By Chip Heath and Dan Heath (2007)
Pages: 290, Final verdict: Great-read
Why do some ideas thrive while others die? “A lie can get halfway around the
world before the truth can even get its boots on”, Mark Twain said. Urban
legends or conspiracy theories circulate fast, unlike many more...
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The Well-Educated Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer (2003)
Pages: 432,
Final verdict: Great-read
I have realised a strange paradox recently. Even though the mankind reached the highest literacy rate ever in history (on average), the influence of ads, mass media, gerrymandering, conspirators or populism have risen with it. We have...
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By Michael J. Sandel (2010)
Pages: 290, Final verdict: Great-read
On December 9, 2015, I read the article on the New York Times about the
affirmative action case
[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/us/politics/supreme-court-to-revisit-case-that-may-alter-affirmative-action.html?ref=topics&_r=0]
at the US Supreme Court. Abigail...
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