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Clean
May 24, 2021 · James Hamblin
It might sound counterintuitive to take a sabbatical from showering to refresh your skin, but recent studies prove that a bathroom full of skincare pr...
Health and Wellness Science and Technology Society and Culture -
Better Small Talk
May 20, 2021 · Patrick King
We all know that feeling of dread that shows up with us at a networking event, a party, or a pub when we realize we don’t know anyone there. The...
Business Self-Help -
Make Your Bed
May 18, 2021 · William H. McRaven
Admiral William McRaven recently delivered a commencement address to his alma mater, University of Texas. His advice was so well received that he expa...
Self-Help -
Fortitude
May 13, 2021 · Dan Crenshaw
After losing his mother to cancer as a young boy and his right eye to a homemade bomb in Afghanistan, Congressman and ex-Navy Seal Dan Crenshaw has le...
Current Affairs Politics Society and Culture -
Weapons of Math Destruction
May 12, 2021 · Cathy O'Neil
Algorithms aren’t always seamless strings of coding that translate reality into perfect equations. Rather, algorithms are human creations subjec...
Economics and Finance Science and Technology Society and Culture -
How To Raise An Adult
May 10, 2021 · Julie Lythcott-Haims
A former dean from Stanford University has written a book about how to cut the umbilical cord that so many young people and parents are afraid to seve...
Relationships and Parenting Society and Culture -
Boundaries
May 7, 2021 · Henry Cloud, John Townsend
This book has been a bestseller for over 30 years. It’s helped people learn how to allow good to flow into their lives and say “no”&...
Relationships and Parenting Psychology Self-Help -
Think Again
May 5, 2021 · Adam Grant
We live in a culture that shudders at the thought of being wrong—whether in the spheres of politics, sports, or daily life, most of us fail to s...
Psychology Self-Help Society and Culture -
The Great Influenza
Apr 28, 2021 · John M. Barry
Until recently, the idea of a pandemic took most people’s imagination to Hollywood thrillers and the Black Plague that ravaged medieval Europe. ...
Health and Wellness History Politics -
After Virtue
Apr 27, 2021 · Alasdair MacIntyre
“Justice,” “goodness,” “courage”: Words like these clamor through modern speech wearing the guise of moral weight....
History Philosophy Society and Culture
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