Philosophy

Oct252019 by Free eBookNo Comments

The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols

Education, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Science, Sociology

The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols eBook DownloadThe rise of the internet and other technology has made information more easily-accessible than ever before. While this has had the positive effect of equalizing access to knowledge, it also has lowered the bar on what depth of knowledge is required to consider oneself an "expert." A cult of anti-expertise sentiment has coincided with anti-intellectualism, resulting in massively viral yet poorly informed debates ranging from the anti-vaccination movement to attacks on GMOs. This surge in intellectual egalitarianism has altered the landscape of debates-all voices are equal, and "fact" is a subjective term. Browsing WebMD puts one on equal footing with doctors, and Wikipedia allows all to be foreign policy experts, scientists, and more...

Oct82019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman

Economics, History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology

Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman eBook DownloadUniversal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today.After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way-and in some places it isn't.Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. His April 2017 talk continues to make the provocative case, detailing the idea's 500-year history and even its brief success in a forgotten trial in Manitoba in the 1970s. Nearly a million views later, guaranteed basic income is being seriously considered by leading econom...

Sep142019 by adminNo Comments

The Power of Meaning eBook Download

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality

The Power of Meaning eBook DownloadThis wise, stirring book argues that the search for meaning can immeasurably deepen our lives and is far more fulfilling than the pursuit of personal happiness.There is a myth in our culture that the search for meaning is some esoteric pursuit that you have to travel to a distant monastery or page through dusty volumes to figure out life s great secret. The truth is, there are untapped sources of meaning all around us right here, right now. Drawing on the latest research in positive psychology; on insights from George Eliot, Viktor Frankl, Aristotle, the Buddha, and other great minds; and on interviews with seekers of meaning, Emily Esfahani Smith lays out the four pillars upon which meaning rests.Belonging We all need to find our tribe and

Sep62019 by adminNo Comments

Reality Is Not What It Seems eBook Download

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science

Reality Is Not What It Seems eBook Download“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —The Times MagazineFrom the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Here he explains how our image of the world has changed over the last few dozen centuries.In elegant and accessible prose, Rovelli takes us on a wondrous journey from Aristotle to Albert Einstein, from Michael Faraday to the Higgs boson, and from classical physics to

Sep62019 by adminNo Comments

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari eBook Download

Anthropology, History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari eBook DownloadYuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious

Sep32019 by adminNo Comments

Age of Anger: A History of the Present eBook Download

Audiobook, History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology

Age of Anger: A History of the Present eBook DownloadOne of our most important public intellectuals reveals the hidden history of our current global crisisModernity, secularism, development, and progress have long been viewed by the powerful few as benign ideals for the many. Today, however, botched experiments in nation-building, democracy, industrialization, and urbanization visibly scar much of the world.As once happened in Europe, the wider embrace of revolutionary politics, mass movements, technology, the pursuit of wealth, and individualism has cast billions adrift in a literally demoralized world.It was from among the ranks of the disaffected and the spiritually disorientated, that the militants of the nineteenth century arose—angry young men who became cultural na

Sep32019 by adminNo Comments

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down eBook Download

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Self Help, Spirituality

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down eBook DownloadEnfermés dans notre quotidien, nous oublions de profiter de l’instant présent et des moments simples de la vie : être en famille, rencontrer ses amis, se promener, lire… Véritable compagnon de chaque jour, ce petit livre nous enseigne comment trouver la sérénité, être à l’écoute de soi-même et des autres. Avec des conseils faciles à appliquer, son auteur, le moine Haemin, fait entrer un peu de sagesse bouddhiste dans le tumulte du 21e siècle.Un message clair et limpide qui s’adresse à ceux qui ne veulent pas sacrifier leur bonheur et leur bien-être à un monde qui va toujours plus vite. Un recueil dédié à tous ceux qui veulent prendre leur temps.

Aug152019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki

Cultural, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Self Help

Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki eBook DownloadFumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he’s just a regular guy who was stressed at work, insecure, and constantly comparing himself to others—until one day he decided to change his life by reducing his possessions to the bare minimum. The benefits were instantaneous and absolutely remarkable: without all his “stuff,” Sasaki finally felt true freedom, peace of mind, and appreciation for the present moment.Goodbye, Things explores why we measure our worth by the things we own and how the new minimalist movement will not only transform your space but truly enrich your life. Along the way, Sasaki modestly shares his personal minimalist experience, offering tips on the minimizing process and revealing the profound ways he ha

Jul62019 by Free eBookNo Comments

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder eBook Download

History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, Writing

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder eBook Download#1 Washington Post Bestseller A New York Times BestsellerThe Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience

Jun22019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science

Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky eBook DownloadWhy do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert Sapolsky's genre-shattering attempt to answer that question as fully as perhaps only he could, looking at it from every angle. Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. And so the first category of explanation is the neurobiological one. A behavior occurs--whether an example of humans at our best, worst, or somewhere in between. What went on in a person's...

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