From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what the hell is going on in our strange, unprecedented modern times.
Between 2013 and 2016, Tim Urban became one of the world's most popular bloggers, writing dozens of viral, long-form articles about everything from AI to colonizing Mars to procrastination. Then, he turned his attention to a new topic: the society around him. Why was everything such a mess? Why was everyone acting like such a baby? When did things get so tribal? Why do humans do this stuff?
This massive topic sent Tim tumbling down his deepest rabbit hole yet, through mountains of history, evolutionary psychology, political theory, neuroscience, and modern-day political movements, as he tried to figure out the answer to a simple question: What's our problem?
Six years later, he emerged from the hole holding this book. What's Our Problem? is a deep and expansive analysis of our modern times, in the classic style of Wait But Why, packed with original concepts, sticky metaphors, and 300 drawings. The book provides an entirely new framework and language for thinking and talking about today's complex world. Instead of focusing on the usual left-center-right horizontal political axis, which is all about what we think, the book introduces a vertical axis that explores how we think, as individuals and as groups. Readers will find themselves on a delightful and fascinating journey that will ultimately change the way they see the world around them.

人無法兩次踏上同一片河水，因為江河日下，
但當代人卻可以兩次踏上同一座江城，因為何偉。
一個小城的故事，
一部中國人都未能體察的底層心態史，
在中國，一切堅固的都將灰飛湮沒。
繼《尋路中國》、《甲骨文》之後，
《消失中的江城》重新浮現。
古希臘哲人赫拉克利特斯（Heraclitus）說：「人無法兩次踏上同一片河水」，因為江河日下，水會流動，當下的時光也會消逝。但當代人卻可以兩次踏上同一座江城，因為何偉曾在揚子江上生活，費時兩年書寫四川涪陵。在幽緩的時光流程中，在變動劇烈的城鄉景觀內外，何偉依江而居，感受與學生和涪陵人相處的日常點滴，書寫出一部連中國人自己都未能體察的心態史和底層故事。
1996年夏天，27歲的何偉抵達中國長江邊上的一個小城：涪陵，以和平工作團（Peace Corps）的身分在當地的學院教兩年的書。自1949年以來，當地人就未曾有過美國人在此生活的明確記憶，縱使何偉的姓名極為常見，但他仍是這座四川江城數一數二的外來陌生人。原以為這將是一個平靜的兩年，何偉卻發現他闖入了一個與他的文化和個性全然不同的社會之中。
「這趟航程就像一個夢，夢裡盡是安靜的河流、滿是迷迷糊糊入睡的乘客的艙房，以及從幽暗的長江升起的城市燈光。而涪陵就像一個暫時打斷這場夢的地方。」------何偉

无论是写微博、微信文章和电子邮件，还是写论文、新闻稿和技术指南，我们今天的社会文化生活比史上任何时候都更依赖于书面语言。像所有语言使用者一样，互联网一代不仅需要让遣词造句适应情景和受众，更需要写出优雅、清晰、简洁、连贯，重要的是，吸引人的文章。《风格感觉：21世纪写作指南》是一部无可替代的写作指南。它结合现代语言学和认知科学，从思维的高度分析写作技巧，告诉21世纪互联网时代的写作者，如何清晰简洁地向读者展示事实和思想，如何有效运用语词来吸引人类心灵的关注。传播、营销、文学、科普、学术、政府、企业、技术、法律等所有领域的写作者，都可以跟随本书学习写出打动人心又令人叹服的文章。本书既有助于改进中文写作思维，也有助于提高英文写作水平。

写作能力出众的人，大多是掌握了一些固定的重要写作原则，并在写作的过程中反复不断地使用。本书从结构、风格、可读性三个方面，列举了20条放之四海而皆准的写作原则，包括如何规划表述的观点和顺序，如何使用恰当的例证以及如何增加文章的易读性等，涵盖的技巧几乎适用于所有类型的写作。无论你是学生还是商务人士，都可以通过学习本书中的内容，让日常写作变成一项信手拈来的简单任务，从而使学习生涯和职业道路走得更加轻松。

"A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought."
*Los Angeles Times
"POWERFUL . . . A stirring defense of informed rationality. . . Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing."
*The Washington Post Book World
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don't understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions.
Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs. And yet, disturbingly, in today's so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning with stories of alien abduction, channeling past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not just a cultural wrong turn but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms.
"COMPELLING."
*USA Today
"A clear vision of what good science means and why it makes a difference. . . . A testimonial to the power of science and a warning of the dangers of unrestrained credulity."
*The Sciences
"PASSIONATE."
*San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle

A thoroughly updated edition of a beloved classic that has guided generations of researchers in conducting effective and meaningful research.

With more than a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level—from high-school students and first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to researchers in business and government. Conceived by seasoned researchers and educators Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, this fundamental work explains how to choose significant topics, pose genuine and productive questions, find and evaluate sources, build sound and compelling arguments, and convey those arguments effectively to others.

While preserving the book’s proven approach to the research process, as well as its general structure and accessible voice, this new edition acknowledges the many ways research is conducted and communicated today. Thoroughly revised by Joseph Bizup and William T. FitzGerald, it recognizes that research may lead to a product other than a paper—or no product at all—and includes a new chapter about effective presentations. It features fresh examples from a variety of fields that will appeal to today’s students and other readers. It also accounts for new technologies used in research and offers basic guidelines for the appropriate use of generative AI. And it ends with an expanded chapter on ethics that addresses researchers’ broader obligations to their research communities and audiences as well as systemic questions about ethical research practices.

This new edition will be welcomed by a new and more diverse generation of researchers.

如果我们把致富当成成功的全部定义，那生活就索然无味了，但是不可否认，致富往往是成功的第一步，迈向它你会在沿途看到更多的风景，感受更多的智慧滋养，成为一个事业辉煌、精神富足的人。
在拿破仑・希尔这部伟大著作中描述的秘诀，其最大的特色在于，那些掌握它并使用它的人从此走向成功。它指引过许多我们耳熟能洋的知名人物非凡的成功之旅，诸如美国总统罗斯福、发明家爱迪生、企业家洛克菲勒等都从中获益匪浅，还有更多的平凡人因此积累了财富，有的人成功地实现了家庭的和谐，有的人获得了商业伙伴的支持，甚至威尔逊总统在军事训练和募集战争军费中都用到了这些秘诀。

做好一本笔记，牢记每本书的精华
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你会做笔记吗？你的笔记有章法可循吗？你怎样记，决定你记得怎样。《如何有效阅读一本书》会教你如何用一本笔记将书中的精华用最高效的方式整理记录下来，只有记得好，才能记得牢！
不止笔记，从选书到购书，到笔记的分类检索与文具的巧妙利用，读书的过程中处处皆学问。以信息整理术闻名日本的“笔记本作家”奥野宣之将在本书中告诉你，如何将读书的效率最大化，如何为你自己创造一个精神上的图书馆。
随想笔记：自由记录，信手粘贴，将枯燥笔记化为创意之源；聪明人的购书清单：激活日常求知欲，不落入营销陷阱，掌握选书主动权；“葱鲔火锅式”摘抄法：摘抄与评论交替进行，加深记忆理解，让原创思考遍地开花。
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对在漫长人生中读过的书而言，人类的记忆力是有限的。如果想在读完每一本书后都有扎实的收获，就需要有技巧地写读书笔记，并养成长期的习惯。
传媒业出身的奥野宣之创造的一元化笔记读书法涵盖了从选书、购书、读书、记录到检索以备重读这五个步骤，提供了一整套科学、高效的读书方法。他倡导有目的性地购书，让读书从一开始就充满主动性；用笔记管理读书生活，养成随时记录心得体会的习惯；学会摘抄，让原书精髓与自身思维的火花交相辉映；完善整理归档工作，做好的笔记需要反复重读才能凸显其价值。他还从自身经验出发，介绍了19个让读书体验更充实、有效的小窍门。
读书笔记会帮助我们改变读书方法，而读书方法的改变又会带来思考方式的转变。如果你也想见证这段神奇的转变，那就从现在开始，随时把笔记本带在身边吧。

《俗世奇人(修订版)》由19个短篇小说连缀构成，各篇文字极精短，半文半白，带有“三言两拍”笔意，作品的风格也接近古典传奇色彩，取话本文学旨趣。书中所讲之事，又多以清末民初天津卫市井生活为背景，每篇专讲一个传奇人物生平事迹，素材均收集于长期流传津门的民间传说，人物之奇特闻所未闻，故事之精妙叹为观止。

罗翔老师推荐！“这本书深刻地揭示了日本的社会问题，日本40多年来社会变迁的各种缩影。”
豆瓣「2020年度读书榜单」推理·悬疑类top1！
怀才者的自怜是天鹅的挽歌， 平庸者的崩坏是野兽的绝叫。
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★同名日剧位居豆瓣“2019评分最高日本剧集”榜单Top10
★日本现象级社会派推理小说
★长达四十年的恶女编年史
★绝对现实，却超乎想象！
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铃木阳子死了，死在独居的公寓里。正确说来，是铃木阳 子几个月前死了。因为发现她时，不但遗体遭到屋内的十一只猫啃食，连猫也全数饿死了。铃木阳子显然是「孤独死」的最佳范例，但这名女子为何落到这步田地？她的亲人、朋友、同事在哪里？她的人生轨迹又是如何？
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《绝叫》是日本新锐社会派推理作家叶真中显创作的推理小说，讲述了女主人公阳子在平庸懦弱的表象之下，隐密的跌宕、罪恶人生。该书揭露常被人们忽视的社会问题，深刻而引人深思，刻画人物思想的变化细腻而一针见血，以阳子的离奇经历，连缀了日本四十年来社会变迁的各种缩影，是日本近年来具有代表性的优秀推理小说。
该书在日本一经出版就引起极大反响，入围第68回日本推理作家协会奖、第36回吉川英治文学新人奖、第27回“这本推理小说了不起”大奖 、第12回书店大奖、第11回启文堂大奖、周刊文春年度推理小说榜。
后《绝叫》繁体版问世，使国内推理小说爱好者得以一探究竟。《绝叫》繁体版在豆瓣获得8.6的高评分，是少有的在有简体中文版之前就广受好评的外国小说。
2019年，根据《绝叫》改编的同名日剧播出，又获得了豆瓣逾万人点评、8.4分的好成绩，并入围豆瓣“2019评分最高日本剧集”榜单Top10。
2020年7月，《绝叫》简体中文版正式上市，以飨读者。

【内容简介】
经常有人说“选择决定命运”，选择是大脑基于思考而得出的结论。每个人的成长环境、知识储备、认知经验不同，导致每个人的选择不同，进而造就不同的命运。
《思考的真相》提出了一个简单且实用的思考框架，由定义、分类、比较和因果这四个要素构成。从这个思考框架开始不断迭代，形成各种认知、判断、行动，最终通过时间积累，逐步形成所谓的命运。
作者李笑来用通俗易懂的语言和简洁明了的思维导图，用2万字+4个步骤，带你轻松学会思考，通过改变认知进而改变命运。
【编辑推荐】
★ 正确的思考是有效行动的基石
★ 2万字+4个步骤，学会正确思考，摆脱空想和内耗
★ 轻松建立思考框架，走上独立思考的道路，生活由此变得简单
★ “无论生活的哪一方面，思考、学习、工作，还是与家人的交流、对孩子的教育，都依赖正常的思考能力。”
★ 精装小开本易携带，内文采用胶版纸，双色印刷，适合收藏、送人

《财富的真相》是一本向大众普及财富底层逻辑的书。
作者指出，财富的独一正常来源是“生产”，而材料、知识等生产资料，溯源到底层都是“时间”的衍生物。因而，时间是我们每个人终生独一的生产资料，改变对时间的观念，才能根本上重塑我们的财富观，避免贱卖我们的时间，而是把时间花费在有复利效应的工作上。每天进步一点点，时间会帮你实现指数级的增长。

《让时间陪你慢慢变富》是一本写给普通人的书。
我自认是个普通人，2011年的春天，我误打误撞进入了投资领域。转眼8年过去，我做得很好，成绩相当不错。毫无疑问，是定投改变了我的命运。
过去8年的投资经历，使我越来越清楚地看到一个事实：在当前这个时代里，理论上，每个普通人都有实现财富自由的机会。赚钱，绝对是硬本事。可遗憾的是，它对绝大多数普通人来说，就是一种父母不会、学校不教，并且整个社会还要妖魔化它的技能——没有人能够清楚地解释这到底是为什么。
我写了半辈子关于学习的书籍，这一次，《让时间陪你慢慢变富》终于做到了更进一步，因为它不仅仅是一本好书，更是一本目标明确的践行手册——不做不要读，读了就必须做；做了不会马上有结果，长期做必然有好结果。

没有自学能力的人没有未来。本书以自学Python编程为例，阐述了如何培养、习得自学能力，并运用自学能力在未来竞争激烈的社会中获得一席之地，不断地升级、进化，实现真正的成长。作为一本“硬核”的“鸡汤”书，本书不仅仅以纸质的形式呈现，还提供了XUE.cn互动学习平台。读者不仅可以通过阅读本书学到自学的方法，还能在XUE.cn上把这些方法付诸实践，不断练习、提升自己的技能，真正成为有积累、有前途的新新人类。祝愿所有与本书结缘的读者都有一个更美好的未来。

Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five “breakthroughs” in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals what brains of the past can tell us about the AI of tomorrow.
In the last decade, capabilities of artificial intelligence that had long been the realm of science fiction have, for the first time, become our reality. AI is now able to produce original art, identify tumors in pictures, and even steer our cars. And yet, large gaps remain in what modern AI systems can achieve—indeed, human brains still easily perform intellectual feats that we can’t replicate in AI systems. How is it possible that AI can beat a grandmaster at chess but can’t effectively load a dishwasher? As AI entrepreneur Max Bennett compellingly argues, finding the answer requires diving into the billion-year history of how the human brain evolved; a history filled with countless half-starts, calamities, and clever innovations. Not only do our brains have a story to tell—the future of AI may depend on it.
Now, in A Brief History of Intelligence, Bennett bridges the gap between neuroscience and AI to tell the brain’s evolutionary story, revealing how understanding that story can help shape the next generation of AI breakthroughs. Deploying a fresh perspective and working with the support of many top minds in neuroscience, Bennett consolidates this immense history into an approachable new framework, identifying the “Five Breakthroughs” that mark the brain’s most important evolutionary leaps forward. Each breakthrough brings new insight into the biggest mysteries of human intelligence. Containing fascinating corollaries to developments in AI, A Brief History of Intelligence shows where current AI systems have matched or surpassed our brains, as well as where AI systems still fall short. Simply put, until AI systems successfully replicate each part of our brain’s long journey, AI systems will fail to exhibit human-like intelligence.
Endorsed and lauded by many of the top neuroscientists in the field today, Bennett’s work synthesizes the most relevant scientific knowledge and cutting-edge research into an easy-to-understand and riveting evolutionary story. With sweeping scope and stunning insights, A Brief History of Intelligence proves that understanding the arc of our brain’s history can unlock the tools for successfully navigating our technological future.

It takes a few wrong turns to find the right way.
Paul Millerd thought he was on his way. From small-town Connecticut kid to the most prestigious consulting firm in the world, brushing shoulders with CEOs and with the resume to match.
The Pathless Path is about finding yourself in the wrong life, and the real work of figuring out how to live. Through painstaking experiments, living in different countries and the goodwill of people from around the world, Paul Millerd pieces together a set of ideas and principles that guide him from unfulfilled and burned out to the good life and all of the existential crises in between.
This book is a personal journey of awakening and is an ideal companion for people considering leaving their jobs, embarking on a new path, dealing with the uncertainty of an unconventional path, or searching for better models for thinking about work in a fast-changing world.

A wide-ranging intellectual history that reveals how important games have been to human progress, and what’s at stake when we forget what games we’re really playing.

We play games to learn about the world, to understand our minds and the minds of others, and to make predictions about the future. Games are an essential aspect of humanity and a powerful tool for modeling reality. They’re also a lot of fun. But games can be dangerous, especially when we mistake the model worlds of games for reality itself and let gamification co-opt human decision making.

Playing with Reality explores the riveting history of games since the Enlightenment, weaving an unexpected path through military theory, political science, evolutionary biology, the development of computers and AI, cutting-edge neuroscience, and cognitive psychology. Neuroscientist and physicist Kelly Clancy shows how intertwined games have been with the arc of history. War games shaped the outcomes of real wars in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe. Game theory warped our understanding of human behavior and brought us to the brink of annihilation—yet still underlies basic assumptions in economics, politics, and technology design. We used games to teach computers how to learn for themselves, and now we are designing games that will determine the shape of society and future of democracy.

In this revelatory new work, Clancy makes the bold argument that the human fascination with games is the key to understanding our nature and our actions.