Subject: General/Miscellaneous
This chair rocks: a manifesto against ageism
Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. […]
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Slow media: why “slow” is satisfying, sustainable, and smart
Today we recognize that we have a different relationship to media technology–and to information more broadly–than we had even five years ago. We are connected […]
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Outer order, inner calm: declutter & organize to make more room for happiness
With clarity and humor, bestselling author of The Four Tendencies and The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin illuminates one of her key realizations about happiness: For […]
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The moment of lift: how empowering women changes the world
A timely call to action for women’s empowerment by the influential co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation identifies the link between women’s equality […]
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Love your enemies: how decent people can save America from our culture of contempt
In Love Your Enemies, New York Times best-selling author and social scientist Arthur C. Brooks shows that treating others with contempt and out-outraging the other […]
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Introduction to information visualization: transforming data into meaningful information
Introduction to Information Visualization: Transforming Data into Meaningful Information is for anyone interested in the art and science of communicating data to others. It shows […]
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A human’s guide to machine intelligence: how algorithms are shaping our lives and how we can stay in control
Through the technology embedded in almost every major tech platform and every web-enabled device, algorithms and the artificial intelligence that underlies them make a staggering […]
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Hiking Ohio: a guide to the state’s greatest hikes
Hiking Ohio is a comprehensive guide to more than forty of the most scenic foot trails in the Buckeye State. Hike along beaches, over boardwalks, […]
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The heartland: an American history
When Kristin L. Hoganson arrived in Champaign, Illinois, after teaching at Harvard, studying at Yale, and living in the D.C. metro area with various stints […]
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Empathy: a history
Empathy: A History tells the fascinating and largely unknown story of the first appearance of “empathy” in 1908 and tracks its shifting meanings over the […]
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