Your brain is not a closed-off control area where all the thinking takes place. In The Extended Mind, science writer Annie Murphy Paul uses research from psychologists, cognitive scientists, and neuroscientists to prove that intelligence, superior memory, and sharp attention stem from interactions between our brains, bodies, spaces, and relationships. Using her practical methods, we can […]
Train Your Brain for the Future
Jane McGonigal is a forecaster who runs simulations that help people imagine what the future will be like. When you picture a potential threat in your mind’s eye, you can learn how to deal with it better when and if it arises. Today’s Instaread, Imaginable, will help you become more agile and resilient—and could even save your […]
A Close Look at a Controversial Star From The DCU
DC movie actor Zachary Levi is in the spotlight this week for his (allegedly) anti-vax tweets. What’s this guy about, anyway? We turned to his recent memoir, Radical Love, for answers. Levi’s BackstoryWhile Levi’s memoir doesn’t get into his opinions about vaccines, he bravely opens up about his lifelong struggle with crippling anxiety and depression. After […]
The Dark Side of Startup Culture
Americans have been slow to recognize the threat of Big Tech, leaving us to hope that it’s not too late. In The Coming of Neo-Feudalism, urban futurist Joel Kotkin warns the global 99 percent of looming dangers ahead. Led by affluent tech giants, the new hierarchs of society are exerting a growing control over our lives […]
Can Marketers Have Soul?
Most marketing is soulless and self-centered—an interruption of someone’s life just to catch their attention. What if we told you there’s a better way? In Know What You’re FOR, marketing guru Jeff Henderson teaches us what to do, especially if you’re experiencing a decline of sales and momentum. He focuses on how to create powerful, lasting […]
Who Will Rescue The West?
Over the last few decades, income has fallen for the middle and lower classes while the costs of housing, health care, and higher education have soared. This has been caused by unregulated monopolies, globalization, soft corruption, and shortsighted economic policies. In today’s Instaread, The Economics of Discontent, the economist Jean-Michel Paul points out how Western governments continue to […]
The Case for Legal Narcotics
If you spent most of your life struggling with heroin addiction, what would make you give it up? Our latest Instaread looks at the journey of the late activist David Poses, who hid his addiction from loved ones for years. In the Beginning Poses got the idea to try heroin from a drug prevention assembly. The […]
Started From The Bottom…
How can we leverage failure to grow personally and professionally? In our latest Instaread summary, Green Beret and former Ultimate Fighting Championship headliner Tim Kennedy shows how it’s done. Scars and Stripes follows Tim and his friend Nick Palmisciano to tell the story of how Tim became the best possible version of himself. Tim was kicked […]
Don’t be Your Own Worst Enemy
Everyone has a story. Today’s Instaread summary will change the way you conceptualize and tell that story, to yourself and to other people in the world. In Choose Your Story, Change Your Life, storyteller and keynote speaker Kindra Hall explains what stories are, explores their power, and details how you can rewrite the bad ones into better […]
Apple at a Glance
Apple has been one of the few companies in Big Tech untouched by mass layoffs. One of the reasons is Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has relentlessly focused on building the business. But there has been a creative cost. What happens when a company loses a driving force like Steve Jobs? Our Instaread on After Steve lays […]
