The Computer Science of Human Decisions. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? Exploring how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, Algorithms To Live By helps to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. When should you switch between different tasks, and how many tasks should you take on in the first place? How much messiness should you accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favourites is the most fulfilling? When computers face constraints of time and space, they too must untangle very human questions: how ... |
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Hustle culture. Burnout. Quiet quitting. Today we're either sacrificing ourselves on the altar of success or we're rejecting the idea of ambition entirely. But it doesn't have to be all or nothing. There is a way to create meaningful work as part of a balanced life, and it's called slow productivity. Coined by Cal Newport, slow productivity is a revolutionary philosophy based on three simple principles: do fewer things; work at a natural pace; obsess over quality. Examining the stories and habits of ancient and modern scientists, philosophers, artists and scholars who worked in this way, Newport ... |
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Reimagining work in an age of communication overload. Modern knowledge workers communicate constantly. Their days are defined by a relentless barrage of incoming messages and back and forth digital conversations a state of constant, anxious chatter in which nobody can disconnect, and so nobody has the cognitive bandwidth to perform substantive work. There was a time when tools like email felt cutting edge, but a thorough review of current evidence reveals that the hyperactive hive mind workflow they helped create has become a productivity disaster, reducing profitability and perhaps even slowing overall economic growth. ... |
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In Utopia for Realists, Rutger Bregman shows that we can construct a society with visionary ideas that are, in fact, wholly implementable. Every milestone of civilisation - from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy - was once considered a utopian fantasy. New utopian ideas such as universal basic income and a fifteen-hour work week can become reality in our lifetime. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, beyond the traditional left-right divides, as ... |
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The average full time worker will spend 80 000 hours at their job: are you making the most of them? Do you truly believe in what you do, day in, day out? Every day we're bombarded with methods, mantras and life hacks that promise us wellness and prosperity, while time and talent remain some of our most squandered resources. What if you want to do something more with your limited time on the planet? With moral ambition - the will to make the world a wildly better place - internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman shows us we can be both idealistic and successful, and change the world along the way. ... |
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Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month? Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, The Undercover Economist is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles of the modern economy, illuminated by ... |
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Hard power, Soft Belief, and the future of the West. Silicon Valley has lost its way. Our most brilliant engineering minds once collaborated with government to advance world-changing technologies. Their efforts secured the West's dominant place in the geopolitical order. But that relationship has now eroded, with perilous repercussions. Today, the market rewards shallow engagement with the potential of technology. Engineers and founders build photo-sharing apps and marketing algorithms, unwittingly becoming vessels for the ambitions of others. This complacency has spread into academia, politics, and the boardroom. ... |
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The legends from the Bulgarian lands are rife with supernatural beings, which were very frequently presented as demonic and evil, intent on harming people. Some of them appeared in a disembodied form, others as natural disasters and elements, and still others in humanoid or animal form. The book will share with you some of the most interesting, magical and sinister beings from Bulgarian mythology. You will find out people's beliefs related to the creation and structure of the earthly and heavenly world. You will also learn about some of the rites and customs associated with the mythological beings believed to have ... |
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Why do we do develop habits? And how can we change them? We can always change. In The Power of Habit, award winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg translates cutting edge behavioural science into practical self improvement action, distilling advanced neuroscience into fascinating narratives of transformation. Why can some people and companies change overnight, and some stay stuck in their old ruts? The answer lies deep in the human brain, and The Power of Habits reveals the secret pressure points that can change a life. From Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to Martin Luther King Jr., from the CEO of ... |
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Fire your boss, do what you love and work better to live more. Change your job to change your life. You no longer need to work nine to five in a big company to pay the mortgage, send your kids to school and afford that yearly holiday. You can quit the rat race and start up on your own - and you don't need an MBA or a huge investment to do it. The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau is your manual to a new way of living. Learn how to: earn a good living on your own terms, when and where you want; achieve that perfect blend of passion and income to make work something you love; take crucial insights from 50 ... |
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How looking backward moves us forward. Drawing on research in social psychology, neuroscience, and biology, Pink debunks the myth of the no regrets philosophy of life. And using the largest sampling of American attitudes about regret ever conducted as well as his own World Regret Survey which has collected regrets from more than 15,000 people in 105 countries he lays out the four core regrets that each of us has. These deep regrets offer compelling insights into how we live and how we can find a better path forward. As he did in his bestsellers Drive, When, and A Whole New Mind, Pink lays out a dynamic new way of ... |
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This book introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes and other tools of democratic persuasion. ... |
