Jonathan Haidt

This taboo-shattering manifesto explains how talking openly to children about money can help parents raise financially wise young adults. Written by a personal finance columnist and father, it provides a practical guidebook and a values-based philosophy on how to handle topics like allowance, charity, and college tuition. This book shares how to embrace the topic of money to help parents raise kids who are more generous and less materialistic, and promises to make our kids better with money than we are.

In his bestselling The Moral Animal, Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history–and discerning where history will lead us next. In Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Wright asserts that, ever since the primordial ooze, life has followed a basic pattern. Organisms and human societies alike have grown more complex by mastering the challenges of internal cooperation. Wright's narrative ranges from fossilized bacteria to vampire bats, from stone-age villages to the World Trade Organization, uncovering such surprises as the benefits of barbarian hordes and the useful stability of feudalism. Here is history endowed with moral significance–a way of looking at our biological and cultural evolution that suggests, refreshingly, that human morality has improved over time, and that our instinct to discover meaning may itself serve a higher purpose. Insightful, witty, profound, Nonzero offers breathtaking implications for what we believe and how we adapt to technology's ongoing transformation of the world. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Si alguna vez te has preguntado por qué te gusta la música triste... Si encuentras consuelo o inspiración en un día lluvioso... Si reaccionas intensamente a la música, el arte, la naturaleza y la belleza... Entonces, probablemente, te identifiques con el sentimiento agridulce. Esta obra maestra es una mezcla de investigación, narración de historias y memorias que ahonda en los sentimientos de tristeza y añoranza, llegando a la conclusión de que aceptar la condición agridulce de la vida es el verdadero camino hacia la creatividad, la conexión y la trascendencia. Susan Cain demuestra que el sentimiento agridulce es la fuerza silenciosa que nos ayuda a trascender nuestro dolor personal y colectivo. Si no reconocemos nuestro propio dolor, dice, podemos terminar infligiéndolo a los demás a través del abuso, la dominación o la negligencia. Pero si nos damos cuenta de que todos los seres humanos conocen, o conocerán, la pérdida y el sufrimiento, podemos volvernos unos hacia otros. En una época de discordia y ansiedad personal, Agridulce nos une de manera profunda e inesperada.

Explore the deep social divisions powered by user behavior on social media and discover how we can defeat political tribalism in Chris Bail's insightful book, Breaking the Social Media Prism. Bail challenges common myths about echo chambers and radicalizing algorithms, revealing that the solution to political polarization lies within ourselves. Drawing on online experiments and interviews with users from across the political spectrum, he provides fresh solutions to counter tribalism, introduces new apps and bots, and explores the possibility of redesigning social media from scratch. This data-driven book offers recommendations for strengthening our social media connections and combating online polarization without resorting to deleting our accounts.

This book delves into the toxic political polarization in the United States that has led to fear and hatred between opposing parties. The author, a social psychologist, offers an escape from this rut by exploring how conflict resolution and complexity science provide guidance for dealing with seemingly intractable political differences. With personal accounts and lessons from leading-edge research, this vital and timely guide provides principles and practices for navigating and healing difficult divides in our homes, workplaces, and communities.

"Let's Be Reasonable" is a thought-provoking defense of liberal education by conservative professor, Jonathan Marks. Using the ideas of John Locke and others, Marks argues that the true purpose of college is to encourage people to be reasonable, and why the health of our democracy is at stake. He reveals why conservative nightmare visions of liberal persecution and indoctrination bear little resemblance to what actually goes on in college classrooms. This book offers a compelling case for why conservatives must not give up on higher education and shows why reason is more than just a tool for scoring political points.

Transform your approach to everyday working life with How to Have a Good Day by Caroline Webb. Drawing on recent findings in behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience, Webb shares science-based techniques to boost workplace performance and enjoyment. Organized around seven practices central to having a good day, this book teaches readers how to prioritize, make productive use of time, have effective conversations, and achieve personal impact. Filled with real stories and cutting-edge research, How to Have a Good Day provides practical ways to apply insights and handle common workplace challenges.