Tag: books

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  September 6, 2019

  Creative Growth Art Center is a studio for artists with disabilities, supporting a multitude of world-renowned artists and bolstering burgeoning talents. The common ground for most artists here is a… more ›

• A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism

  August 29, 2019

  In more than twenty years of running diversity-training and cultural-competency workshops for American companies, the academic and educator Robin DiAngelo has noticed that white people are sensationally, histrionically bad at… more ›

• The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance

  August 28, 2019

  Following the bank bailout and the Global Financial Crisis, anger towards the financial system reached new heights. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745333502/the-heretics-guide-to-global-finance more ›

• Bitter leaves: tobacco’s devastating global legacy

  August 21, 2019

  “A crop that can be grown in any warm, damp environment, tobacco can be farmed on all the continents except Antarctica. With this accessibility among other forces, the industry is… more ›

• 15 books billionaire Ray Dalio says you should read to understand today’s world — and have a fulfilling life

  August 14, 2019

  This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article, simply click here to claim your deal and get access to all exclusive Business Insider PRIME content. https://www.businessinsider.com/ray-dalio-book-recommendations-for-college-students-and-investors-2019-8 more ›

• MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito on the problem with tech people who want to solve problems

  June 26, 2019

  We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our… more ›

• ‘The Oligarchy’s Operating System’ With Cory Doctorow

  June 26, 2019

  Playing for Team Human today, activist, journalist, and science fiction author of the new anthology Radicalized, Cory Doctorow. Cory has a unique way of building stories, metaphors, and scenarios… https://medium.com/s/teamhuman/the-oligarchys-operating-system-with-cory-doctorow-5f3af6058af8 more ›

• Surveillance Capitalism

  June 23, 2019

  We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our… more ›

• It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning

  May 28, 2019

  DNA tweaks won’t fix our problems. Editors’ note: This is the first installment in a new series, “Op-Eds From the Future,” in which science fiction authors, futurists, philosophers and scientists… more ›

• Summer Reading

  May 25, 2019

  It is perhaps not a major publishing plot twist that, almost two years after the #MeToo movement burst into public consciousness and began to change the conversation around gender, power… more ›