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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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    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.

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    Follow the Cards
    Fair Play
    Fair Playby Eve Rodsky Follow the Cards

    Philanthropy Advisory Group co-founder Eve Rodsky offers a comprehensive, blame-free system for equitably allocating domestic work.

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    Private Profit, Private Wealth
    The Finance Curse
    The Finance Curseby Nicholas Shaxson Private Profit, Private Wealth

    Financial journalist Nicholas Shaxson offers an impassioned, detailed indictment of neoliberalism.

  • Review
    Cool Your Thinking
    The Marshmallow Test
    The Marshmallow Testby Walter Mischel Cool Your Thinking

    Renowned cognition researcher Walter Mischel offers a useful, accessible report to give readers a greater understanding of the role of self-control and how it relates…

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    Bleak Prospects
    Nickel and Dimed
    Nickel and Dimedby Barbara Ehrenreich Bleak Prospects

    Barbara Ehrenreich reports with compassion and detail on the plight of America’s low-wage workers, whom she joined to research this heartbreaking indictment.