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🎓 MBA Critique

A provocative look at whether the MBA model truly delivers on its promises, questioning the value, culture, and real-world impact of business school education.
What They Really Teach You at Harvard Business School
by Francis J. Kelly • 1986
Seven hundred cases, two years, and a room of rivals: what business school really teaches.
3.19
27
🎓 Mba Programs📋 Case Method🏛️ Elite Institutions
What They Really Teach You at Harvard Business School Summary
What They Really Teach You at Harvard Business School 90%
Seven hundred cases, two years, and a room of rivals: what business school really teaches.
by Francis J. Kelly 1986
3.19
27 ratings
🎓 Mba Programs📋 Case Method🏛️ Elite Institutions
What They Teach You at Harvard Business School
by Philip Delves Broughton • 2005
An outsider at Harvard Business School mastered the skills and rejected the life.
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5k+
🎓 Business School🧭 Career Choices⚖️ Work Life Balance
What They Teach You at Harvard Business School Summary
What They Teach You at Harvard Business School 89%
An outsider at Harvard Business School mastered the skills and rejected the life.
by Philip Delves Broughton 2005
3.76
5k+ ratings
🎓 Business School🧭 Career Choices⚖️ Work Life Balance
How to Get into the Top MBA Programs
by Richard Montauk • 2012
Top MBA programs reject thousands of qualified applicants. A plan to become the one they admit.
4.00
131
🎓 Mba Admissions📝 Application Essays💼 Personal Branding
How to Get into the Top MBA Programs Summary
How to Get into the Top MBA Programs 89%
Top MBA programs reject thousands of qualified applicants. A plan to become the one they admit.
by Richard Montauk 2012
4.00
131 ratings
🎓 Mba Admissions📝 Application Essays💼 Personal Branding
The Golden Passport
by Duff McDonald • 2017
The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.
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346
📚 Business Schools🎓 Elite Education🏛️ Institutional Failure
The Golden Passport Summary
The Golden Passport 89%
The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.
by Duff McDonald 2017
3.41
346 ratings
📚 Business Schools🎓 Elite Education🏛️ Institutional Failure
House of Lies
by Martin Kihn • 1994
Joined a top consulting firm for job security. Discovered a rainmaker who faked his expertise.
3.40
857
🏢 Management Consulting🕵️ Insider ExposéS😂 Workplace Satire
House of Lies Summary
House of Lies 89%
Joined a top consulting firm for job security. Discovered a rainmaker who faked his expertise.
by Martin Kihn 1994
3.40
857 ratings
🏢 Management Consulting🕵️ Insider ExposéS😂 Workplace Satire
The College Scam
by Charlie Kirk • 2022
Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.
4.18
605
🏛️ College Skepticism💰 Student Debt Crisis🎤 Campus Free Speech
The College Scam Summary
The College Scam 88%
Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.
by Charlie Kirk 2022
4.18
605 ratings
🏛️ College Skepticism💰 Student Debt Crisis🎤 Campus Free Speech
Monkey Business
by John Rolfe • 2000
Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.
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6k+
🪙 Investment Banking☣️ Toxic Workplaces🤡 Career Disillusionment
Monkey Business Summary
Monkey Business 88%
Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.
by John Rolfe 2000
3.97
6k+ ratings
🪙 Investment Banking☣️ Toxic Workplaces🤡 Career Disillusionment
MBA In A Day
by Steven Stralser • 2004
Strategy, finance, marketing, leadership: the MBA syllabus, minus the tuition and the two-year wait.
3.56
266
📚 Mba Crash Course🧩 Strategic Frameworks💰 Financial Literacy
MBA In A Day Summary
MBA In A Day 88%
Strategy, finance, marketing, leadership: the MBA syllabus, minus the tuition and the two-year wait.
by Steven Stralser 2004
3.56
266 ratings
📚 Mba Crash Course🧩 Strategic Frameworks💰 Financial Literacy
Don't Pay for Your MBA
by Laurie Pickard • 2017
An MBA-level business education from free online courses, with the network and brand to match.
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104
🎓 Alternative Mba💻 Online Education📊 Business Fundamentals
Don't Pay for Your MBA Summary
Don't Pay for Your MBA 88%
An MBA-level business education from free online courses, with the network and brand to match.
by Laurie Pickard 2017
3.95
104 ratings
🎓 Alternative Mba💻 Online Education📊 Business Fundamentals
Competitive Strategy
by Michael E. Porter • 1980
Strategy is not about beating rivals; it is about reading the economic terrain before you move.
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17k+
📊 Strategic Management🔍 Industry Analysis🏆 Competitive Advantage
Competitive Strategy Summary
Competitive Strategy 88%
Strategy is not about beating rivals; it is about reading the economic terrain before you move.
by Michael E. Porter 1980
4.17
17k+ ratings
📊 Strategic Management🔍 Industry Analysis🏆 Competitive Advantage
Social Media Is Bullshit
by B.J. Mendelson • 2012
Viral success is mostly fake. The boring alternative costs less and actually works.
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350
📱 Social Media Criticism🕵️ Marketing Skepticism🎈 Debunking Hype
Social Media Is Bullshit Summary
Social Media Is Bullshit 87%
Viral success is mostly fake. The boring alternative costs less and actually works.
by B.J. Mendelson 2012
3.40
350 ratings
📱 Social Media Criticism🕵️ Marketing Skepticism🎈 Debunking Hype
The Stupidity Paradox
by Mats Alvesson • 2016
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
3.61
530
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture
The Stupidity Paradox Summary
The Stupidity Paradox 87%
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
by Mats Alvesson 2016
3.61
530 ratings
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture
Leadership BS
by Jeffrey Pfeffer • 2015
The leadership industry sold you modesty, authenticity, and trust. It was lying.
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1k+
🚫 Leadership Critique📊 Organizational Behavior💼 Workplace Realism
Leadership BS Summary
Leadership BS 87%
The leadership industry sold you modesty, authenticity, and trust. It was lying.
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2015
3.86
1k+ ratings
🚫 Leadership Critique📊 Organizational Behavior💼 Workplace Realism
The BCG Growth-Share Matrix
by 50Minutes • 2015
One chart, four fates: the rule for deciding which business units to grow, keep, or sell.
4.00
14
🏢 Corporate Strategy📊 Business Portfolio💰 Resource Allocation
The BCG Growth-Share Matrix Summary
The BCG Growth-Share Matrix 87%
One chart, four fates: the rule for deciding which business units to grow, keep, or sell.
by 50Minutes 2015
4.00
14 ratings
🏢 Corporate Strategy📊 Business Portfolio💰 Resource Allocation
The Closing of the American Mind
by Allan Bloom • 1988
A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.
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6k+
🏛️ Higher Education Critique🌐 American Culture Wars🤷 Moral Relativism
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind 87%
A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.
by Allan Bloom 1988
3.76
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Higher Education Critique🌐 American Culture Wars🤷 Moral Relativism
The Tyranny of Metrics
by Jerry Z. Muller • 2017
The pursuit of measurable accountability is corrupting exactly the institutions it claims to fix.
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2k+
📉 Performance Metrics🔄 Perverse Incentives🎮 Gaming Metrics
The Tyranny of Metrics Summary
The Tyranny of Metrics 87%
The pursuit of measurable accountability is corrupting exactly the institutions it claims to fix.
by Jerry Z. Muller 2017
3.69
2k+ ratings
📉 Performance Metrics🔄 Perverse Incentives🎮 Gaming Metrics
Competitive Advantage
by Michael E. Porter • 1985
Your industry does not determine your profits. The way you arrange your activities does.
4.18
5k+
📊 Strategic Management🔍 Industry Analysis🗺️ Competitive Positioning
Competitive Advantage Summary
Competitive Advantage 87%
Your industry does not determine your profits. The way you arrange your activities does.
by Michael E. Porter 1985
4.18
5k+ ratings
📊 Strategic Management🔍 Industry Analysis🗺️ Competitive Positioning
How Finance Works
by Mihir Desai • 2019
See any company like a CFO: cash flow, ratios, and the cost of capital explained.
4.51
774
📊 Corporate Finance📋 Financial Statement Analysis💸 Cash Flow Analysis
How Finance Works Summary
How Finance Works 87%
See any company like a CFO: cash flow, ratios, and the cost of capital explained.
by Mihir Desai 2019
4.51
774 ratings
📊 Corporate Finance📋 Financial Statement Analysis💸 Cash Flow Analysis
Spoilt Rotten
by dalrymple-theodore • 2010
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
3.96
1k+
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten 87%
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
by dalrymple-theodore 2010
3.96
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
Narrative and Numbers
by Aswath Damodaran • 2017
Valuation is a contest between stories. Three questions that tell you who will win.
4.07
933
🧮 Corporate Valuation📖 Business Storytelling📊 Equity Research
Narrative and Numbers Summary
Narrative and Numbers 87%
Valuation is a contest between stories. Three questions that tell you who will win.
by Aswath Damodaran 2017
4.07
933 ratings
🧮 Corporate Valuation📖 Business Storytelling📊 Equity Research
The Big Con
by Mariana Mazzucato • 2023
Consultancies charge steep fees while offloading risk; governments are their biggest marks.
3.61
2k+
💼 Management Consulting🏛️ Outsourcing Governance⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest
The Big Con Summary
The Big Con 87%
Consultancies charge steep fees while offloading risk; governments are their biggest marks.
by Mariana Mazzucato 2023
3.61
2k+ ratings
💼 Management Consulting🏛️ Outsourcing Governance⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest
Excellent Sheep
by William Deresiewicz • 2014
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
3.88
7k+
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege
Excellent Sheep Summary
Excellent Sheep 87%
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
by William Deresiewicz 2014
3.88
7k+ ratings
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege
Lights Out
by Thomas Gryta • 2020
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
3.92
5k+
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out 87%
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
by Thomas Gryta 2020
3.92
5k+ ratings
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline
Worthless
by Aaron Clarey • 2011
The labor market's college report card: which majors earn and which are a $40,000 mistake.
3.99
339
🧭 Career Guidance🎓 Higher Education🤔 College Skepticism
Worthless Summary
Worthless 87%
The labor market's college report card: which majors earn and which are a $40,000 mistake.
by Aaron Clarey 2011
3.99
339 ratings
🧭 Career Guidance🎓 Higher Education🤔 College Skepticism
Principles of Corporate Finance
by Richard A. Brealey • 1980
Growth consumes cash. The ratios, models, and budgets that tell you how much and when.
3.94
924
🧮 Corporate Finance📊 Financial Ratios📈 Financial Modeling
Principles of Corporate Finance Summary
Principles of Corporate Finance 87%
Growth consumes cash. The ratios, models, and budgets that tell you how much and when.
by Richard A. Brealey 1980
3.94
924 ratings
🧮 Corporate Finance📊 Financial Ratios📈 Financial Modeling
Josh Kaufman’s The Personal MBA
by Ant Hive Media • 2016
An MBA costs $300,000 and predicts nothing. The business fundamentals that actually matter.
3.86
35
🎓 Anti-MBA🧠 Consumer Psychology⚡ Energy Management
Josh Kaufman’s The Personal MBA Summary
Josh Kaufman’s The Personal MBA 87%
An MBA costs $300,000 and predicts nothing. The business fundamentals that actually matter.
by Ant Hive Media 2016
3.86
35 ratings
🎓 Anti-MBA🧠 Consumer Psychology⚡ Energy Management
The Firm
by Duff McDonald • 2013
The consulting firm that shaped American business from the inside, and what that secrecy bought.
3.75
3k+
🏢 Management Consulting📜 Corporate History🏛️ Organizational Culture
The Firm Summary
The Firm 87%
The consulting firm that shaped American business from the inside, and what that secrecy bought.
by Duff McDonald 2013
3.75
3k+ ratings
🏢 Management Consulting📜 Corporate History🏛️ Organizational Culture
The Audit Society
by Michael Power • 1997
A critique of auditing: how it undermines the very trust and performance it seeks to secure.
3.92
36
🔍 Audit Culture🏛️ New Public Management📏 Performance Measurement
The Audit Society Summary
The Audit Society 87%
A critique of auditing: how it undermines the very trust and performance it seeks to secure.
by Michael Power 1997
3.92
36 ratings
🔍 Audit Culture🏛️ New Public Management📏 Performance Measurement
Case Interview Secrets
by Victor Cheng • 2012
Get the job by starting with an answer, not a framework. Former McKinsey interviewer shows how.
4.11
3k+
📋 Case Interviews🧩 Structured Problem Solving🔬 Hypothesis Testing
Case Interview Secrets Summary
Case Interview Secrets 87%
Get the job by starting with an answer, not a framework. Former McKinsey interviewer shows how.
by Victor Cheng 2012
4.11
3k+ ratings
📋 Case Interviews🧩 Structured Problem Solving🔬 Hypothesis Testing
Makers and Takers
by Rana Foroohar • 2016
Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.
3.97
2k+
🏦 Financialization⏳ Short-Termism🏙️ Wall Street
Makers and Takers Summary
Makers and Takers 87%
Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.
by Rana Foroohar 2016
3.97
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financialization⏳ Short-Termism🏙️ Wall Street
10 Instant MBA lessons
by Infinite Ideas • 2011
Seven business-school lessons on strategy, pricing, and automation for pros who skipped the degree.
3.30
169
🧠 Business Strategy🎓 MBA Essentials💰 Value-Based Pricing
10 Instant MBA lessons Summary
10 Instant MBA lessons 87%
Seven business-school lessons on strategy, pricing, and automation for pros who skipped the degree.
by Infinite Ideas 2011
3.30
169 ratings
🧠 Business Strategy🎓 MBA Essentials💰 Value-Based Pricing
Sensemaking
by Christian Madsbjerg • 2017
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
3.67
680
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods
Sensemaking Summary
Sensemaking 87%
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
by Christian Madsbjerg 2017
3.67
680 ratings
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods
Bobos in Paradise
by David Brooks • 2000
Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.
3.62
5k+
🏛️ American Elites📊 Class Analysis🎭 Cultural Capital
Bobos in Paradise Summary
Bobos in Paradise 87%
Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.
by David Brooks 2000
3.62
5k+ ratings
🏛️ American Elites📊 Class Analysis🎭 Cultural Capital
How The Mighty Fall
by Jim Collins • 2009
Success plants the seeds of collapse: five stages from arrogance to bankruptcy.
3.99
10k+
🏚️ Corporate Decline📊 Business Case Studies😤 Hubris And Overreach
How The Mighty Fall Summary
How The Mighty Fall 87%
Success plants the seeds of collapse: five stages from arrogance to bankruptcy.
by Jim Collins 2009
3.99
10k+ ratings
🏚️ Corporate Decline📊 Business Case Studies😤 Hubris And Overreach
Twilight of the Elites
by Christopher L. Hayes • 2012
Why meritocracy always becomes a rigged game, a distant elite, and a trust crisis.
3.99
6k+
🏛️ Meritocracy Critique💰 Economic Inequality🏰 Elite Disconnect
Twilight of the Elites Summary
Twilight of the Elites 87%
Why meritocracy always becomes a rigged game, a distant elite, and a trust crisis.
by Christopher L. Hayes 2012
3.99
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Meritocracy Critique💰 Economic Inequality🏰 Elite Disconnect
Manufacturing Consent
by Edward S. Herman • 1988
Why a free press produces propaganda as reliably as a state ministry: the structural answer.
4.23
25k+
📰 Media Criticism📢 Propaganda Studies⚙️ Structural Bias
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent 87%
Why a free press produces propaganda as reliably as a state ministry: the structural answer.
by Edward S. Herman 1988
4.23
25k+ ratings
📰 Media Criticism📢 Propaganda Studies⚙️ Structural Bias
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
by Miya Tokumitsu • 2015
Loving your job is what your boss wants. It is also making you tired, compliant, and broke.
3.91
501
🏃 Critique Of Hustle Culture⚠️ Labor Precarity🎓 Student Debt
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness Summary
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness 87%
Loving your job is what your boss wants. It is also making you tired, compliant, and broke.
by Miya Tokumitsu 2015
3.91
501 ratings
🏃 Critique Of Hustle Culture⚠️ Labor Precarity🎓 Student Debt
The Wall Street MBA, Third Edition
by Reuben Advani • 2006
An MBA's worth of corporate finance: value companies, decode financials, know when the numbers lie.
3.81
257
🏢 Corporate Finance📊 Financial Statements💰 Finance Fundamentals
The Wall Street MBA, Third Edition Summary
The Wall Street MBA, Third Edition 87%
An MBA's worth of corporate finance: value companies, decode financials, know when the numbers lie.
by Reuben Advani 2006
3.81
257 ratings
🏢 Corporate Finance📊 Financial Statements💰 Finance Fundamentals
Socrate au pays des process
by Julia Funès (de) • 2017
Your job replaced thinking with process and meaning with metrics. Philosophers saw it coming.
3.50
22
🏢 Corporate Culture🏛️ Workplace Philosophy🧠 Applied Philosophy
Socrate au pays des process Summary
Socrate au pays des process 87%
Your job replaced thinking with process and meaning with metrics. Philosophers saw it coming.
by Julia Funès (de) 2017
3.50
22 ratings
🏢 Corporate Culture🏛️ Workplace Philosophy🧠 Applied Philosophy
Paper Belt on Fire
by Michael Gibson • 2022
Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.
3.88
160
🎓 Credentialism📉 Technological Stagnation💰 Venture Capital
Paper Belt on Fire Summary
Paper Belt on Fire 86%
Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.
by Michael Gibson 2022
3.88
160 ratings
🎓 Credentialism📉 Technological Stagnation💰 Venture Capital
The Death of Expertise
by Thomas M. Nichols • 2017
Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.
3.82
10k+
🛡️ Anti-Intellectualism🧠 Cognitive Biases🗞️ Media Criticism
The Death of Expertise Summary
The Death of Expertise 86%
Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.
by Thomas M. Nichols 2017
3.82
10k+ ratings
🛡️ Anti-Intellectualism🧠 Cognitive Biases🗞️ Media Criticism
The End of Reality
by Jonathan Taplin • 2023
Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?
3.92
540
🏢 Tech Oligarchy🐍 Libertarian Critique👁️ Surveillance Capitalism
The End of Reality Summary
The End of Reality 86%
Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?
by Jonathan Taplin 2023
3.92
540 ratings
🏢 Tech Oligarchy🐍 Libertarian Critique👁️ Surveillance Capitalism
The Visual Mba
by Jason Barron • 2019
An MBA in sketches: the frameworks of leadership, finance, and strategy, minus the classroom.
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3k+
🏫 Mba Foundations✍️ Visual Business Guides🧱 Business Frameworks
The Visual Mba Summary
The Visual Mba 86%
An MBA in sketches: the frameworks of leadership, finance, and strategy, minus the classroom.
by Jason Barron 2019
3.74
3k+ ratings
🏫 Mba Foundations✍️ Visual Business Guides🧱 Business Frameworks
Culture Jam
by Kalle Lasn • 1999
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
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2k+
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam 86%
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
by Kalle Lasn 1999
3.63
2k+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism
The Case Against Education
by Bryan Caplan • 2018
A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.
3.94
2k+
📚 Education Economics💼 Labor Economics📜 Credentialism
The Case Against Education Summary
The Case Against Education 86%
A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.
by Bryan Caplan 2018
3.94
2k+ ratings
📚 Education Economics💼 Labor Economics📜 Credentialism
7 Powers
by Hamilton Wright Helmer • 2016
Durable advantage comes in only seven forms. Most businesses possess none.
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3k+
🧱 Economic Moats🌐 Network Effects⚔️ Competitive Dynamics
7 Powers Summary
7 Powers 86%
Durable advantage comes in only seven forms. Most businesses possess none.
by Hamilton Wright Helmer 2016
4.26
3k+ ratings
🧱 Economic Moats🌐 Network Effects⚔️ Competitive Dynamics
Rebel Sell
by Joseph Heath • 2004
The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.
3.84
2k+
🛒 Consumer Culture🏆 Status Competition🔄 Counterculture Critique
Rebel Sell Summary
Rebel Sell 86%
The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.
by Joseph Heath 2004
3.84
2k+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Culture🏆 Status Competition🔄 Counterculture Critique
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace • 2005
Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.
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55k+
🎬 Adult Film Industry📺 Media Criticism🛒 Consumer Ethics
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Summary
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays 86%
Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.
by David Foster Wallace 2005
4.18
55k+ ratings
🎬 Adult Film Industry📺 Media Criticism🛒 Consumer Ethics
Failure to Disrupt
by Justin Reich • 2020
Every new classroom technology gets absorbed into old routines. The real barrier was never the tech.
4.23
252
💻 Educational Technology🔍 Edtech Critique🌐 Online Learning
Failure to Disrupt Summary
Failure to Disrupt 86%
Every new classroom technology gets absorbed into old routines. The real barrier was never the tech.
by Justin Reich 2020
4.23
252 ratings
💻 Educational Technology🔍 Edtech Critique🌐 Online Learning
Trick Mirror
by Jia Tolentino • 2019
The internet promised a self you could perfect. It delivered a performance you can never escape.
4.02
79k+
🏛️ Cultural Criticism✊ Feminist Critique🌐 Internet Culture
Trick Mirror Summary
Trick Mirror 86%
The internet promised a self you could perfect. It delivered a performance you can never escape.
by Jia Tolentino 2019
4.02
79k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism✊ Feminist Critique🌐 Internet Culture
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