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Looking for a new book to dive into? Our in-depth reviews cover some of the best new books being released into the world and use those books to gain a better understanding of the world, helping guide where to go—and what to read—next.
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The Turn-On: How the Powerful Make Us Like Them-from Washington to Wall Street to Hollywood
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
In his new book Steven Goldstein encourages the reader to appreciate the “power in popularity,” that “likeability is leverage,” and explores how businesspeople, politicians, and entertainers wield it.
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The Infinite Game
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
In his new book, Simon Sinek takes on the difference between finite and infinite games, and the damage done by shareholder capitalism.
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Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
The profound and mostly unanswered question at the foundation of AI researcher Stuart Russell’s new book on developments in his field is “What if we succeed?”
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A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Flynn Coleman’s new book contends that, if we can focus on purpose, and engage with each other, we have a chance at building AI that is beneficial and equitable to all.
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The 360° Corporation: From Stakeholder Trade-offs to Transformation
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Sarah Kaplan explains why social responsibility, rather than being an add-on or ancillary consideration, must be baked into the business model.
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Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Nicholas Lemann gives us a journalist’s clear view of our country’s last 100 years of economic history, and a powerful argument for how to best realize the American Dream.
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Everything is Figureoutable
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Marie Forleo's new book is a ray of sunshine—a breath of fresh air.
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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
You can fight city hall, and upend industries, and you can win. But then what? Mike Isaac’s new book about Uber provides many lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs, technologists and elected officials, and for society as a whole.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Books
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Leah Price's book explores the history of books and our relationship to them, explaining how the books we read have always changed and evolved as we do.
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The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few
Book Review by Porchlight
Marjorie Kelly and Ted Howard of the Democracy Collaborative offer seven principles for an "equitable, ecologically sustainable alternative" to the economy of, by, and for the one percent, and examples of them being put to work in the world.
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