Nathaniel Branden's book is the culmination of a lifetime of clinical practice and study, already hailed in its hardcover edition as a classic and the most significant work on the topic.Immense in scope and vision and filled with insight into human motivation and behavior, The Six Pillars Of Self-Esteem is essential reading for anyone with a personal or professional interest in self-esteem. The book demonstrates compellingly why self-esteem is basic to psychological health, achievement, personal happiness, and positive relationships.Branden introduces the six pillars-six action-based practices for daily living that provide the foundation for self-esteem-and explores the central importance of self-esteem in five areas: the workplace, parenting, education, psychotherapy, and the culture at large.The work provides concrete guidelines for teachers, parents, managers, and therapists who are responsible for developing the self-esteem of others.And it shows why-in today's chaotic and competitive world-self-esteem is fundamental to our personal and professional power.

本书勾勒了1720-1830年间，西学在日本的发展与实践。这段时期的前后两个年份中，前者标志着官方开始关注西学，后者则是驱逐西博尔德出境的年份。如果说日本的近代化始于明治维新的话，那么，从1868年回溯到1720年的近150年，则可以说是酝酿这场近代化的漫长的准备期。彼时的知识分子奋起反抗锁国，拼命探索来自国外的新知识。像本多利明这样有着充沛精力并极富热情的人们，促使日本发生了令人惊叹的变化。
本多利明是本书的核心人物，其手稿中的任何一页都充分表明他已进入一个新的时代，即近代日本。在他的书中，人们发现了一种新的精神：不安、好奇和接受。本多好奇于新的发现，乐于开阔眼界，甚至带着某种喜悦揭示日本只不过是大千世界中的一座小岛而已。对那些认为中华文明才是源远流长的日本人，他公然宣称拥有数千年历史的埃及才更为久远、更加崇高。他发现，世界充满了奇妙的事物，他坚持认为日本应该取诸所长。他尝试用西方人的视角观察日本，明了时局必将扭转，如今的国家已被严重耗费德行和物力。即便如此，他仍确信日本一定能够成为世界大国之一。

How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.
How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today’s kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle?
What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn’t shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues—from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.