BOOKS

The Skin We're In - Desmond Cole

Desmond Cole

Desmond Cole takes a look at a year of black activism in Toronto. He covers the colonial roots of Canada, how many of the institutions were built to remove rights from Indigenous peoples, and police

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Activism Racism
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Designing Your Life - Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

Dave Evans, Bill Burnett

If you're looking for a bunch of exercises to help design your life, this is a decent book.

MAYBE NONFICTION Productivity Purpose
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Mans Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

Viktor Frankl

This is a classic book, that feels to me like it has so much weight behind it that it's hard to say most anything about the book but praise. I have the second edition where Frankl goes into his Logo

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION History Psychology
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Raising Empowered Daughters - Mike Adamick

Mike Adamick

This is a book directed at dads that want to be parents who break out of misogynistic stereotypes and empower their daughters. From addressing the emotional damage done to men when we put each other

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Misogyny Parenting Politics
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A Brief History of Misogyny - Jack Holland

Jack Holland

Well researched and written walk through misogyny. One of the big notes relating to recent history is that we often fear Communism more than misogyny. We allow countries (like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan)

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Misogyny Sexism
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Barking Up The Wrong Tree - Eric Barker

Eric Barker

Eric Barker is going to be the new guru that saves us from all the other gurus that purport to know how to achieve success, by turning to science to tell us what matters in our quest for success.

MAYBE NONFICTION Productivity Success
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BiblioTech - John Palfrey

John Palfrey

The author talks about the future of libraries and the problems they're facing with having a future. I think he relies to much on a digital future, which inherently costs more as book publishers char

MAYBE NONFICTION Library Reading
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The Case Against Education - Bryan Caplan

Bryan Caplan

Bryan Caplan argues that education much past early high school is mainly to signal to employers that you'll sit and listen like a good replaceable robot. Unless you're going to teach, when was the la

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Education Productivity
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The Second Mountain - David Brooks

David Brooks

David Brooks takes a look at what you should do when you've met your goals in life. What goal would take you beyond just focusing on yourself?

MAYBE NONFICTION Purpose
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How to Do Nothing

Jenny Odell

Jenny Odell spends the first half of this book looking at how to disengage from the attention economy and the second half trying to give us the tools to engage with something worthwhile in our live.

MAYBE NONFICTION Productivity Rest Scarcity
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