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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

  • Review
    Practical Worthiness
    Conscious Capitalism
    Conscious Capitalismby John Mackey and Raj Sisodia Practical Worthiness

    John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia make a compelling case for a more aware, conscious but still profitable approach to capitalism.

  • Review
    A Long Road
    Being Mortal
    Being Mortalby Atul Gawande A Long Road

    MacArthur Fellow, Harvard professor and National Book Award finalist Atul Gawande combines compassion with his medical know-how to present a sobering account of the state…

  • Review
    Music: Revelation or Damnation?
    Musicophilia
    Musicophiliaby Oliver Sacks Music: Revelation or Damnation?

    With his usual literate empathy, Dr. Oliver Sacks details the effects of music on those with dementia, Tourette’s syndrome, Alzheimer’s and other conditions.

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    The Best MBA Programs
    Rethinking the MBA
    Rethinking the MBAby Srikant Datar, David A. Garvin and Patrick G. Cullen The Best MBA Programs

    Harvard Business School professors Srikant M. Datar and David A. Garvin and HBS research associate Patrick G. Cullen offer a detailed overview from 2010 of the…

  • Review
    The End Is Near
    The Uninhabitable Earth
    The Uninhabitable Earthby David Wallace-Wells The End Is Near

    New York Magazine deputy editor David Wallace-Wells offers a profoundly pessimistic fact-based assessment of Earth’s bleak prospects in the face of almost irreversible climate change.

  • Review
    Not a Safe Place
    Lurking
    Lurkingby Joanne McNeil Not a Safe Place

    Award-winning writer and editor Joanne McNeil examines the internet through the prism of valuing – not monetizing – the human experience.

  • Review
    Wild Wild Minds
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hatby Oliver Sacks Wild Wild Minds

    Dr. Oliver Sacks offers a fascinating window into the surprising universe of brain function through in-depth case histories of patients living in the bizarre world…

  • Review
    Gene Editing
    A Crack in Creation
    A Crack in Creationby Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg Gene Editing

    Biochemists and genetic researchers Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD, and Samuel H. Sternberg, PhD, offer a deep dive into CRISPR gene editing, its potential and its…

  • Review
    Commit to Create
    The Practice
    The Practiceby Seth Godin Commit to Create

    Bestseller Seth Godin offers worthy advice and tactics to anyone who wants to create and must confront the fears and obstacles that all creatives face.

  • Review
    The Path to Peace
    Peace Is Every Step
    Peace Is Every Stepby Thich Nhat Hanh The Path to Peace

    Zen master, monk and author Thich Nhat Hanh offers a guide to mindfulness through conscious breathing and other awareness practices.