Category: Culture
Books| Category | Title | Author | Rating | Description |
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| Culture | The Substance of Style | Virginia Postrel |
 
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The tagline is "How the rise of aesthetic value is remaking commerce, culture, and consciousness," which sums up the... |
| Culture | The Wisdom of Crowds | James Surowiecki |
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It is an almost universally held misconception that people are dumber in large numbers. |
| Culture | Tastes of Paradise | Wolfgang Shivelbusch |
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This book documents the long and important role that stimulants and intoxicants have played in modern culture. |
| Culture | Everything Bad Is Good For You | Steven Johnson |
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Despite the widely-held conception that popular culture grows dumber by the year, the truth is actually the opposite. |
| Culture | The Rise of the Creative Class | Richard Florida |
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A book that made me realize I am not as unusual as I thought. |
| Culture | The Future and Its Enemies | Virginia Postrel |
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Postrel has a talent for uniquely insightful critiques of culture and politics, and it's on full display in this work. |