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The Big Think Bookshelf: November edition
What money, games, and sea slugs teach us about ourselves.
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Kevin Dickinson
Every era believes it is enlightened. Old books show us otherwise.
Reading classic books can teach you as much about the present as the past.
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Review: Ken Liu's "All That We See or Seem"
Ken Liu ditches the neon skylines and chrome-plated slums for a cyber-age mystery that asks what happens when our dreams are trafficked like data.
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Your October Bookmark
For readers who love a good read, even when it’s fake, haunted, or half-machine.
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5 horrifying stories that double as lessons in philosophy
Each of these stories rests on a foundation of great ideas that will scare you to death and make you think.
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The Big Think Bookshelf: September edition
The six books that reminded me why we hold on to stories at all.
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Neuroscience shows that speed reading is bullshit
Despite the claims of speed reading apps and programs, you actually have to read the book if you want to learn.
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Steven Ross Pomeroy
Your September Bookmark
This month’s Bookmark serves up Wilde’s sparkling wit, Cass Sunstein on saving liberalism, and the mystery of Netflix’s “meh” movies.
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