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.

Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright examines the direction of evolution and human history, and where it will lead us next. Wright uses the principles of evolutionary biology to explain how life has followed a basic pattern - growing more complex by mastering internal cooperation. From fossilized bacteria to the World Trade Organization, Wright reveals surprising benefits of barbarian hordes and the stability of feudalism. This refreshingly insightful and witty book suggests that human morality has improved over time and our instinct to discover meaning may serve a higher purpose. Nonzero offers breathtaking implications for what we believe and how we adapt to technology's transformation of the world.

Discover the power of a bittersweet outlook on life with this thought-provoking masterpiece. The same author who brought us the bestselling phenomenon, Quiet, delves into the importance of acknowledging our sorrows, longings, and the passing of time. Through personal stories, research, and memoir, we explore bittersweetness as a way of being, a storied heritage that can help us transcend pain and connect with others. At a time of discord and anxiety, this book will bring you unexpected insights and kinship.

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.