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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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    Embrace the Enlightenment
    Enlightenment Now
    Enlightenment Nowby Steven Pinker Embrace the Enlightenment

    Public intellectual, Harvard professor and prolific bestseller Steven Pinker makes a thorough, data-backed, optimistic case for the gifts the Enlightenment brought humanity.

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    The Future, Now
    Machine, Platform, Crowd
    Machine, Platform, Crowdby Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson The Future, Now

    Research scientist Andrew McAfee and management specialist Erik Brynjolfsson break down the technological movements that are creating the future today.

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    Retention
    Made to Stick
    Made to Stickby Chip Heath and Dan Heath Retention

    Mega-bestsellers Chip and Dan Heath break down the components of ideas that stick, and offer suggestions for creating them.

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    Profit and Race
    Histories of Racial Capitalism
    Histories of Racial Capitalismby Justin Leroy and Destin Jenkins Profit and Race

    History professors Destin Jenkins and Justin Leroy present a wide-ranging, eye-opening collection of essays detailing how capitalism has historically served as an engine of racism.

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    Accepting Feedback
    Thanks for the Feedback
    Thanks for the Feedbackby Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen Accepting Feedback

    Harvard Law lecturers and bestselling authors Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen detail – with compassion and wit – why it’s so hard to hear or accept…

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    Put Your House in Order
    12 Rules for Life
    12 Rules for Lifeby Jordan B. Peterson Put Your House in Order

    Jordan Peterson doesn’t shy away from controversy or moral certitude as he posits 12 rules for life.

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    How AI Predicts
    Prediction Machines
    Prediction Machinesby Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb How AI Predicts

    AI experts offer a detailed overview of how AI predicts, how to apply its predictions and how to exploit the benefits thereof.

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    Do Unto Others
    Ethics 101
    Ethics 101by John C. Maxwell Do Unto Others

    Bestseller John C. Maxwell condenses his vast business experience into a concise, applicable guide to living an ethical life.

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    An Outlier’s Success
    More Than Enough
    More Than Enoughby Elaine Welteroth An Outlier’s Success

    Former Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth describes her upbringing as a child of biracial parents and how her “otherness” affected her self-image, her sense of belonging…

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    A Force for Good
    Net Positive
    Net Positiveby Paul Polman and Andrew Winston A Force for Good

    Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman and sustainability expert Andrew Winston issue a clarion call for businesses to embrace a new model, one that does good.