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How Emotions are made : The secret life of the Brain – Lisa Feldman Barrett

A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mind Emotions feel automatic, like uncontrollable reactions to things we think and experience….

Atlas of the Heart – Brené Brown

If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and to be stewards of the stories that we hear….

The hour of the predator – Giuliano da Empoli

HOW DO YOU DEFEND DEMOCRACY WHEN THE RULES HAVE CHANGED? Presidents turning into monarchs. Tech tycoons and autocrats intent on global regime change. Armies of cyber trolls. The old order is at an end. The…

Life 3.0 – Max Tegmark

We stand at the beginning of a new era. What was once science fiction is fast becoming reality, as AI transforms war, crime, justice, jobs and society-and, even, our very sense of what it means…

The age of surveillance capitalism – Shoshana Zuboff

The fight for a human future has never been more urgent. Shoshana Zuboff argues that we still have the power to decide what kind of world we want to live in: Will we allow surveillance…

Atlas of AI – Kate Crawford

What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? Drawing on more than a decade of research, award‑winning scholar Kate Crawford…

Very Important People – Ashley Mears

Blueprint for revolution – Srdja Popovic

Blueprint for Revolution will teach you how to • make oppression backfire by playing your opponents’ strongest card against them • identify the “almighty pillars of power” in order to shift the balance of control •…

Bewilderment – Richard Powers

The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures…

AI Superpowers – Kai-Fu Lee

In this thought-provoking book, Lee argues powerfully that because of the unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected. Indeed, as the US-Sino AI competition begins to…

Empathy – Roman Krznaric

Roman Krznaric’s new book shows how we can boost our empathy and use it to improve our relationships, enhance our creativity, rethink our priorities in life, and tackle social problems from everyday prejudice to violent…

The Heart of Business

Hubert JolyIn The Heart of Business, Joly shares the philosophy behind Best Buy’s resurgence: pursue a noble goal, put people at the center of the business, create an environment where every employee can thrive, and…

Be genuine – Thomas D’Ansembourg

In this English translation of the French bestseller, readers will learn simple, practical skills to step outside of their emotional masks to live a genuine, authentic life. Teaching everyday communication skills to respectfully express true…

The Good Ancestor, Roman Krznaric

In the generous spirit of Jonas Salk, who in 1953 renounced the patenting of the polio vaccine for the benefit of the greatest number of people, The Good Ancestor asks an essential question: what kind…