From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York Times Book Review) tracks the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the world. The Chaos Machine is “an essential book for our times” (Ezra Klein). We all have a vague sens...(展开全部)

For as long as we've studied the mind, we've believed that our senses determine what our mind perceives. But as our understanding of neuroscience and psychology has advanced in the last few decades, a new view has emerged that has proven to be both provocative and hugely powerful-that the mind is not a passive observer, but an active predictor. At the forefront of this cognitiv...(展开全部)

一个全新的、颠覆我们对大脑与世界互动方式的理解的绝妙心智理论 自从我们研究人类认知以来，我们就一直相信我们的感官让我们能够直接接触世界。我们看到的就是真实存在的——或者至少人们的想法是这样的。但神经科学和心理学的新发现颠覆了这一假设。如果你的大脑不是被动地感知现实，而是主动地预测现实，会怎么样？ 广受赞誉的哲学家和认知科学家安迪·克拉克揭示了这一具有挑衅性的新理论，即大脑是一个强大的动态预测引擎，调节我们对身体和世界的体验。从平凡的经历到崇高的体验，我们所知道的现实是感官信息和期望的复杂综合。通过探索其迷人的机制以及对我们的生活、心理健康和社会的重大影响，克拉克巧妙地说明了预测性大脑如何塑造所有人类体验。慢性疼痛和精神疾病被证明与我们的潜意识预测的微妙故障有关，这为更有效、更有针对性的治疗指明了方向。在重新审视之下，我们与外部世界之间的界限消失了，表...(展开全部)

A brilliant new theory of the mind that upends our understanding of how the brain interacts with the world “This thoroughly readable book will convince you that the brain and the world are partners in constructing our understanding.” —Sean Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion For as long as we’ve studied human ...(展开全部)

All of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine. Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself: what it does, why it works, and the many ways it has influenced animals, weather and human history & culture. In a book that wil...(展开全部)

Book Description Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors' and Ford's combined, its ...(展开全部)

Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Drs. Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-page news nationwide. In CONNECTED, the authors explain why emoti...(展开全部)

Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Drs. Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-page news nationwide. In CONNECTED, the authors explain why emoti...(展开全部)

There is a paradox. As children, most of us think we are highly creative; as adults many of us think we are not. What changes as children grow up? Organizations across the globe are competing in a world that is changing faster than ever. They say they need people who can think creatively, who are flexible and quick to adapt. Too often they can't find them. Why not? In this prov...(展开全部)

For too long, the gut has been the body’s most ignored and least appreciated organ, but it turns out that it’s responsible for more than just dirty work: our gut is at the core of who we are. Gut: The Inside Story of our Body's Most Underrated Organ gives the alimentary canal its long-overdue moment in the spotlight. With quirky charm, rising science star Giulia Enders explains...(展开全部)