12 min read ⌚ In a letter sent to Bishop Mandell Creighton on April 5, 1887, Lord Acton famously quipped the following: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Populated with more Hitlers and Stalins than you can imagine, the twentieth century proved Lord Acton’s concerns more […]
12 min read ⌚ …And You Too! A fan of Chelsea Handler? Then, you’re going to love this book. Her funny-titled more-than-just-revelatory memoir: Life Will Be the Death of Me. Who Should Read “Life Will Be the Death оf Me”? And Why? If you’ve watched Chelsea and Chelsea Does… and you can’t wait for Chelsea Handler’s […]
8 min read ⌚ A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship People, in general, are apt to build and cultivate relationships with each other. Being able to click with someone is a process that is so deeply entrenched in our mindset, that it is almost impossible to break. Don, delivers an ancient but practical guide […]
10 min read ⌚ A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions Having problems making a decision? Emily P. Freeman has a simple piece of advice: Just do The Next Right Thing. Who Should Read “The Next Right Thing”? And Why? Emily P. Freeman is a devoted Christian, so there’s a good chance that those who […]
17 min read ⌚ The Quest for a Moral Life You live in the most democratic and individualistic age in history. You are freer than any of your ancestors, but are you happy? David Brooks says: most probably, you are not. And it is precisely because of that freedom. Let’s follow him in his quest for […]
11 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “Smarter” – subtitled “The New Science of Building Brain Power” – explores the obscure nature of human intelligence in view of a 2008 field-defining study which, for the first time in history, demonstrated that even fluid intelligence can be improved. Is it just a hype? Dan Hurley finds out by […]
12 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: “Amusing Ourselves to Death” explores whether Aldous Huxley’s fictional and dystopian vision of the future described in Brave New World hasn’t already turned into the reality of our TV-dominated and image-centered present. Spoiler alert: it has, and TV and reality shows are our pleasure drugs, our very own soma. Who […]
14 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: The Sunflower by Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal is a two-part book which explores the limits of forgiveness. In the first part, Wiesenthal recounts how he got to be asked for forgiveness by a Nazi soldier; in the second, he shares the opinions of 53 people on whether he should have […]
14 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: How We Learn by Benedict Carey uses the newest findings related to the nature and biology of our brains as a springboard for a fun-to-read exploration of our learning habits and a sort of operational manual on how to tweak them so that you can harness the full power of […]
15 min read ⌚ The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Did you enjoy Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature? If so, then wait till you get to know with its follow-up: Enlightenment Now. Who Should Read “Enlightenment Now”? And Why? Let us answer these questions with a question: why wouldn’t you read […]
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