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Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed
Ten Commands for a Digital Age
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010 152 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Programming
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun
Overcoming the Terror of Death
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008 306 pages
4.23
16k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Death
Darwin's Dangerous Idea Summary
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C. Dennett 1995 588 pages
4.07
17k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
Computer Power and Human Reason Summary
Computer Power and Human Reason
From Judgment to Calculation
by Joseph Weizenbaum 1976 300 pages
4.31
294 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
The Algebra of Happiness Summary
The Algebra of Happiness
Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning
by Scott Galloway 2019 256 pages
3.77
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
The Fifth Agreement Summary
The Fifth Agreement
A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery
by Miguel Ruiz 2009 248 pages
4.11
18k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 279 pages
4.11
15k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
How to Die Summary
How to Die
An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
by Seneca 2017 230 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Death
Realizing the Power of Now Summary
Realizing the Power of Now
An In-Depth Retreat with Eckhart Tolle
by Eckhart Tolle 2003 6 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Master of Change Summary
Master of Change
How to Excel When Everything Is Changing, Including You; Embracing Life’s Instability with Rugged Flexibility—a Practical Model for Resilience
by Brad Stulberg 2023 233 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Why We Die Summary
Why We Die
The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 318 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Thirteen Theories of Human Nature Summary
Thirteen Theories of Human Nature
by Leslie Forster Stevenson 2017 336 pages
3.69
129 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Read For School
How to Read Lacan Summary
How to Read Lacan
by Slavoj Žižek 2006 144 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Other Minds Summary
Other Minds
by Peter Godfrey-Smith 2016 257 pages
3.88
28k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Nature
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes 1976 491 pages
4.26
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Bible Code Summary
The Bible Code
by Michael Drosnin 1997 264 pages
2.88
2k+ ratings
Religion
Christian
History
Mahabharata Summary
Mahabharata
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 1951 483 pages
4.32
12k+ ratings
Classics
Mythology
Religion
The Happiness Hypothesis Summary
The Happiness Hypothesis
Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
by Jonathan Haidt 2006 297 pages
4.09
45k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Concept of Mind Summary
The Concept of Mind
by Gilbert Ryle 1949 348 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Eichmann in Jerusalem Summary
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
by Hannah Arendt 1963 312 pages
4.20
34k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires Summary
Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires
by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 1990 370 pages
4.58
500+ ratings
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
The Happiness Curve Summary
The Happiness Curve
Why Life Gets Better After 50
by Jonathan Rauch 2018 256 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Third Eye Summary
The Third Eye
by T. Lobsang Rampa 1958 224 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
The Wall Speaks Summary
The Wall Speaks
by Jerr 2021 298 pages
4.42
241 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Personal Development
How the World Works Summary
How the World Works
by Noam Chomsky 2011 416 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Courage to Be Summary
The Courage to Be
by Paul Tillich 1952 200 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theology
Religion
Ishmael Summary
Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn 1992 338 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Classics
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World Summary
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
A Handbook for Personal Liberty
by Harry Browne 1973 387 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Politics
Corpus Hermeticum Summary
Corpus Hermeticum
The Divine Pymander
by Hermes Trismegistus 70 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Occult
Religion
Life Worth Living Summary
Life Worth Living
A Guide to What Matters Most
by Miroslav Volf 2023 348 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Sermon on the Mount Summary
The Sermon on the Mount
The Key to Success in Life
by Emmet Fox 1935 192 pages
4.42
3k+ ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Christian
The Socrates Express Summary
The Socrates Express
In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
by Eric Weiner 2020 352 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Travel
Self Help
On Dialogue Summary
On Dialogue
by David Bohm 1996 144 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Stillness Speaks Summary
Stillness Speaks
by Eckhart Tolle 2003 184 pages
4.28
21k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Dialectic of Enlightenment Summary
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Philosophical Fragments
by Max Horkheimer 1947 282 pages
4.11
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
Bittersweet Summary
Bittersweet
How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
by Susan Cain 2022 310 pages
3.96
25k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Aging Well Summary
Aging Well
Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development
by George E. Vaillant MD 2002 384 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Self Help
The Art of Travel Summary
The Art of Travel
by Alain de Botton 2002 272 pages
3.82
26k+ ratings
Travel
Philosophy
Essays
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain
A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
by V.S. Ramachandran 2010 384 pages
4.15
10k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Experience of God Summary
The Experience of God
Being, Consciousness, Bliss
by David Bentley Hart 2013 365 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Theology
You Are the Universe Summary
You Are the Universe
Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
by Deepak Chopra 2017 288 pages
3.59
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Until the End of Time Summary
Until the End of Time
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
by Brian Greene 2020 428 pages
4.04
6k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Be Here Now Summary
Be Here Now
by Ram Dass 1971 100 pages
4.34
43k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Summary
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
by John Koenig 2018 272 pages
4.45
6k+ ratings
Poetry
Language
Philosophy
The Origins and History of Consciousness Summary
The Origins and History of Consciousness
by Erich Neumann 1949 493 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
History
Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion Summary
Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion
by Émile Coué 1920 52 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Tao of Physics Summary
The Tao of Physics
An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
by Fritjof Capra 1975 366 pages
3.97
19k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Tantra Summary
Tantra
The Path of Ecstasy
by Georg Feuerstein 1998 336 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Hinduism
The Tao of Leadership Summary
The Tao of Leadership
Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age
by John Heider 1985 176 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Philosophy
Moral Ambition Summary
Moral Ambition
Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
by Rutger Bregman 2024 304 pages
3.76
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
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