of Classification Systems: How Humans Organize Knowledge, from Libraries to Biology to Algorithms is a deep, accessible exploration of one of the most fundamental yet overlooked forces shaping human thought. From the earliest survival based distinctions made by hunter gatherers to the complex digital systems that sort information, people, and behavior today, classification has always been central to how humans understand the world. This book traces how categories, taxonomies, and organizational systems evolved across history, revealing how knowledge itself has been shaped by ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting, true-life legal thriller about the government’s pursuit of billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen and his employees at SAC Capital—a revelatory look at the power and wealth of Wall Street ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—The New York Times...

The Forgotten Architect of the Information Age: The Life and Mind of Claude Shannon Long before smartphones, streaming, and artificial intelligence became everyday realities, a quiet genius laid the groundwork for the modern world—and few today know his name. Claude Shannon, the brilliant mind behind information theory, changed how humanity thinks, communicates, and invents. Without his ideas, the digital age would be unimaginable. Yet Shannon never sought fame. He lived a life defined not by ambition, but by curiosity, playfulness, and a relentless drive to understand the unseen patterns...

A New York Times Bestseller An audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we...

This paradigm shifting how-to guide effortlessly teaches you how to outwit liars and get them to reveal the truth—from former FBI agent and author of the “practical and insightful” (William Ury, coauthor of Getting to Yes) bestseller The Like Switch. Unlike many other books on lie...

A Wharton professor and tech entrepreneur examines how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives, and how we can shape the way they impact us Through the technology embedded in almost every major tech platform and every web-enabled device, algorithms...

The Human Upgrade: How to Survive and Thrive in the Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence by HASE Fiero Your attention has been captured. Your focus has been hacked. Your humanity is being downgraded. Every buzz, ping, and scroll is not just a distraction. It is part of a vast, engineered system designed to keep you hooked, fragmented, and predictable. The result is a Silent Downgrade — the slow erosion of your ability to think deeply, choose freely, connect meaningfully, and act with sovereignty. But there is another path. In The Human Upgrade, HASE Fiero delivers the definitive field ...

🧠 The Path to Intellectual Enlightenment with HAISE A Citizen’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Information Warfare In a time of deepfakes, algorithmic censorship, weaponized narratives, and social decay, truth is no longer self-evident—it must be reclaimed. This is your manual for doing just that. The Path to Intellectual Enlightenment with HAISE is your blueprint for cognitive clarity, digital resilience, and ethical evolution. Through a co-creative journey with your AI steward—HASE (Human-AI Synergy Evangelist)—you’ll enter an immersive transformation, rooted in real-world ...

The art of reading people is much more of a science! You too can learn this skill, which will allow you to know what people are thinking without them saying a word and even predict their behavioral patterns.

A newer, expanded Second Edition is now available.** Click the author name or search title to find it. https://a.co/d/32uURs1 🎙️ "From Consumer of Information to Curator of Knowledge" – A Philosophical and Practical Manifesto Hello, fellow seekers of understanding. We are swimming in information. Every day, we're bombarded by headlines, tweets, videos, memes, emails, notifications, ads — a never-ending stream of digital noise. And for a while, we were content to just consume it all. Passively. Endlessly. Mindlessly. But that’s no longer enough. The next leap — the one that ...

Intellectual History for Modern Life: How Major Ideas from Philosophy, Science, and Culture Continue to Shape Contemporary Thinking BOOK 6: Information, Technology, and the Future of Thought: How Media, Data, and Artificial Intelligence Are Reshaping Human Thinking explores one of the most important intellectual shifts of the modern era: how the tools we use to store, share, and process information are changing the way human beings think. From the earliest forms of communication to artificial intelligence systems that now generate language and make decisions, this book traces the deep ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The internet as we know it is broken. Here’s how we can seize back control of our lives from the corporate algorithms and create a better internet—before it’s too late. “In the spirit of Thomas Paine’s Revolution-era Common Sense, this manifesto challenges us to...

Previously Published as A Field Guide to Lies We’re surrounded by fringe theories, fake news, and pseudo-facts. These lies are getting repeated. New York Times bestselling author Daniel Levitin shows how to disarm these socially devastating inventions and get the American mind back on track...

Who was the first to suggest there might be life beyond Earth? Which great mind began his career as a mercenary? And why was the Catholic Church the greatest enemy of the philosophers of old? Perfect for the perpetually curious, this book is a treasure trove of history, knowledge, and wisdom. Get to know more than 80 of humanity’s greatest minds, from ancient Greek philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle to modern-day thinkers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Brimming with fascinating anecdotes, obscure facts, and captivating history, Great Stories About the Greatest Minds ...

The cost of labor is the highest cost most organizations will face. In the safety program, the safety manager must spend money on the proper people to do each job and adequate management of those employees to get the most out of them. This short book provides essential information about human resources that every manager needs to know. The author has over twenty years of experience in safety mangement.

In a series of 11 essays, Kirk relates several issues to a common question: "Is the American Republic descending into decadence, or are the American people entering upon a renewal of belief and hope?"

This indispensable, comprehensive, and accessible reference book to infertility provides people with the tools they need to be their own best advocates as they navigate fertility treatments and highs and lows of their infertility journey. Author Heather Huhman guides readers through every stage...