Tag: #non-fiction

About the morality of mores.

Essays by Foucault in the analysis of why the Iranian revolution, after traveling to Iran during the revolution.

Why should we study?

All kinds of scarcity affects mind

One of the most fascinating things in this field is that motivation often leads us to difficult, challenging, and painful achievements.

The trump card of narcissists is surprise. It doesn't even occur to you that they might behave like that

Bad ideas can have infinite characteristics, but lasting ideas have 6 common characteristics: simple, unexpected, concrete, valid, emotional, story.

I understood the value of the book when I was struck by the absence of all three virtues.

There is rarely a word like the word "power" that is used so much and does not require reflection to understand its meaning.

A collection of essays exploring the nature of modern society through 19 short, interlinked meditations. Klíma takes a humanist's stroll through our inhumane century and ponders our millennial prospects, discussing rationality and irrationality, the artificial world, modern idols, mass media, and movements for change. The Czech writer examines the fundamental questions of security and insecurity in contemporary life, reflecting on civilization's moral challenges and humanity's capacity for both rational thought and self-destruction. Part of the "Prospects for Tomorrow" series.

The history of cryptanalysis shows that a problem that seems insolvable from one perspective can be found to have a solution if looked at in an entirely different way.