This just in from the Next Big Idea Club: Curators Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Adam Grant, and Daniel Pink have carefully read through our list of newly nominated books, and have hand-picked the most exciting nonfiction titles of the season. We’re proud to announce the eight finalists for the fall of 2020 below…
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AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
By Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan
Publication Date: September 14, 2021
In this provocative, utterly original work, a former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI Superpowers teams up with celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan to imagine our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by co-author Kai-Fu Lee, in the Next Big Idea App
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
By Oliver Burkeman
Publication Date: August 10, 2021
An acclaimed Guardian writer offers a lively, entertaining, philosophical guide to time and time management, setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favor of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Oliver Burkeman, in the Next Big Idea App
Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion
By Wendy Suzuki
Publication Date: September 7, 2021
The world-renowned neuroscientist and author of Healthy Brain, Happy Life explains how to harness the power of anxiety into unexpected gifts. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Wendy Suzuki, in the Next Big Idea App
How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion
By David DeSteno
Publication Date: September 14, 2021
A pioneering psychology professor demonstrates why religious practices and rituals are so beneficial to those who follow them—and to anyone, regardless of their faith (or lack thereof). Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author David DeSteno, in the Next Big Idea App
How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
By Lee McIntyre
Publication Date: August 17, 2021
A philosopher of science explores how we can most effectively get through to those who distrust science, while avoiding the conversational traps of fact-flinging and condescension. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Lee McIntyre, in the Next Big Idea App
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
By Steven Pinker
Publication Date: September 28, 2021
A primer in logical thinking and an entertaining expedition through all the trapdoors we can tumble through when we try to parse reality or bend it to our will. Listen to our podcast episode featuring author Steven Pinker
The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning
By Paul Bloom
Publication Date: November 2, 2021
Drawing on groundbreaking findings from psychology and brain science, The Sweet Spot shows how the right kind of suffering sets the stage for enhanced pleasure. View on Amazon
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
By Tarana Burke
Publication Date: September 14, 2021
From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the “me too” movement, Tarana Burke debuts a powerful memoir about her own journey to saying those two simple yet infinitely powerful words. View on Amazon
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