Black Swan — Nassim Taleb
Nassim Taleb examines the role of the unexpected–the Black Swan–in both life and human history, explaining how the phenomenon and its applications affect every aspect of the world in which we live, why humans are unable to anticipate a Black Swan, and how we rationalize the phenomenon to make it appear less random. A black <a...
The Entrepreneurial State — Mariana Mazzucato
Superb … At a time when government action of any kind is ideologically suspect, and entrepreneurship is unquestioningly lionized, the book’s importance cannot be understated. —The Guardian According to conventional wisdom, innovation is best left to the dynamic entrepreneurs of the private sector, and government should...
The Net Delusion — Evgeny Morozov
In The Net Delusion: How Not to Liberate the World Evgeny Morozov argues that our utopian, internet-centric thinking holds devastating consequences for the future of democracy. We were promised that the internet would set us free. From the Middle East’s ‘twitter revolution’ to Facebook activism, technology...
At Home — Bill Bryson
In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live. <a...
Pensar rápido, pensar despacio — Daniel Kahneman
Un apasionante recorrido por el funcionamiento de la mente de la mano del padre de la psicología conductista y premio Nobel de Economía en 2002: Daniel Kahneman. Daniel Kahneman, uno de los pensadores más importantes del mundo, recibió el premio Nobel de Economía por su trabajo pionero en psicología sobre el modelo racional de la <a...
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power — Soshana Zuboff
The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling...
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty — Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing <a...