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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

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    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…

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    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.

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    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.

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    Lead To Serve
    Servant Leadership
    Servant Leadershipby Robert K. Greenleaf and Larry C. Spears Lead To Serve

    Robert K. Greenleaf, the founder of the servant leadership movement, began the movement with this seminal text, published in 1977. It remains powerful, relevant, true…

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    An Epidemic of Profits
    Empire of Pain
    Empire of Painby Patrick Radden Keefe An Epidemic of Profits

    Award-winning journalist Patrick Radden Keefe details the Sackler family’s incredible success fomenting and sustaining America’s opioid addiction.

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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.

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    Experts Who Take Action
    Upskill, Reskill, Thrive
    Upskill, Reskill, Thriveby James McKenna Experts Who Take Action

    Professional learning and teaching expert James McKenna provides a comprehensive program to help companies best enable their people to learn and retain new skills.

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    The Bond King’s Rise and Fall
    The Bond King
    The Bond Kingby Mary Childs The Bond King’s Rise and Fall

    Mary Childs — cohost of NPR’s Planet Money podcast — details the vertiginous rise and precipitate fall of Bill Gross, the insightful bond trader who foretold…

  • Review
    Economic Overlords
    Technofeudalism
    Technofeudalismby Yanis Varoufakis Economic Overlords

    Economist, political leader, and author Yanis Varoufakis accurately depicts the end of individuality under “technofeudalism.”

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    Uncovering Generational Truths
    The Generation Myth
    The Generation Mythby Bobby Duffy Uncovering Generational Truths

    Public policy expert Bobby Duffy explains how the media and lazy thinking perpetuate untruths about generational differences.