17 books, 4,598 pages across 6 months. Most recent read first.
The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy
Peter Temin · 2017 · read Mar 2021Peter Temin's argument is that the United States now runs as two economies, using a model W.
Liminal Thinking
Dave Gray · 2016 · read Mar 2021Liminal comes from the Latin for threshold, the boundary between one state and another.
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
Jocko Willink · 2018 · read Mar 2021Every leadership principle has an opposite pull, and you fail by pushing either one to the extreme.
How to Train Your Mind: Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation
Chris Bailey · 2021 · read Mar 2021According to Chris Bailey, every minute you spend meditating earns back about nine minutes.
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015 · read Feb 2021Written to his 15-year-old son, Samori, Ta-Nehisi Coates's letter argues that American racism is first a physical threat to Black…
White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America
Joan C. Williams · 2017 · read Feb 2021Economics matters to working-class voters.
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Frederick Joseph · 2020 · read Feb 2021If you're white, Frederick Joseph's framing is that much of the change on race starts with you, because white people hold the…
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
Eric Foner · 1988 · read Jan 2021In Eric Foner's history, Reconstruction starts in 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation rather than at the war's end, and freed…
The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
Judson Brewer · 2017 · read Jan 2021Smoking, checking your phone, binge eating and romantic obsession look like separate problems.
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
Jay Shetty · 2020 · read Jan 2021Your mind is either a focused monk mind or a distracted monkey mind, in Jay Shetty's telling.
Leveraged Learning: How the Disruption of Education Helps Lifelong Learners, and Experts with Something to Teach
Danny Iny · 2018 · read Jan 2021If you front-load your education into a degree, in Danny Iny's argument, it won't keep up with what work asks of you.
Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness
Gretchen Rubin · 2019 · read Jan 2021Need it, love it or use it.
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi · 2019 · read Jan 2021There's no neutral ground called not racist, in Ibram X.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin DiAngelo · 2018 · read Jan 2021Anger, silence, withdrawal.
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