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Humankind
Rutger Bregman challenges cynical accounts of human nature through stories and research about trust, cooperation, institutions, and social possibility.
Worth Reading
Worth Reading
Independent reading selections for creativity, craft, curiosity, and meaning.
Worth Reading is AuthZ’s shelf of independent reading selections, not a collection of literary essays. We choose books that help people create, develop their craft, follow their curiosity, or find language for questions that matter to them. Each note explains what a book might make possible in a reader’s life.
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How We Got to Now
Steven Johnson follows six familiar innovations to show how one technical change can reshape cities, bodies, work, culture, and imagination.
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How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil examines energy, food, materials, globalization, risk, and the environment to clarify the physical systems supporting modern life.