Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House

Reading List: Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House by Mike Wendling

How did we end up with politicians willing to ignore the biggest issues of our time? How did we end up with politicians that do not care not only about science but about healthcare or even at times – basic human decency? Well, of course, we elected them. But why did we elect them? Is the so-called alt-right really the reason populists are in power? And what is alt-right anyway?

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21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

Reading list: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

21 lessons for the 21st century by Yuval Noah Harari. A great book by a brilliant guy. It touches on every important topic, like migration, global warming, fake news, artificial intelligence and analyses them very carefully from all sides.

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

Reading List: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

I really and truly believe that “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History” by Elizabeth Kolbert has indeed earned the Pulitzer Prize in the General Nonfiction category. As it was really written for a general audience, everyone can appreciate the wonderful work that is this book.

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Being Good by Simon Blackburn on Kindle

Reading List: Being Good by Simon Blackburn

There are books and principles that lay out the basic ideas which might naturally flow from being free of dogma and help us find morality in the secular world.

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Cordelia Fine: Delusions of Gender

Reading List: Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine

Book Recommendation! I have always felt that it's not so simple as some popular science books and authors would have you believe and it turns out, it's really not that simple.

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Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019 /  mohamed_hassan / Pixabay

Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019 - Summary, introspection and resolutions

We are at the end of 2018. It has been a difficult and turbulent year. All in all, I believe the world did go backwards. I think it cannot be said that it’s the media’s fault that we all think that. If you take an objective look, human rights have diminished, authoritarian regimes are on the rise, LGBT rights have been reduced. I think it’s safe to say that the year wasn’t that good.

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Read PDF on Kindle

How to read PDFs on Kindle

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If you like reading, you must have asked yourself how to read PDFs on Kindle. Well, let me tell you, it's surprisingly easy. This is what you will need:

Amazon Kindle
Micro-USB Cable
A computer
A PDF file
A few minutes of your time

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