Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

By Caroline Criado Perez (2019) Pages: 411, Final verdict: Must-read Reading about discrimination, unfair labour, and prejudice against women became normal. We can surprisingly see that gender inequality is still hardly understood by many following such reports. The same people claiming that significant progress has been made are those who... Read more

Sociology

Humankind: A Hopeful History

By Rutger Bregman (2019) Pages: 400, Final verdict: Great-read Rutger Bregman is not your average historian. 32, Dutch, he rose to fame with his 2014 best-seller Utopia for Realists, where he shared his thesis for reconstructing modern society with "utopian" like universal basic income or a shorter workweek. His stardom... Read more

Sociology

Sapiens: A brief history of mankind

By Yuval Noah Harari (2011) Pages: 443, Final verdict: Must-read How did our species come to dominate the world? What were the decisive factors that turned insignificant descendants of apes into an intelligent and social species capable of travelling to faraway lands, assert its dominance worldwide, and even adventure into... Read more

History Sociology

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

By Angela Duckworth (2016) Pages: 333, Final verdict: Should-read Who is successful and why? Be it in the classroom, the sports arena or in the military, we've all encountered people who are "special", "natural" or "geniuses". Is success really defined by your I.Q and your innate abilities? Or can... Read more

Personal Development Sociology

Against the Gods

By Peter L. Bernstein (1996) Pages: 337, Final verdict: Great-read How certain can we be of future events? Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk answers the question by following the path of handling uncertainty from ancient times to modern risk management. Written in 1996 by the American finance... Read more

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Sapiens: A brief history of mankind

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