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Mark’s bookshelf: to-read

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it was amazing
2312
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Goodreads reminded me I haven’t reviewed this book. It’s been three years since I read it. It was a very well written and interesting, though a somewhat challenging read. KSR combined some intriguing future extrapolations with an interpl…
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science-fiction and to-read
The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God
The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God
by David J. Linden
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to-read
Adhocism: The case for improvisation
Adhocism: The case for improvisation
by Charles Jencks
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to-read
The Affinities
The Affinities
by Robert Charles Wilson
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to-read
The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
by Steve Fraser
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to-read, culture, economics, political-science, psychology, and soc…
The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
by Ray Kurzweil
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to-read, artificial-intelligence, automation, consciousness, cognit…
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
by Richard Holmes
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to-read
The Agile Architecture Revolution: How Cloud Computing, REST-Based SOA, and Mobile Computing Are Changing Enterprise IT
The Agile Architecture Revolution: How Cloud Computing, REST-Based SOA, and Mobile Computing Are Changing Enterprise IT
by Jason Bloomberg
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to-read, books-24×7, and information-technology
The Akashic Experience: Science and the Cosmic Memory Field
The Akashic Experience: Science and the Cosmic Memory Field
by Ervin Laszlo
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to-read
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
by Brian Christian
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to-read
Altered Carbon
Altered Carbon
by Richard K. Morgan
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to-read and science-fiction
American Coup: Martial Life and the Invisible Sabotage of the Constitution
American Coup: Martial Life and the Invisible Sabotage of the Constitution
by William M. Arkin
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to-read
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
by Chris Hedges
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culture, dystopia, political-science, psychology, sociology, and to…
The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime
The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime
by Adrian Raine
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to-read
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins
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to-read
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
by Christopher Hitchens
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to-read
The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
by Jesper Juul
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psychology, cognition, and to-read
The Art of Failure: The Anti Self-Help Guide
The Art of Failure: The Anti Self-Help Guide
by Neel Burton
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psychology, philosophy, culture, and to-read
The Art of Loving
The Art of Loving
by Erich Fromm
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to-read, human-potential, psychology, and philosophy
The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot
The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot
by Charles Baxter
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to-read
The Art of X-Ray Reading
The Art of X-Ray Reading
by Roy Peter Clark
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to-read
Becoming a Writer
Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande
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to-read
Believing: The Neuroscience of Fantasies, Fears, and Convictions
Believing: The Neuroscience of Fantasies, Fears, and Convictions
by Michael McGuire
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to-read
Bestiary for Business: Adapted from the Fables of Aesop for Gentle Corporate Readers and Raiders
Bestiary for Business: Adapted from the Fables of Aesop for Gentle Corporate Readers and Raiders
by Erika Schelby
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to-read
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker
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to-read
A Better World
A Better World
by Marcus Sakey
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cognition, culture, economics, evolution, human-potential, politica…
Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
by Ara Norenzayan
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to-read, sociology, and psychology
The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
by Bill Bishop
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culture, psychology, political-science, and to-read
Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World
Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World
by Don Tapscott
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to-read
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
by Norman Doidge
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to-read, biology, cognition, consciousness, evolution, human-potent…
Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality
Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality
by Patricia S. Churchland
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to-read
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers
by V.S. Ramachandran
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neuroscience, psychology, consciousness, and to-read
Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
by Stephen Batchelor
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consciousness, human-potential, psychology, philosophy, and to-read
Building High Performance Government Through Lean Six SIGMA: A Leader's Guide to Creating Speed, Agility, and Efficiency
Building High Performance Government Through Lean Six SIGMA: A Leader’s Guide to Creating Speed, Agility, and Efficiency
by Mark Price
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management and to-read
Bullies, Bastards & Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys of Fiction
Bullies, Bastards & Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys of Fiction
by Jessica Page Morrell
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writing and to-read
Changing Lanes: Visions and Histories of Urban Freeways
Changing Lanes: Visions and Histories of Urban Freeways
by Joseph F.C. DiMento
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economics, culture, to-read, and transportation
The Character of Consciousness
The Character of Consciousness
by David J. Chalmers
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to-read
Checkerboard Square: Culture And Resistance In A Homeless Community
Checkerboard Square: Culture And Resistance In A Homeless Community
by David Wagner
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anthropology, culture, economics, human-potential, to-read, and sus…
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
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to-read
Children Of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace Of Human Evolution
Children Of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace Of Human Evolution
by Christopher Wills
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to-read
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
by Gavin Newsom
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information-technology, economics, sociology, political-science, an…
Climbing Mount Improbable
Climbing Mount Improbable
by Richard Dawkins
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to-read
The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
by David J. Linden
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to-read
Complexification: Explaining a Paradoxical World Through the Science of Surprise
Complexification: Explaining a Paradoxical World Through the Science of Surprise
by John L. Casti
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to-read
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
by Nicholas A. Christakis
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neuroscience, culture, research-methods, philosophy, to-read, and s…
Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
by Sebastian Seung
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to-read
The Conscious Brain: Facts and Consequences
The Conscious Brain: Facts and Consequences
by António R. Damásio
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to-read
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
by David J. Chalmers
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to-read
Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
by Christof Koch
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neuroscience, consciousness, and to-read
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
by Edward O. Wilson
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to-read
Could a "Heat Death" be Necessary for Life?
Could a “Heat Death” be Necessary for Life?
by Kane S. Latranz
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to-read, philosophy, and systems-science
Creation: How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
Creation: How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
by Adam Rutherford
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human-potential, to-read, and science
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
by The 30 Minute Expert Series
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neuroscience, consciousness, human-potential, to-read, and psychology
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld
by Jamie Bartlett
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to-read
Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence
Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence
by George Dyson
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to-read
Data-ism: The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else
Data-ism: The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else
by Steve Lohr
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to-read
Death and the Afterlife
Death and the Afterlife
by Samuel Scheffler
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to-read and philosophy
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales
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to-read
Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War
Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War
by Joe Bageant
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psychology, economics, political-science, culture, and to-read
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan
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to-read
Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy
Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy
by Robert W. McChesney
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to-read
Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology
Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology
by James Patrick Kelly
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to-read, artificial-intelligence, automation, cognition, consciousn…
The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out
The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out
by Leonard Peikoff
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to-read
Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield
Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield
by Jeremy Scahill
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political-science, history, culture, economics, and to-read
The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life
by Edward O. Wilson
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to-read
Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters.
Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters.
by Michael Bungay Stanier
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to-read
Down The Up Escalator: American Lives in the Great (and Too Long) Recession
Down The Up Escalator: American Lives in the Great (and Too Long) Recession
by Barbara Garson
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to-read
Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance
Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance
by Julia Angwin
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to-read
Eco Homo: How The Human Being Emerged From The Cataclysmic History Of The Earth
Eco Homo: How The Human Being Emerged From The Cataclysmic History Of The Earth
by Noel T. Boaz
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to-read
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
by Chris Hedges
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to-read
Eon
Eon
by Greg Bear
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to-read and science-fiction
Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction To The Theory Of Knowledge
Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction To The Theory Of Knowledge
by Robert Audi
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philosophy and to-read
Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer
Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer
by Duncan J. Watts
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to-read, cognition, psychology, and neuroscience
Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible
Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible
by Jerry A. Coyne
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to-read, cognition, culture, and science
Farewell to Reality: How Modern Physics Has Betrayed the Search for Scientific Truth
Farewell to Reality: How Modern Physics Has Betrayed the Search for Scientific Truth
by Jim Baggott
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physics and to-read
Fire In The Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order
Fire In The Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order
by George Johnson
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to-read
Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver
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to-read
The Forever War
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
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science-fiction and to-read
The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State
The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State
by John Micklethwait
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to-read, economics, and political-science
Foxe's Book of Martyrs And How They Found Christ: In Their Own Words
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs And How They Found Christ: In Their Own Words
by John Foxe
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to-read
Freedom Evolves
Freedom Evolves
by Daniel C. Dennett
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to-read, evolution, and philosophy
Future Bright: A Transforming Vision of Human Intelligence
Future Bright: A Transforming Vision of Human Intelligence
by Michael E. Martinez
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to-read
Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable, and What We Can Do About It
Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable, and What We Can Do About It
by Marc Goodman
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to-read
The Future of Human Nature
The Future of Human Nature
by Jürgen Habermas
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philosophy, to-read, culture, future, technology, political-science…
The Future of the Body: Explorations into the Further Evolution of Human Nature
The Future of the Body: Explorations into the Further Evolution of Human Nature
by Michael Murphy
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to-read, biology, consciousness, evolution, future, human-potential…
The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
by Jonathan L. Zittrain
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to-read, future, automation, economics, culture, information-techno…
Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge
Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge
by Max Brockman
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future, economics, artificial-intelligence, culture, to-read, infor…
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and Why
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently… and Why
by Richard E. Nisbett
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culture, psychology, cognition, learning, and to-read
A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet
A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet
by Nancy Abrams
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consciousness, philosophy, physics, science, and to-read
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
by Lawrence Wright
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psychology, sociology, culture, and to-read
The Goliath Stone
The Goliath Stone
by Larry Niven
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science-fiction and to-read
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die
by Niall Ferguson
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culture, sustainability, economics, systems-science, and to-read
The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
by David C. Korten
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to-read, culture, economics, future, history, human-potential, phil…
Green Earth
Green Earth
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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biology, future, science, science-fiction, technology, sustainabili…
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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to-read
Habermas: A Very Short Introduction
Habermas: A Very Short Introduction
by James Gordon Finlayson
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philosophy and to-read
The Hero and the Goddess
The Hero and the Goddess
by Jean Houston
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culture, human-potential, psychology, consciousness, creativity, an…
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene
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to-read, science, and physics
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene
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to-read and science
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari
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to-read, biology, culture, evolution, future, and human-potential

 


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