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The pace of change, we’re often told, is accelerating. To understand how the world is changing, how it affects us, and how we might, in turn, effect change ourselves, it helps to slow down and pick up a good nonfiction book.
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From gun violence and artificial intelligence to corporate profiteering and a heartbreaking tragedy on a New York City subway that mirrors the troubling times we now live in, the four books we're highlighting this week all focus on issues that urgently need more focused and sustained attention.
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The changing climate of the Anthropocene and artificial intelligence are two of the defining issues of our age. This week, we are highlighting important books on both topics, along with two books that help us identify and address the problems we face.
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Sometimes, we must say "no" to one set of possibilities to say "yes" to another. Today, the questions we must answer are as big as ever, and digging into books that wrestle with the big issues of the day—from big tech to political dysfunction, the housing crisis to consumer culture—is a great way to find our own place and direction in the world.

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