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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
    Democracy Under Assault
    Democracy Awakening
    Democracy Awakeningby Heather Cox Richardson Democracy Under Assault

    Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson offers an articulate warning of the collapse of American democracy in the face of rising authoritarianism.

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    Threshold Leadership
    The Threshold
    The Thresholdby Nick Chatrath Threshold Leadership

    Executive coach Nick Chatrath details how to develop your essential humanity to forestall surrendering empathy and compassion to AI.

  • Review
    The History of Tribalism
    Tribal
    Tribalby Michael Morris The History of Tribalism

    Columbia University cultural psychologist Michael Morris offers a detailed history of the evolution of tribalism and its enduring power in human history.

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    Mutual Misunderstanding
    Talking From 9 to 5
    Talking From 9 to 5by Deborah Tannen Mutual Misunderstanding

    Linguist Deborah Tannen explores the complexity of gender-based office communication and how it affects women.

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    An Exponential Tomorrow
    The Exponential Age
    The Exponential Ageby Azeem Azhar An Exponential Tomorrow

    Host of the Exponential View podcast Azeem Azhar paints a detailed, grim portrait of a future in which tech giants immune to the will of governments…

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    Looking at Musk
    Elon Musk
    Elon Muskby Ashlee Vance Looking at Musk

    Ashlee Vance takes a long, perhaps too admiring look at Elon Musk, Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX.

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    Speak with Confidence
    Mastering the Art of Public Speaking
    Mastering the Art of Public Speakingby Michael J. Gelb Speak with Confidence

    Executive coach Michael J. Gelb, a prolific self-help author, offers a basic blueprint for everyone who is fearful of public speaking.

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    Economic Theory Vs. Real Life
    The Economists’ Hour
    The Economists’ Hourby Binyamin Appelbaum Economic Theory Vs. Real Life

    New York Times editorial writer Binyamin Appelbaum delves deep into the histories and philosophies of influential economists to see how their ideas have shaped the American…

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    Solve It!
    Problem Solving 101
    Problem Solving 101by Ken Watanabe Solve It!

    Ken Watanabe’s problem-solving primer for kids became an international bestseller due to its wide-ranging, effective strategies for tackling problems.

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    Epidemics, Outbreaks and Pandemics
    The Pandemic Century
    The Pandemic Centuryby Mark Honigsbaum Epidemics, Outbreaks and Pandemics

    Prolific medical historian Mark Honigsbaum provides a chilling, detailed overview of the human experience of pandemics, encompassing plague, flu, SARS and AIDS.