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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
    China and the World Trade Organization
    Schism
    Schismby Paul Blustein China and the World Trade Organization

    International financial and political journalist Paul Blustein breaks down the pros and cons – and consequences – of China joining the WTO.

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    Human Machines
    Homo Deus
    Homo Deusby Yuval Noah Harari Human Machines

    Best-selling public intellectual Yuval Noah Harari argues that free will doesn’t exist, that people worship themselves and that AI will destroy you.

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    Embrace Agility
    Reinventing the Organization
    Reinventing the Organizationby Dave Ulrich and Arthur K. Yeung Embrace Agility

    Development gurus Dave Ulrich and Arthur Yeung detail how to become leaner, smarter and faster to embrace the future.

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    It’s Science!
    The Physics of Everyday Things
    The Physics of Everyday Thingsby James Kakalios It’s Science!

    James Kakalios, the Taylor Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Minnesota and author of the best-selling The Physics of Superheroes,​​​​​​ provides the scientific basis…

  • Review
    Selflessness Rules!
    Servant Leadership for Non-Managers
    Servant Leadership for Non-Managersby Kenneth Hunter Selflessness Rules!

    Kenneth Hunter – author of Servant Leadership in Business – explains that servant leadership depends on selfless understanding.

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    No Safe Path
    Stress Test
    Stress Testby Timothy F. Geithner No Safe Path

    A former secretary of the Treasury provides candid details of every decision during and after the 2008 financial crisis.

  • Review
    Bitcoin Unraveled
    Kings of Crypto
    Kings of Cryptoby Jeff John Roberts Bitcoin Unraveled

    Journalist Jeff John Roberts sheds some much-needed light on bitcoin via the saga of Coinbase and its founder, Brian Armstrong

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    Change Your Habits, Improve Your Life
    Tiny Habits
    Tiny Habitsby B. J. Fogg Change Your Habits, Improve Your Life

    B.J. Fogg brings his renowned habit-building strategies from the classroom to the page with great success.

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    Greta Thunberg Speaks Out
    No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
    No One Is Too Small to Make a Differenceby Greta Thunberg Greta Thunberg Speaks Out

    Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg showcases her speeches around the world to mobilize action against climate change.

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    Grace in the Face of Death
    When Breath Becomes Air
    When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi Grace in the Face of Death

    Brilliant surgeon and philosopher Dr. Paul Kalanithi details the story of his life, his marriage, his fatal cancer diagnosis and his struggle to stay alive.