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📚 Scholar In Peril

An academic thrust from the safety of libraries into mortal danger, where arcane knowledge becomes the key to survival in a world far more treacherous than any footnote suggested.
Rational Choice and Security Studies
by Michael E. Brown • 2000
Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.
3.78
9
🔒 Security Studies🧮 Rational Choice⚔️ Methodology Wars
Rational Choice and Security Studies Summary
Rational Choice and Security Studies 87%
Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.
by Michael E. Brown 2000
3.78
9 ratings
🔒 Security Studies🧮 Rational Choice⚔️ Methodology Wars
The War on Science
by Lawrence M. Krauss • 2025
Lysenko's ghost walks the university: 39 scholars on how ideology is eating science from the inside.
3.22
121
🎓 Higher Education🔗 Ideological Capture🔬 Science Policy
The War on Science Summary
The War on Science 87%
Lysenko's ghost walks the university: 39 scholars on how ideology is eating science from the inside.
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2025
3.22
121 ratings
🎓 Higher Education🔗 Ideological Capture🔬 Science Policy
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.
3.76
6k+
🏛️ Higher Education Critique🌐 American Culture Wars🤷 Moral Relativism
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind 86%
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 Precipice
by Toby Ord • 2020
The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.
3.94
5k+
🧨 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🤖 Ai Safety
The Precipice Summary
The Precipice 86%
The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.
by Toby Ord 2020
3.94
5k+ ratings
🧨 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🤖 Ai Safety
Our Final Invention
by James Barrat • 2013
An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.
3.72
4k+
🤖 Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🧠 Superintelligence
Our Final Invention Summary
Our Final Invention 86%
An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.
by James Barrat 2013
3.72
4k+ ratings
🤖 Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🧠 Superintelligence
Indiana Jones and Philosophy
by Dean Kowalski • 2023
Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.
3.71
21
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🎥 Film Philosophy🏛️ Cultural Heritage
Indiana Jones and Philosophy Summary
Indiana Jones and Philosophy 86%
Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.
by Dean Kowalski 2023
3.71
21 ratings
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🎥 Film Philosophy🏛️ Cultural Heritage
The Abolition of Man
by C.S. Lewis • 1943
The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.
4.12
42k+
🏛️ Natural Law Ethics🔬 Scientism Critique🎭 Subjectivism Critique
The Abolition of Man Summary
The Abolition of Man 86%
The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.
by C.S. Lewis 1943
4.12
42k+ ratings
🏛️ Natural Law Ethics🔬 Scientism Critique🎭 Subjectivism Critique
Doctor Strange and Philosophy
by Mark D. White • 2018
How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.
4.27
44
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🦸 Comic Book Studies🎭 Virtue Ethics
Doctor Strange and Philosophy Summary
Doctor Strange and Philosophy 86%
How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.
by Mark D. White 2018
4.27
44 ratings
🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy🦸 Comic Book Studies🎭 Virtue Ethics
Mastering Your PhD
by Patricia A. Gosling • 2006
The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.
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🎓 Doctoral Studies🔬 Lab Dynamics✍️ Thesis Writing
Mastering Your PhD Summary
Mastering Your PhD 86%
The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.
by Patricia A. Gosling 2006
3.62
101 ratings
🎓 Doctoral Studies🔬 Lab Dynamics✍️ Thesis Writing
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2025
Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.
3.92
7k+
🛡️ Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🏁 Technology Arms Races
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies 86%
Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025
3.92
7k+ ratings
🛡️ Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🏁 Technology Arms Races
Knife
by Salman Rushdie • 2024
A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.
3.98
29k+
🩹 Trauma Memoir✍️ Literary Memoir🗽 Free Speech
Knife Summary
Knife 86%
A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.
by Salman Rushdie 2024
3.98
29k+ ratings
🩹 Trauma Memoir✍️ Literary Memoir🗽 Free Speech
The Last Graduate
by Naomi Novik • 2021
A school that kills its students. A girl of world-ending power. One graduation to save them all.
4.22
134k+
🏫 Deadly Magic School🤝 Found Family😤 Reluctant Savior
The Last Graduate Summary
The Last Graduate 86%
A school that kills its students. A girl of world-ending power. One graduation to save them all.
by Naomi Novik 2021
4.22
134k+ ratings
🏫 Deadly Magic School🤝 Found Family😤 Reluctant Savior
Hell Bent
by Leigh Bardugo • 2023
To save her demon-trapped mentor, Alex Stern must find four killers and walk Yale's underworld.
4.10
184k+
🖤 Dark Academia🔑 Secret Societies🔥 Rescue From Hell
Hell Bent Summary
Hell Bent 86%
To save her demon-trapped mentor, Alex Stern must find four killers and walk Yale's underworld.
by Leigh Bardugo 2023
4.10
184k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Academia🔑 Secret Societies🔥 Rescue From Hell
How to Predict Everything
by William Poundstone • 2019
The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.
3.19
68
☢️ Existential Risk🧠 Bayesian Epistemology🔭 Anthropic Reasoning
How to Predict Everything Summary
How to Predict Everything 86%
The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.
by William Poundstone 2019
3.19
68 ratings
☢️ Existential Risk🧠 Bayesian Epistemology🔭 Anthropic Reasoning
The Lean PhD
by Julian Kirchherr • 2018
Your PhD as a startup: draft early, gather feedback fast, and finish with more publications.
3.90
61
🎓 Doctoral Studies✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Lean Methodology
The Lean PhD Summary
The Lean PhD 86%
Your PhD as a startup: draft early, gather feedback fast, and finish with more publications.
by Julian Kirchherr 2018
3.90
61 ratings
🎓 Doctoral Studies✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Lean Methodology
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 86%
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
The Alexandria Link
by Steve Berry • 2007
His son is taken; the ransom is a scholar who discovered the lost Library of Alexandria.
3.94
44k+
🕵️ Historical Conspiracy📜 Biblical Secret📚 Lost Library
The Alexandria Link Summary
The Alexandria Link 86%
His son is taken; the ransom is a scholar who discovered the lost Library of Alexandria.
by Steve Berry 2007
3.94
44k+ ratings
🕵️ Historical Conspiracy📜 Biblical Secret📚 Lost Library
The Least of All Possible Evils
by Eyal Weizman • 2012
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
4.19
224
🩸 Aid And Complicity🤷 Lesser Evil Logic📊 Proportionality In War
The Least of All Possible Evils Summary
The Least of All Possible Evils 86%
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
by Eyal Weizman 2012
4.19
224 ratings
🩸 Aid And Complicity🤷 Lesser Evil Logic📊 Proportionality In War
10 Books That Screwed Up the World
by Benjamin Wiker • 2008
Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.
3.43
1k+
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⛪ Critique Of Secularism
10 Books That Screwed Up the World Summary
10 Books That Screwed Up the World 86%
Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.
by Benjamin Wiker 2008
3.43
1k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⛪ Critique Of Secularism
Quality Research Papers
by Nancy J. Vyhmeister • 2014
The theology student's guide to research that earns the grade, from first question to final defense.
3.74
172
🏫 Theological Education✍️ Academic Writing🔬 Research Methodology
Quality Research Papers Summary
Quality Research Papers 86%
The theology student's guide to research that earns the grade, from first question to final defense.
by Nancy J. Vyhmeister 2014
3.74
172 ratings
🏫 Theological Education✍️ Academic Writing🔬 Research Methodology
Lord of Chaos
by Robert Jordan • 1994
Aes Sedai imprison the Dragon Reborn; his wolf-guided friend races to save him across the plains.
4.20
199k+
👑 Chosen One Epic🏛️ High Fantasy Politics⛓️ Captured Protagonist
Lord of Chaos Summary
Lord of Chaos 86%
Aes Sedai imprison the Dragon Reborn; his wolf-guided friend races to save him across the plains.
by Robert Jordan 1994
4.20
199k+ ratings
👑 Chosen One Epic🏛️ High Fantasy Politics⛓️ Captured Protagonist
In Defense of a Liberal Education
by Fareed Zakaria • 2015
The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.
3.83
3k+
📚 Liberal Arts Defense🏛️ Higher Education Crisis✍️ Writing As Thinking
In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary
In Defense of a Liberal Education 86%
The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.
by Fareed Zakaria 2015
3.83
3k+ ratings
📚 Liberal Arts Defense🏛️ Higher Education Crisis✍️ Writing As Thinking
Relic
by Douglas Preston • 1995
Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.
4.05
116k+
🦎 Creature Feature🧬 Science Horror📋 Institutional Cover-Up
Relic Summary
Relic 85%
Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.
by Douglas Preston 1995
4.05
116k+ ratings
🦎 Creature Feature🧬 Science Horror📋 Institutional Cover-Up
The Library at Mount Char
by Scott Hawkins • 2015
Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.
4.06
82k+
🌌 Cosmic Horror📚 Dark Academia🏘️ Suburban Horror
The Library at Mount Char Summary
The Library at Mount Char 85%
Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.
by Scott Hawkins 2015
4.06
82k+ ratings
🌌 Cosmic Horror📚 Dark Academia🏘️ Suburban Horror
The Intellectual Life
by Antonin Sertillanges • 1921
Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.
4.41
3k+
🧠 Life Of The Mind✝️ Catholic Intellectual Tradition📜 Thomism
The Intellectual Life Summary
The Intellectual Life 85%
Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.
by Antonin Sertillanges 1921
4.41
3k+ ratings
🧠 Life Of The Mind✝️ Catholic Intellectual Tradition📜 Thomism
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
by Andrew Leigh • 2021
A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.
3.81
53
💥 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🏛️ Democratic Erosion
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Summary
What's the Worst That Could Happen? 85%
A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.
by Andrew Leigh 2021
3.81
53 ratings
💥 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🏛️ Democratic Erosion
The War on the West
by Douglas Murray • 2022
The West is waging a cultural war on itself. No other civilization joins in.
4.26
10k+
🏛️ Western Civilization🎭 Identity Politics🤝 Race Relations
The War on the West Summary
The War on the West 85%
The West is waging a cultural war on itself. No other civilization joins in.
by Douglas Murray 2022
4.26
10k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Civilization🎭 Identity Politics🤝 Race Relations
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2015
Raised by scientists, Harry enters Hogwarts to find magic has laws that a hidden enemy exploits.
4.38
19k+
🧠 Rationalist Fiction🔬 Scientific Magic🖤 Dark Mentor
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Summary
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality 85%
Raised by scientists, Harry enters Hogwarts to find magic has laws that a hidden enemy exploits.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015
4.38
19k+ ratings
🧠 Rationalist Fiction🔬 Scientific Magic🖤 Dark Mentor
The Anomaly
by Michael Rutger • 2018
A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.
3.77
13k+
🦴 Archaeological Horror⚙️ Ancient Technology🩸 Survival Horror
The Anomaly Summary
The Anomaly 85%
A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.
by Michael Rutger 2018
3.77
13k+ ratings
🦴 Archaeological Horror⚙️ Ancient Technology🩸 Survival Horror
Write No Matter What
by Joli Jensen • 2017
The tools to write steadily as an academic, even when perfectionism and pressure say you can't.
4.35
738
✍️ Academic Writing🏢 Faculty Life✨ Perfectionism
Write No Matter What Summary
Write No Matter What 85%
The tools to write steadily as an academic, even when perfectionism and pressure say you can't.
by Joli Jensen 2017
4.35
738 ratings
✍️ Academic Writing🏢 Faculty Life✨ Perfectionism
Black Order
by James Rollins • 2006
A Himalayan outbreak and a coded Bible lead to a Nazi device that can rewrite evolution.
4.16
37k+
💻 Technothriller🏛️ Historical Conspiracy🕯️ Nazi Occultism
Black Order Summary
Black Order 85%
A Himalayan outbreak and a coded Bible lead to a Nazi device that can rewrite evolution.
by James Rollins 2006
4.16
37k+ ratings
💻 Technothriller🏛️ Historical Conspiracy🕯️ Nazi Occultism
The Light Ages
by Seb Falk • 2020
Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.
3.67
2k+
🔬 History Of Science🏰 Medieval History⚗️ Medieval Science
The Light Ages Summary
The Light Ages 85%
Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.
by Seb Falk 2020
3.67
2k+ ratings
🔬 History Of Science🏰 Medieval History⚗️ Medieval Science
The Icebound Land
by John Flanagan • 2005
Enslaved and addicted far north, a young ranger waits for his outlaw mentor to find him.
4.24
98k+
🏰 Low Fantasy🏹 Archery📚 Mentor Apprentice
The Icebound Land Summary
The Icebound Land 85%
Enslaved and addicted far north, a young ranger waits for his outlaw mentor to find him.
by John Flanagan 2005
4.24
98k+ ratings
🏰 Low Fantasy🏹 Archery📚 Mentor Apprentice
Technopoly
by Neil Postman • 1992
When a culture worships its tools, the old stories that held it together quietly disappear.
3.97
5k+
🎙️ Media Ecology💻 Technology Criticism📊 Information Overload
Technopoly Summary
Technopoly 85%
When a culture worships its tools, the old stories that held it together quietly disappear.
by Neil Postman 1992
3.97
5k+ ratings
🎙️ Media Ecology💻 Technology Criticism📊 Information Overload
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
by Daniel Nayeri • 2023
On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.
3.96
3k+
🐪 Silk Road Adventure🫂 Found Family👦 Orphan Protagonist
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams Summary
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams 85%
On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.
by Daniel Nayeri 2023
3.96
3k+ ratings
🐪 Silk Road Adventure🫂 Found Family👦 Orphan Protagonist
A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik • 2020
In a school that kills wizards, the most dangerous student is trying to be good.
3.93
225k+
🏫 Dark Magical School✨ Magic With A Cost🖤 Found Family
A Deadly Education Summary
A Deadly Education 85%
In a school that kills wizards, the most dangerous student is trying to be good.
by Naomi Novik 2020
3.93
225k+ ratings
🏫 Dark Magical School✨ Magic With A Cost🖤 Found Family
Cyclonopedia
by Reza Negarestani • 2008
Beneath her hotel bed: a manuscript revealing the Middle East is alive, oil its demonic pulse.
3.86
1k+
🔮 Theory Fiction🌌 Cosmic Horror📜 Found Manuscript
Cyclonopedia Summary
Cyclonopedia 85%
Beneath her hotel bed: a manuscript revealing the Middle East is alive, oil its demonic pulse.
by Reza Negarestani 2008
3.86
1k+ ratings
🔮 Theory Fiction🌌 Cosmic Horror📜 Found Manuscript
Lexicon
by Max Barry • 2013
She was taught that words can control anyone. He was proof that they were wrong.
3.90
41k+
🗣️ Linguistic Thriller🕵️ Secret Society🧠 Mind Control
Lexicon Summary
Lexicon 85%
She was taught that words can control anyone. He was proof that they were wrong.
by Max Barry 2013
3.90
41k+ ratings
🗣️ Linguistic Thriller🕵️ Secret Society🧠 Mind Control
An Academy for Liars
by Alexis Henderson • 2024
A broken woman follows a mysterious call into a hidden college where altering reality costs blood.
3.43
28k+
🖤 Dark Academia🏛️ Occult College⚠️ Dangerous Mentor
An Academy for Liars Summary
An Academy for Liars 85%
A broken woman follows a mysterious call into a hidden college where altering reality costs blood.
by Alexis Henderson 2024
3.43
28k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Academia🏛️ Occult College⚠️ Dangerous Mentor
Lost in Thought
by Zena Hitz • 2020
The intellectual life as a secret refuge: why the best thinking happens far from ambition.
3.64
2k+
💭 Life Of The Mind🧘 Contemplative Life📖 Defenses Of Reading
Lost in Thought Summary
Lost in Thought 85%
The intellectual life as a secret refuge: why the best thinking happens far from ambition.
by Zena Hitz 2020
3.64
2k+ ratings
💭 Life Of The Mind🧘 Contemplative Life📖 Defenses Of Reading
Superintelligence
by Nick Bostrom • 2014
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
3.85
21k+
🛡️ Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🌍 Effective Altruism
Superintelligence Summary
Superintelligence 85%
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
by Nick Bostrom 2014
3.85
21k+ ratings
🛡️ Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🌍 Effective Altruism
Seven Deadly Wonders
by Matthew Reilly • 2005
Small nations race to find Golden Capstone before a solar cataclysm hands dominion to a superpower.
4.09
31k+
🏛️ Archaeological Thriller🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure💥 Military Action
Seven Deadly Wonders Summary
Seven Deadly Wonders 85%
Small nations race to find Golden Capstone before a solar cataclysm hands dominion to a superpower.
by Matthew Reilly 2005
4.09
31k+ ratings
🏛️ Archaeological Thriller🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure💥 Military Action
The Forum and the Tower
by Mary Ann Glendon • 2011
Lasting law is a two-person job: a thinker and a ruler, together despite themselves.
3.95
66
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⚖️ Legal History
The Forum and the Tower Summary
The Forum and the Tower 85%
Lasting law is a two-person job: a thinker and a ruler, together despite themselves.
by Mary Ann Glendon 2011
3.95
66 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⚖️ Legal History
Ghosts
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017
Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.
4.25
9k+
🪂 Drop Team Survival🏜️ Wasteland Survival✈️ Airship Society
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts 85%
Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017
4.25
9k+ ratings
🪂 Drop Team Survival🏜️ Wasteland Survival✈️ Airship Society
Inspection
by Josh Malerman • 2019
Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.
3.48
9k+
🧠 Psychological Horror🔬 Dystopian Experiment📖 Forbidden Knowledge
Inspection Summary
Inspection 85%
Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.
by Josh Malerman 2019
3.48
9k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🔬 Dystopian Experiment📖 Forbidden Knowledge
The Crisis of the Modern World
by René Guénon • 1927
Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.
4.09
2k+
🕉️ Perennial Philosophy🏙️ Critique Of Modernity🔄 Cyclical History
The Crisis of the Modern World Summary
The Crisis of the Modern World 85%
Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.
by René Guénon 1927
4.09
2k+ ratings
🕉️ Perennial Philosophy🏙️ Critique Of Modernity🔄 Cyclical History
Beneath the Rising
by Premee Mohamed • 2020
Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.
3.44
1k+
🌌 Cosmic Horror📜 Faustian Bargain💔 Doomed Friendship
Beneath the Rising Summary
Beneath the Rising 85%
Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.
by Premee Mohamed 2020
3.44
1k+ ratings
🌌 Cosmic Horror📜 Faustian Bargain💔 Doomed Friendship
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke • 2020
His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.
4.21
501k+
🌀 Gothic Labyrinth🏛️ Sentient Architecture🎭 Lost Identity
Piranesi Summary
Piranesi 85%
His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.
by Susanna Clarke 2020
4.21
501k+ ratings
🌀 Gothic Labyrinth🏛️ Sentient Architecture🎭 Lost Identity
Skin in the Game
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2018
Decision-makers who never face consequences wreck systems. The ancient principle modernity forgot.
3.91
32k+
🛡️ Risk Management⚖️ Aligned Incentives🗳️ Minority Influence
Skin in the Game Summary
Skin in the Game 85%
Decision-makers who never face consequences wreck systems. The ancient principle modernity forgot.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2018
3.91
32k+ ratings
🛡️ Risk Management⚖️ Aligned Incentives🗳️ Minority Influence
Cynical Theories
by Helen Pluckrose • 2020
How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.
4.10
6k+
🌀 Postmodernism📖 Critical Theory🏷️ Identity Politics
Cynical Theories Summary
Cynical Theories 85%
How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.
by Helen Pluckrose 2020
4.10
6k+ ratings
🌀 Postmodernism📖 Critical Theory🏷️ Identity Politics
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