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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
    It Ain’t For Money
    Why We Work
    Why We Workby Barry Schwartz It Ain’t For Money

    Swarthmore psychology professor Barry Schwartz raises compelling theories backed by persuasive, albeit well-known, examples to explore what motivates you to work. Hint: Whatever it is,…

  • Review
    Workplace Trailblazers
    Corporate Rebels
    Corporate Rebelsby Joost Minnaar and Pim de Morree Workplace Trailblazers

    Joost Minnaar and Pim de Morree left corporate life to research radical, pioneering companies and explore their methods; their discoveries provide a practical blueprint for effective…

  • Review
    Randomized Testing Works
    Randomistas
    Randomistasby Andrew Leigh Randomized Testing Works

    Andrew Leigh, an Australian MP and social thinker, breaks down the gifts of randomized testing.

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    Prescient Philosophy
    Dawn of the New Everything
    Dawn of the New Everythingby Jaron Lanier Prescient Philosophy

    Virtual reality genius and avatar Jaron Lanier discusses the many uses and abuses of cyberspace.

  • Review
    Become a Ninja
    Cyberjutsu
    Cyberjutsuby Ben McCarty Become a Ninja

    Former cyber capability developer with the National Security Agency (NSA) Ben McCarty offers the wisdom of Japanese ninjas as metaphors for building strong cyber defenses.

  • Review
    Understanding Knowledge
    The Beginning of Infinity
    The Beginning of Infinityby David Deutsch Understanding Knowledge

    Oxford physicist David Deutsch offers a dizzying, thought-provoking, wholly readable overview of the development – and of humankind’s limitless pursuit – of knowledge.

  • Review
    Women of the Stars
    The Glass Universe
    The Glass Universeby Dava Sobel Women of the Stars

    Prolific best-selling science historian Dava Sobel offers a detailed, revelatory history of women instrumental in the ascent and scientific dominance of the Harvard Observatory.

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    New Ways of Working
    It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
    It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Workby Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson New Ways of Working

    Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founders of Basecamp, offer a joyous, unique, fast-moving guide to building, structuring and maintaining a truly modern company.

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    Asian Americans in United States History
    Asian American Histories of the United States
    Asian American Histories of the United Statesby Catherine Ceniza Choy Asian Americans in United States History

    Historian Catherine Ceniza Choy offers revealing narratives of Asian Americans throughout US history.

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    Ideologues of the Alt-Right
    A World after Liberalism
    A World after Liberalismby Matthew Rose Ideologues of the Alt-Right

    Scholar Matthew Rose profiles the ideologues whose writings spawned and support today’s far-right philosophies.