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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Nicholas Carr's bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our …
Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
A new industrial revolution has begun. Like mechanization or electricity before it, artificial intelligence will touch every aspect of our lives--and cause profound disruptions in …
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin--enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent …
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
Mama's Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van …
The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
Today's "machine-learning" systems, trained by data, are so effective that we've invited them to see and hear for us--and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are …
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal …
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
In Different, world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behavior to argue that despite the linkage between …
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his …
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé
A monumental work of musical history, Yeah Yeah Yeah traces the story of pop music through songs, bands, musical scenes, and styles from Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock around …
For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug
For Blood and Money tells the little-known story of how an upstart biotechnology company created a one-in-a-million cancer drug, and how members of the core team--denied their …
In the Shadow of a Rainbow: The True Story of a Friendship Between Man and Wolf
In 1970, a young Indian who introduced himself as Gregory Tah-Kloma beached his canoe near the author's Babine Lake campsite in the backwoods of British Columbia. Night after night …