It is often considered that too many laws is one of the necessary consequences of a complex society. Many insist that any call for legal simplification smacks of nostalgia and sentimentality. Richard Epstein believes, however, that the conventional view has it backward. The richer texture of American modern society allows for more individual freedom and choice, permitting the o...(展开全部)

HOW SIMPLICITY TRUMPS COMPLEXITY IN NATURE, BUSINESS, AND LIFE Complexity surrounds us. We have too much email, juggle multiple remotes, and hack through thickets of regulations from phone contracts to health plans. But complexity isn’t destiny. Sull and Eisenhardt argue there’s a better way. By developing a few simple yet effective rules, people can best even the most complex...(展开全部)

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what ...(展开全部)

Forget supply and demand. Forget computers. The old rules are broken. Today, communication, not computation, drives change. We are rushing into a world where connectivity is everything, and where old business know-how means nothing. In this new economic order, success flows primarily from understanding networks, and networks have their own rules. In New Rules for the New Econom...(展开全部)

"Problem Solving 101" started out as a simple guide to teach Japanese schoolchildren critical thinking skills. But it quickly became an international bestseller for readers of all ages, thanks to the powerful effectiveness of Ken Watanabe's unique methods. Full of useful diagrams and quirky drawings, "Problem Solving 101" is packed with practical tools and techniques to train y...(展开全部)

Today, as individuals and as a society, we are faced with highly complex challenges. When we don't solve them correctly they rapidly become crises. This book explains how we can use complex systems research to solve complex problems in: * healthcare * education * military conflict * ethnic violence and terrorism * international development. Highly complex problems cannot be sol...(展开全部)

With this in-depth tutorial, F# team member Chris Smith introduces you to Microsoft's new multi-paradigm programming language. You'll not only learn how to use F# as a general-purpose language similar to C# and Visual Basic, but as a functional programming language for developing concurrent and math-intensive applications on the .NET platform. "Programming F#" gives you a head ...(展开全部)

Julius was born in a mansion on Salaverry Avenue, directly across from the old San Felipe Hippodrome. Life-size Disney characters and cowboy movie heroes romp across the walls of his nursery. Out in the carriage house, his great-grandfather's ornate, moldering carriage takes him on imaginary adventures. But Julius's father is dead, and his beautiful young mother passes through ...(展开全部)

[美]诺姆·乔姆斯基（Noam Chomsky） 当代zui具影响力的语言学家、思想家、畅销书作家，也是非常活跃的政治评论家，对美国帝国主义行径批评zui有力的人；1955年至今担任美国麻省理工学院语言学与哲学系教授，著作超过100种；出版的政论类书籍包括《霸权还是生存》《帝国的野心》《失败国家》《我们所说的要走向何方》《权力体系》《美国说了算》《世界秩序的秘密》等。

[美]诺姆·乔姆斯基（Noam Chomsky） 当代zui具影响力的语言学家、思想家、畅销书作家，也是非常活跃的政治评论家，对美国帝国主义行径批评zui有力的人；1955年至今担任美国麻省理工学院语言学与哲学系教授，著作超过100种；出版的政论类书籍包括《霸权还是生存》《帝国的野心》《失败国家》《我们所说的要走向何方》《权力体系》《美国说了算》《世界秩序的秘密》等。