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Sapiens

par Yuval Noah Harari • 2011

The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.

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🌍 Big History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 History Of Science 🏛️ Social Hierarchy

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Sapiens

The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.

par Yuval Noah Harari 2011 456 pages

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🌍 Big History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 History Of Science 🏛️ Social Hierarchy

Freakonomics

par Steven D. Levitt • 2005

Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.

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🍿 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Incentive Design 📊 Data Journalism 🔍 Information Asymmetry

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Freakonomics

Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.

par Steven D. Levitt 2005 352 pages

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🍿 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Incentive Design 📊 Data Journalism 🔍 Information Asymmetry

Le point de bascule

par Malcolm Gladwell • 2000

Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.

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🦠 Social Contagion 🗣️ Word Of Mouth 🧠 Behavioral Influence 🏙️ Situational Psychology 🕸️ Network Effects

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Le point de bascule

Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.

par Malcolm Gladwell 2000 204 pages

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🦠 Social Contagion 🗣️ Word Of Mouth 🧠 Behavioral Influence 🏙️ Situational Psychology 🕸️ Network Effects

La vie immortelle d'Henrietta Lacks

par Rebecca Skloot • 2010

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

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🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

La vie immortelle d'Henrietta Lacks

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

par Rebecca Skloot 2010 362 pages

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🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

Intuition

par Malcolm Gladwell • 2005

Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.

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🧠 Behavioral Psychology 📊 Decision Science ⚡ Intuition Research 🎯 Unconscious Bias 🔍 Pattern Recognition

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Intuition

Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.

par Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Psychology 📊 Decision Science ⚡ Intuition Research 🎯 Unconscious Bias 🔍 Pattern Recognition

De l'inégalité parmi les sociétés

par Jared Diamond • 2005

Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.

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🗺️ Macrohistory 🌍 Geographic Determinism 🧬 Biogeography 🔄 Cultural Evolution 🏛️ Human Prehistory

De l'inégalité parmi les sociétés Résumé

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De l'inégalité parmi les sociétés

Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.

par Jared Diamond 2005 498 pages

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🗺️ Macrohistory 🌍 Geographic Determinism 🧬 Biogeography 🔄 Cultural Evolution 🏛️ Human Prehistory

Elon Musk

par Ashlee Vance • 2015

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

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🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

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Elon Musk

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

par Ashlee Vance 2015 392 pages

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🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

Une histoire de tout, ou presque...

par Bill Bryson • 2004

What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.

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Une histoire de tout, ou presque...

What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.

par Bill Bryson 2004 544 pages

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Parler avec des inconnus

par Malcolm Gladwell • 2019

The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.

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🧠 Social Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Deception Detection 🤝 Trust And Suspicion 👀 First Impressions

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Parler avec des inconnus

The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.

par Malcolm Gladwell 2019 675 pages

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🧠 Social Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Deception Detection 🤝 Trust And Suspicion 👀 First Impressions

Homo Deus

par Yuval Noah Harari • 2015

We tamed hunger and war. Now we chase immortality and godhood. The chase may end us.

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🔭 Big History 🔮 Futurism 🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Homo Deus

We tamed hunger and war. Now we chase immortality and godhood. The chase may end us.

par Yuval Noah Harari 2015 449 pages

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🔭 Big History 🔮 Futurism 🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Pourquoi nous dormons

par Matthew Walker • 2017

Nineteen hours awake equals legal drunkenness. What sleep does, and what its loss costs us.

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🧬 Sleep Science 🕰️ Circadian Biology 🏥 Public Health 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 🧠 Cognitive Performance

Pourquoi nous dormons

Nineteen hours awake equals legal drunkenness. What sleep does, and what its loss costs us.

par Matthew Walker 2017 368 pages

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🧬 Sleep Science 🕰️ Circadian Biology 🏥 Public Health 🛏️ Sleep Hygiene 🧠 Cognitive Performance

Être mortel

par Atul Gawande • 2014

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

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🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality 🚫 Medical Overreach 📖 Narrative Medicine

Être mortel

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

par Atul Gawande 2014 282 pages

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🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality 🚫 Medical Overreach 📖 Narrative Medicine

Vous voulez rire, monsieur Feynman !

par Richard P. Feynman • 1985

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

Vous voulez rire, monsieur Feynman !

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

par Richard P. Feynman 1985 352 pages

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

Le dilemme de l'omnivore

par Michael Pollan • 2006

Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.

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🏭 Food Systems 🌽 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🐄 Ethical Eating 🌍 Food And Climate

Le dilemme de l'omnivore

Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.

par Michael Pollan 2006 710 pages

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🏭 Food Systems 🌽 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🐄 Ethical Eating 🌍 Food And Climate

David et Goliath

par Malcolm Gladwell • 2013

Giants don't always win: the hidden weapons of underdogs, and why too much power backfires.

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💎 Hidden Strengths 🌱 Adversity Advantage 📉 Diminishing Returns 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🚀 Creative Rebellion

David et Goliath

Giants don't always win: the hidden weapons of underdogs, and why too much power backfires.

par Malcolm Gladwell 2013 305 pages

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💎 Hidden Strengths 🌱 Adversity Advantage 📉 Diminishing Returns 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🚀 Creative Rebellion

21 leçons pour le XXIe siècle

par Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.

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🧭 Big History 🤖 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌊 Information Overload

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21 leçons pour le XXIe siècle

How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.

par Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 pages

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🧭 Big History 🤖 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌊 Information Overload

Le test du psychopathe

par Jon Ronson • 2011

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

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🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy 📋 Diagnostic Overreach 💊 Mental Health Industry

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Le test du psychopathe

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

par Jon Ronson 2011 272 pages

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🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy 📋 Diagnostic Overreach 💊 Mental Health Industry

L'Intelligence émotionnelle

par Daniel Goleman • 1995

Your emotional brain reacts before thought. That half-second shapes your career and relationships.

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🏫 Social-Emotional Learning 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🧬 Brain And Emotion 💼 Workplace Psychology 😰 Stress Management

L'Intelligence émotionnelle

Your emotional brain reacts before thought. That half-second shapes your career and relationships.

par Daniel Goleman 1995 351 pages

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🏫 Social-Emotional Learning 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🧬 Brain And Emotion 💼 Workplace Psychology 😰 Stress Management

SuperFreakonomics

par Steven D. Levitt • 2009

Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Pop Economics 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Data Analysis 💡 Contrarian Ideas

SuperFreakonomics

Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.

par Steven D. Levitt 2009 288 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Pop Economics 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Data Analysis 💡 Contrarian Ideas

C'est (vraiment ?) moi qui décide

par Dan Ariely • 2008

Why you overpay, procrastinate, and cheat just a little (and how to outsmart your own brain).

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Decision Psychology 💲 Pricing Psychology 🤝 Social Norms ⏳ Self-Control

C'est (vraiment ?) moi qui décide Résumé

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C'est (vraiment ?) moi qui décide

Why you overpay, procrastinate, and cheat just a little (and how to outsmart your own brain).

par Dan Ariely 2008 349 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Decision Psychology 💲 Pricing Psychology 🤝 Social Norms ⏳ Self-Control

Le Cygne Noir

par Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2007

The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.

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🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 Tail Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

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Le Cygne Noir

The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.

par Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007 480 pages

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🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 Tail Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Prisonniers de la géographie

par Tim Marshall • 2015

Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.

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🌍 Geopolitics 🛢️ Natural Resources ⚔️ Military Strategy 🌐 Global Power Politics ✂️ Colonial Borders

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Prisonniers de la géographie

Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.

par Tim Marshall 2015 319 pages

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🌍 Geopolitics 🛢️ Natural Resources ⚔️ Military Strategy 🌐 Global Power Politics ✂️ Colonial Borders

Respirer

par James Nestor • 2020

You take 25,000 breaths a day. Most of them are making you sick.

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🫁 Respiratory Health 🌬️ Breathing Techniques 👃 Nasal Breathing 🧠 Body-Mind Connection 🌿 Holistic Health

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Respirer

You take 25,000 breaths a day. Most of them are making you sick.

par James Nestor 2020 280 pages

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🫁 Respiratory Health 🌬️ Breathing Techniques 👃 Nasal Breathing 🧠 Body-Mind Connection 🌿 Holistic Health

Ce que voit le chien

par Malcolm Gladwell • 2009

Two seconds of silent video predict a teacher's full semester rating. What else we misjudge.

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✍️ Essay Collections 🗞️ Longform Journalism 💡 Counterintuitive Ideas 🏆 Talent And Success 👥 Social Psychology

Ce que voit le chien

Two seconds of silent video predict a teacher's full semester rating. What else we misjudge.

par Malcolm Gladwell 2009 319 pages

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✍️ Essay Collections 🗞️ Longform Journalism 💡 Counterintuitive Ideas 🏆 Talent And Success 👥 Social Psychology

Nudge

par Richard H. Thaler • 2008

Why you stick with defaults: the invisible forces shaping every decision, and how to steer them.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎛️ Behavioral Design 👥 Social Norms 🏛️ Public Policy

Nudge

Why you stick with defaults: the invisible forces shaping every decision, and how to steer them.

par Richard H. Thaler 2008 384 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎛️ Behavioral Design 👥 Social Norms 🏛️ Public Policy

Vivre

par Mihály Csíkszentmihályi • 1990

The most fulfilling moments come not from rest, but from pushing yourself to your limit.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 🎯 Attention Management 🏔️ Peak Performance 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🌟 Finding Meaning

Vivre

The most fulfilling moments come not from rest, but from pushing yourself to your limit.

par Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1990 322 pages

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🧠 Positive Psychology 🎯 Attention Management 🏔️ Peak Performance 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🌟 Finding Meaning

Viens comme tu es

par Emily Nagoski • 2015

The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.

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🚺 Female Sexuality 😰 Stress And Desire 💜 Body Acceptance ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🧠 Neuroscience Of Sex

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Viens comme tu es

The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.

par Emily Nagoski 2015 400 pages

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🚺 Female Sexuality 😰 Stress And Desire 💜 Body Acceptance ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🧠 Neuroscience Of Sex

Voyage aux confins de l'esprit

par Michael Pollan • 2018

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Voyage aux confins de l'esprit

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

par Michael Pollan 2018 464 pages

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Plaidoyer pour les généralistes

par David Epstein • 2019

Childhood specialization is overrated. Generalists who sample widely solve the hardest problems.

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🌱 Late Bloomers 🧩 Interdisciplinary Thinking 🧠 Desirable Difficulties 🔗 Analogical Reasoning 🌐 Wicked Problems

Plaidoyer pour les généralistes

Childhood specialization is overrated. Generalists who sample widely solve the hardest problems.

par David Epstein 2019 352 pages

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🌱 Late Bloomers 🧩 Interdisciplinary Thinking 🧠 Desirable Difficulties 🔗 Analogical Reasoning 🌐 Wicked Problems

Focus volé

par Johann Hari • 2022

You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.

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📊 Attention Economy 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 📨 Information Overload 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Screen Time Effects

Focus volé

You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.

par Johann Hari 2022 348 pages

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📊 Attention Economy 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 📨 Information Overload 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Screen Time Effects

La Checklist

par Atul Gawande • 2009

Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.

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🛡️ High-Reliability Teams 🔍 Human Factors ⚠️ Error Proofing 📋 Decision Science 🔗 Systems Thinking

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La Checklist

Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.

par Atul Gawande 2009 215 pages

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🛡️ High-Reliability Teams 🔍 Human Factors ⚠️ Error Proofing 📋 Decision Science 🔗 Systems Thinking

Lab Girl. Une histoire de science, d'arbres et d'amour

par Hope Jahren • 2016

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

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👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

Lab Girl. Une histoire de science, d'arbres et d'amour

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

par Hope Jahren 2016 290 pages

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👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

The Righteous Mind

par Jonathan Haidt • 2012

Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.

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🧠 Moral Psychology 🔴 Political Polarization ⚡ Moral Intuition 👥 Group Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

The Righteous Mind

Reason didn't evolve to find truth. It evolved to defend whatever your group already believes.

par Jonathan Haidt 2012 530 pages

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🧠 Moral Psychology 🔴 Political Polarization ⚡ Moral Intuition 👥 Group Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

Prospérité, puissance et pauvreté

par Daron Acemoğlu • 2012

If geography explained wealth, North and South Korea would be the same country.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📈 Development Economics 🏗️ Institutional Design 🏴 Colonial Legacies 🏢 State Capacity

Prospérité, puissance et pauvreté

If geography explained wealth, North and South Korea would be the same country.

par Daron Acemoğlu 2012 544 pages

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🏛️ Political Economy 📈 Development Economics 🏗️ Institutional Design 🏴 Colonial Legacies 🏢 State Capacity

Le cerveau de votre enfant

par Daniel J. Siegel • 2011

Tantrums reveal a brain still under construction. Twelve strategies that teach instead of punish.

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🧠 Child Development 🧬 Neuroscience Parenting 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🔬 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🤝 Attachment Theory

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Le cerveau de votre enfant

Tantrums reveal a brain still under construction. Twelve strategies that teach instead of punish.

par Daniel J. Siegel 2011 192 pages

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🧠 Child Development 🧬 Neuroscience Parenting 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🔬 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🤝 Attachment Theory

Antifragile

par Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

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🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

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Antifragile

Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.

par Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 493 pages

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🔒 Risk Management 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Trial And Error 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Printemps silencieux

par Rachel Carson • 1962

A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.

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🌍 Environmental Activism ☣️ Chemical Pollution 🔗 Ecosystem Thinking 🧪 Toxicology 🏭 Corporate Accountability

Printemps silencieux

A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.

par Rachel Carson 1962 400 pages

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🌍 Environmental Activism ☣️ Chemical Pollution 🔗 Ecosystem Thinking 🧪 Toxicology 🏭 Corporate Accountability

Waking Up

par Sam Harris • 2014

Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.

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🧘 Secular Spirituality 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔍 Consciousness Studies 👤 Illusion Of Self 🪷 Meditation Practice

Waking Up

Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.

par Sam Harris 2014 258 pages

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🧘 Secular Spirituality 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔍 Consciousness Studies 👤 Illusion Of Self 🪷 Meditation Practice

Le design des objets du quotidien

par Donald A. Norman • 1988

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

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🖥️ User Experience 📐 Product Design 🧠 Design Psychology 🔧 Usability 💡 Design Thinking

Le design des objets du quotidien

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

par Donald A. Norman 1988 257 pages

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🖥️ User Experience 📐 Product Design 🧠 Design Psychology 🔧 Usability 💡 Design Thinking

L'hypothèse du bonheur

par Jonathan Haidt • 2006

Your reason is not the driver; ancient wisdom and modern psychology agree on what is.

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😊 Positive Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🏛️ Ancient Wisdom 🧠 Dual-Process Theory 💭 Cognitive Therapy

L'hypothèse du bonheur

Your reason is not the driver; ancient wisdom and modern psychology agree on what is.

par Jonathan Haidt 2006 297 pages

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😊 Positive Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🏛️ Ancient Wisdom 🧠 Dual-Process Theory 💭 Cognitive Therapy

Cribsheet

par Emily Oster • 2019

An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.

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📊 Data-Driven Parenting 👶 New Parents 🧒 Early Childhood 😴 Sleep Training 🤱 Breastfeeding

Cribsheet

An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.

par Emily Oster 2019 352 pages

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📊 Data-Driven Parenting 👶 New Parents 🧒 Early Childhood 😴 Sleep Training 🤱 Breastfeeding

L'Art de bien penser

par Rolf Dobelli • 2011

Dating is a market with supply, demand, and currency. Learn the rules before you make a bad trade.

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🧮 Sexual Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📈 Hypergamy 🎯 Dating Strategy 🕵️ Manosphere

L'Art de bien penser

Dating is a market with supply, demand, and currency. Learn the rules before you make a bad trade.

par Rolf Dobelli 2011 384 pages

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🧮 Sexual Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📈 Hypergamy 🎯 Dating Strategy 🕵️ Manosphere

Rompre avec soi-même

par Joe Dispenza • 2012

A four-week meditation protocol to rewire your brain and dismantle the self that's holding you back.

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🧠 Subconscious Rewiring 🎯 Identity Change 🧘 Meditation Practice 🌟 Creative Visualization 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

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Rompre avec soi-même

A four-week meditation protocol to rewire your brain and dismantle the self that's holding you back.

par Joe Dispenza 2012 329 pages

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🧠 Subconscious Rewiring 🎯 Identity Change 🧘 Meditation Practice 🌟 Creative Visualization 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

Ça n'a pas commencé avec toi

par Mark Wolynn • 2016

Your worst fears may not be yours. They could belong to your grandmother.

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🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔗 Family Systems 🧫 Epigenetics 👶 Childhood Trauma 🤱 Attachment Theory

Ça n'a pas commencé avec toi

Your worst fears may not be yours. They could belong to your grandmother.

par Mark Wolynn 2016 256 pages

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🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔗 Family Systems 🧫 Epigenetics 👶 Childhood Trauma 🤱 Attachment Theory

Quand le corps dit non

par Gabor Maté • 2003

Learn to say no before your body does: the emotional roots of chronic illness.

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🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🏥 Chronic Illness 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🗣️ Emotional Expression 👶 Childhood Trauma

Quand le corps dit non

Learn to say no before your body does: the emotional roots of chronic illness.

par Gabor Maté 2003 320 pages

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🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🏥 Chronic Illness 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🗣️ Emotional Expression 👶 Childhood Trauma

Le langage du corps

par Joe Navarro • 2008

Start at the feet, not the face: an FBI agent's method for reading what people feel.

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🧍 Body Language 👀 Behavioral Observation 🕵️ Reading People 🔍 Deception Detection 🛡️ FBI Behavioral Analysis

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Le langage du corps

Start at the feet, not the face: an FBI agent's method for reading what people feel.

par Joe Navarro 2008 272 pages

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35 000+ évaluations

🧍 Body Language 👀 Behavioral Observation 🕵️ Reading People 🔍 Deception Detection 🛡️ FBI Behavioral Analysis

Les filles d'Atomic City

par Denise Kiernan • 2013

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

3.73

32 000+

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age 🎙️ Oral History 🏅 Unsung Heroes

Les filles d'Atomic City

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

par Denise Kiernan 2013 373 pages

3.73

32 000+ évaluations

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age 🎙️ Oral History 🏅 Unsung Heroes

La vie 3.0

par Max Tegmark • 2017

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

3.99

27 000+

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

La vie 3.0

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

par Max Tegmark 2017 364 pages

3.99

27 000+ évaluations

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

Pourquoi le bouddhisme est vrai

par Robert Wright • 2017

Evolution tuned your feelings to mislead you. A science-backed case for the Buddhist fix.

4.02

27 000+

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 👤 Illusion Of Self 🎭 Cognitive Biases

Pourquoi le bouddhisme est vrai

Evolution tuned your feelings to mislead you. A science-backed case for the Buddhist fix.

par Robert Wright 2017 336 pages

4.02

27 000+ évaluations

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 👤 Illusion Of Self 🎭 Cognitive Biases

The Lucifer Effect

par Philip G. Zimbardo • 2007

Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.

3.90

27 000+

🧠 Social Psychology ⚖️ Power And Corruption 😶 Dehumanization 👥 Conformity 🏛️ State Violence

Immersif

The Lucifer Effect

Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.

par Philip G. Zimbardo 2007 551 pages

3.90

27 000+ évaluations

🧠 Social Psychology ⚖️ Power And Corruption 😶 Dehumanization 👥 Conformity 🏛️ State Violence

Coder proprement

par Robert C. Martin • 2007

Reading code dominates a developer's day; these rules keep your colleagues from cursing your name.

4.35

23 000+

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 📖 Code Readability 🔄 Refactoring ✅ Test-Driven Development ✨ Code Quality

Coder proprement

Reading code dominates a developer's day; these rules keep your colleagues from cursing your name.

par Robert C. Martin 2007 464 pages

4.35

23 000+ évaluations

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 📖 Code Readability 🔄 Refactoring ✅ Test-Driven Development ✨ Code Quality

Mets-toi ça dans la tête ! Les stratégies d'apprentissage à la lumière des sciences cognitives

par Peter C. Brown • 2014

Rereading feels good but does little. The counterintuitive habits that build knowledge that lasts.

4.15

22 000+

🔬 Learning Science 🧠 Retrieval Practice ⏳ Spaced Repetition 💭 Metacognition ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

Mets-toi ça dans la tête ! Les stratégies d'apprentissage à la lumière des sciences cognitives

Rereading feels good but does little. The counterintuitive habits that build knowledge that lasts.

par Peter C. Brown 2014 313 pages

4.15

22 000+ évaluations

🔬 Learning Science 🧠 Retrieval Practice ⏳ Spaced Repetition 💭 Metacognition ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

Loin de l'arbre

par Andrew Solomon • 2012

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

4.27

22 000+

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability 🖋️ Narrative Journalism 👪 Special Needs Parenting

Loin de l'arbre

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

par Andrew Solomon 2012 976 pages

4.27

22 000+ évaluations

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability 🖋️ Narrative Journalism 👪 Special Needs Parenting

Superintelligence

par Nick Bostrom • 2014

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

3.85

21 000+

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Immersif

Superintelligence

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

par Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages

3.85

21 000+ évaluations

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Fast Like a Girl

par Mindy Pelz • 2022

Standard fasting wrecks women's hormones. Here's the cycle-synced protocol that heals instead.

4.21

20 000+

🕰️ Intermittent Fasting 👩 Women's Health 🔁 Cycle Syncing 🔥 Metabolic Flexibility 🧹 Autophagy

Fast Like a Girl

Standard fasting wrecks women's hormones. Here's the cycle-synced protocol that heals instead.

par Mindy Pelz 2022 329 pages

4.21

20 000+ évaluations

🕰️ Intermittent Fasting 👩 Women's Health 🔁 Cycle Syncing 🔥 Metabolic Flexibility 🧹 Autophagy

Dans la peau d'un chien

par Alexandra Horowitz • 2009

Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.

3.63

18 000+

🧠 Canine Cognition 👃 Animal Senses 🐕 Dog Behavior 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🔬 Ethology

Dans la peau d'un chien

Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.

par Alexandra Horowitz 2009 353 pages

3.63

18 000+ évaluations

🧠 Canine Cognition 👃 Animal Senses 🐕 Dog Behavior 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🔬 Ethology

Free ! Comment marche l'économie du gratuit

par Chris Anderson • 2009

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

3.88

17 000+

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Free ! Comment marche l'économie du gratuit

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

par Chris Anderson 2009 288 pages

3.88

17 000+ évaluations

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Pourquoi les zèbres n'ont pas d'ulcère

par Robert M. Sapolsky • 1993

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

4.17

17 000+

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

Pourquoi les zèbres n'ont pas d'ulcère

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

par Robert M. Sapolsky 1993 560 pages

4.17

17 000+ évaluations

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

La Reine Rouge

par Matt Ridley • 1993

Sex exists to outrun parasites. From peacock tails to human jealousy, everything follows.

4.05

17 000+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Evolution 💑 Mate Choice

La Reine Rouge

Sex exists to outrun parasites. From peacock tails to human jealousy, everything follows.

par Matt Ridley 1993 405 pages

4.05

17 000+ évaluations

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Evolution 💑 Mate Choice

Thinking in Pictures

par Temple Grandin • 1995

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

4.10

17 000+

👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Thinking in Pictures

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

par Temple Grandin 1995 308 pages

4.10

17 000+ évaluations

👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Co-Intelligence

par Ethan Mollick • 2024

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

3.93

16 000+

🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

Immersif

Co-Intelligence

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

par Ethan Mollick 2024 256 pages

3.93

16 000+ évaluations

🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

I.A. La Plus Grande Mutation de l'histoire

par Kai-Fu Lee • 2018

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

4.09

16 000+

🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

I.A. La Plus Grande Mutation de l'histoire

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

par Kai-Fu Lee 2018 275 pages

4.09

16 000+ évaluations

🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

Le déni de la mort

par Ernest Becker • 1973

Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.

4.05

16 000+

🧠 Existential Psychology 💀 Death Anxiety 📚 Existentialism 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🪦 Mortality And Meaning

Le déni de la mort

Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.

par Ernest Becker 1973 336 pages

4.05

16 000+ évaluations

🧠 Existential Psychology 💀 Death Anxiety 📚 Existentialism 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🪦 Mortality And Meaning

Starry Messenger

par Neil deGrasse Tyson • 2022

From orbit, borders vanish, along with our excuses about race, risk, and how we govern.

4.11

15 000+

Starry Messenger

From orbit, borders vanish, along with our excuses about race, risk, and how we govern.

par Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 279 pages

4.11

15 000+ évaluations

Les bonnes idées : d'où viennent-elles ?

par Steven Johnson • 2010

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

3.99

15 000+

🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

Les bonnes idées : d'où viennent-elles ?

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

par Steven Johnson 2010 340 pages

3.99

15 000+ évaluations

🧩 Innovation Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🍀 Serendipity 🌼 Cross-Pollination 👐 Open Source

La vague à venir

par Mustafa Suleyman • 2023

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

3.80

15 000+

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

La vague à venir

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

par Mustafa Suleyman 2023 332 pages

3.80

15 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

Le Mythe du mois-homme

par Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • 1975

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

4.01

15 000+

🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

Le Mythe du mois-homme

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

par Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975 322 pages

4.01

15 000+ évaluations

🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

Les secrets du cerveau féminin

par Louann Brizendine • 2006

What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.

3.85

14 000+

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧬 Hormones And Behavior 🤝 Attachment Science 🫂 Empathy And The Brain 💔 Love And Addiction

Immersif

Les secrets du cerveau féminin

What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.

par Louann Brizendine 2006 280 pages

3.85

14 000+ évaluations

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧬 Hormones And Behavior 🤝 Attachment Science 🫂 Empathy And The Brain 💔 Love And Addiction

Intelligence sociale

par Daniel Goleman • 2006

The brain has a social operating system. Relationships shape it; isolation breaks it.

3.99

14 000+

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🔬 Relationship Science 🦠 Emotional Contagion 👶 Attachment Theory 💞 Empathy

Intelligence sociale

The brain has a social operating system. Relationships shape it; isolation breaks it.

par Daniel Goleman 2006 403 pages

3.99

14 000+ évaluations

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🔬 Relationship Science 🦠 Emotional Contagion 👶 Attachment Theory 💞 Empathy

L'ordre du monde

par Henry Kissinger • 2014

Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.

4.04

14 000+

🌍 International Order ⚖️ Balance Of Power 📜 Diplomatic History 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🗺️ Geopolitics

L'ordre du monde

Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.

par Henry Kissinger 2014 420 pages

4.04

14 000+ évaluations

🌍 International Order ⚖️ Balance Of Power 📜 Diplomatic History 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🗺️ Geopolitics

L'optimiste rationnel

par Matt Ridley • 2010

Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.

3.97

13 000+

🤝 Free Trade 📜 Economic History 🌟 Human Progress 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔍 Debunking Pessimism

L'optimiste rationnel

Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.

par Matt Ridley 2010 448 pages

3.97

13 000+ évaluations

🤝 Free Trade 📜 Economic History 🌟 Human Progress 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔍 Debunking Pessimism

Irresistible

par Adam Alter • 2017

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

3.85

12 000+

🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

Irresistible

The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.

par Adam Alter 2017 368 pages

3.85

12 000+ évaluations

🔄 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Tech Addiction 👀 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Design 🎮 Gamification

Le Deuxième Âge de la machine

par Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

3.91

12 000+

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Immersif

Le Deuxième Âge de la machine

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

par Erik Brynjolfsson 2014 320 pages

3.91

12 000+ évaluations

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

L'animal moral

par Robert Wright • 1994

Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.

4.08

12 000+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💑 Mating Strategies

L'animal moral

Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.

par Robert Wright 1994 467 pages

4.08

12 000+ évaluations

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💑 Mating Strategies

Pourquoi les gens croient des choses étranges

par Michael Shermer • 1997

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

3.86

9 000+

🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💡 Critical Thinking 📚 Science Literacy

Pourquoi les gens croient des choses étranges

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

par Michael Shermer 1997 384 pages

3.86

9 000+ évaluations

🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💡 Critical Thinking 📚 Science Literacy

Le test du marshmallow

par Walter Mischel • 2014

Willpower isn't character; it's a cognitive skill. A four-year-old with a marshmallow proved it.

3.72

9 000+

🍬 Delay Of Gratification 🧠 Self-Regulation ⚡ Impulse Control 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Le test du marshmallow

Willpower isn't character; it's a cognitive skill. A four-year-old with a marshmallow proved it.

par Walter Mischel 2014 336 pages

3.72

9 000+ évaluations

🍬 Delay Of Gratification 🧠 Self-Regulation ⚡ Impulse Control 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

La connexion cerveau-intestin

par Emeran Mayer • 2015

Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.

3.76

9 000+

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🦠 Microbiome Science 🥗 Gut Health 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

La connexion cerveau-intestin

Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.

par Emeran Mayer 2015 256 pages

3.76

9 000+ évaluations

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🦠 Microbiome Science 🥗 Gut Health 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

La Bible du vagin

par Jennifer Gunter • 2019

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

4.34

9 000+

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

La Bible du vagin

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

par Jennifer Gunter 2019 416 pages

4.34

9 000+ évaluations

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

La pilule magique

par Johann Hari • 2024

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

4.26

9 000+

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

La pilule magique

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

par Johann Hari 2024 320 pages

4.26

9 000+ évaluations

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Letters from an Astrophysicist

par Neil deGrasse Tyson • 2019

The universe doesn't care about your opinions. An astrophysicist's letters on why that's liberating.

4.06

8 000+

🎙️ Science Communication 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 🔍 Scientific Skepticism ⛪ Religion And Science ⭐ Astrophysics

Letters from an Astrophysicist

The universe doesn't care about your opinions. An astrophysicist's letters on why that's liberating.

par Neil deGrasse Tyson 2019 272 pages

4.06

8 000+ évaluations

🎙️ Science Communication 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 🔍 Scientific Skepticism ⛪ Religion And Science ⭐ Astrophysics

La conscience expliquée

par Daniel C. Dennett • 1991

Consciousness has no central theater. Your brain runs parallel drafts, and the self is a fiction.

3.90

8 000+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧱 Eliminative Materialism 💻 Computational Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🗣️ Cultural Evolution

La conscience expliquée

Consciousness has no central theater. Your brain runs parallel drafts, and the self is a fiction.

par Daniel C. Dennett 1991 530 pages

3.90

8 000+ évaluations

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧱 Eliminative Materialism 💻 Computational Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🗣️ Cultural Evolution

Storytelling avec vous données

par Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • 2015

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

4.38

8 000+

🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling 👁️ Visual Perception 🎤 Presentation Skills

Storytelling avec vous données

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

par Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 2015 288 pages

4.38

8 000+ évaluations

🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling 👁️ Visual Perception 🎤 Presentation Skills

The Master Switch

par Tim Wu • 2010

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

3.89

8 000+

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

The Master Switch

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

par Tim Wu 2010 368 pages

3.89

8 000+ évaluations

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

The Real Happy Pill

par Anders Hansen • 2016

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

3.97

7 000+

🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧓 Dementia Prevention ⚡ Stress Biology

The Real Happy Pill

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

par Anders Hansen 2016 233 pages

3.97

7 000+ évaluations

🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧓 Dementia Prevention ⚡ Stress Biology

La Vie secrète de la nature

par Peter Wohlleben • 2017

Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.

4.05

7 000+

La Vie secrète de la nature

Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.

par Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages

4.05

7 000+ évaluations

L'Art de la supercherie

par Kevin D. Mitnick • 2001

How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.

3.76

7 000+

🎭 Social Engineering 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🛡️ Security Awareness 🗑️ Dumpster Diving 👤 Insider Threat

L'Art de la supercherie

How a hacker gets past any firewall by targeting people, and how to stop it.

par Kevin D. Mitnick 2001 368 pages

3.76

7 000+ évaluations

🎭 Social Engineering 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🛡️ Security Awareness 🗑️ Dumpster Diving 👤 Insider Threat

The Spirit Level

par Richard G. Wilkinson • 2009

Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.

4.13

7 000+

💸 Income Inequality 🏥 Public Health 🤝 Social Trust 😰 Status Anxiety 📊 Progressive Economics

The Spirit Level

Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.

par Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 402 pages

4.13

7 000+ évaluations

💸 Income Inequality 🏥 Public Health 🤝 Social Trust 😰 Status Anxiety 📊 Progressive Economics

Vivre

par Mihály Csíkszentmihályi • 1995

Happiness is the wrong target. Between boredom and anxiety is where you come alive.

3.90

7 000+

🔬 Positive Psychology 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 🧠 Attention Management 🌱 Human Potential ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Vivre

Happiness is the wrong target. Between boredom and anxiety is where you come alive.

par Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1995 181 pages

3.90

7 000+ évaluations

🔬 Positive Psychology 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 🧠 Attention Management 🌱 Human Potential ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Architecture logicielle propre

par Robert C. Martin • 2017

Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.

4.21

7 000+

🏛️ Software Architecture 🔗 Dependency Management 🧱 Component Architecture ✅ Testable Design 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Architecture logicielle propre

Why your database should never be the center: building business logic that outlives its frameworks.

par Robert C. Martin 2017 432 pages

4.21

7 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Software Architecture 🔗 Dependency Management 🧱 Component Architecture ✅ Testable Design 🔨 Software Craftsmanship

Digital Gold

par Nathaniel Popper • 2015

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

4.14

6 000+

💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

Digital Gold

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

par Nathaniel Popper 2015 435 pages

4.14

6 000+ évaluations

💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

Wizard

par Marc J. Seifer • 1996

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

3.73

6 000+

📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

Wizard

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

par Marc J. Seifer 1996 678 pages

3.73

6 000+ évaluations

📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

Seuls ensemble

par Sherry Turkle • 2011

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

3.62

6 000+

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Seuls ensemble

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

par Sherry Turkle 2011 384 pages

3.62

6 000+ évaluations

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Jusqu'à la fin du temps

par Brian Greene • 2020

The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.

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🌌 Big History 🌡️ Thermodynamics 🧬 Origins Of Life 🧠 Consciousness 🔗 Free Will

Jusqu'à la fin du temps

The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.

par Brian Greene 2020 428 pages

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🌌 Big History 🌡️ Thermodynamics 🧬 Origins Of Life 🧠 Consciousness 🔗 Free Will

The Revenge of Geography

par Robert D. Kaplan • 2012

Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.

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🌍 Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographical Determinism 📜 Classical Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🏛️ Great Powers

The Revenge of Geography

Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.

par Robert D. Kaplan 2012 448 pages

3.79

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🌍 Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographical Determinism 📜 Classical Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🏛️ Great Powers

Comment les guerres civiles commencent

par Barbara F. Walter • 2022

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

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🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

Comment les guerres civiles commencent

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

par Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages

4.24

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🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

The Science of Fear

par Daniel Gardner • 2008

Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.

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🎯 Risk Perception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 😱 Psychology Of Fear 💰 Behavioral Economics 👥 Social Influence

The Science of Fear

Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.

par Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages

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🎯 Risk Perception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 😱 Psychology Of Fear 💰 Behavioral Economics 👥 Social Influence

L'ère de l'intelligence artificielle et notre avenir humain

par Henry Kissinger • 2021

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

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🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

L'ère de l'intelligence artificielle et notre avenir humain

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

par Henry Kissinger 2021 205 pages

3.43

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🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

Les dix plus grandes inventions de l'évolution

par Nick Lane • 2009

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life ⏳ Deep Time 🌿 Natural History

Les dix plus grandes inventions de l'évolution

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

par Nick Lane 2009 352 pages

4.13

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life ⏳ Deep Time 🌿 Natural History

Monolith to Microservices

par Sam Newman • 2014

Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.

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🧩 Microservices 🌐 Distributed Systems 🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Domain-Driven Design 🌱 Evolutionary Architecture

Monolith to Microservices

Break the monolith: how to carve out autonomous services that deploy fast and evolve independently.

par Sam Newman 2014 473 pages

4.22

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🧩 Microservices 🌐 Distributed Systems 🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Domain-Driven Design 🌱 Evolutionary Architecture

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