106 books
—
25 voters
Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
withdrawal of popular and institutional cooperation with aggressors and dictators diminishes, and may sever, the availability of the sources of power on which all rulers depend. Without availability of those sources, the rulers’ power
...more
“If American history really does begin in enslavement, in genocide, then the lies, and the policies that attack writing from beyond the order, must not just be deemed possible. They must be expected.”
― The Message
― The Message
“If you write something that your intended reader thinks is going to be an unpleasant slog, you can bet that they are going to put off reading it until . . . later.”
― Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World
― Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World
“The mechanisms for introducing variation—the cultural equivalent of mutations—are generators of “error” or of “innovation” in social learning. For example, a new cultural variant could be produced by one person or group making a mistake while learning from another; trying through their own efforts to improve something acquired through social learning (using four rather than three knots to secure a fishing line, deliberately or in error); or combining information from different sources (after observing one person using three knots of type A, and another person using one knot of type B, the learner uses three knots of type B).”
― Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
― Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
“Regardless of specifics, the likelihood that the reader will perform that action depends heavily on how well the request is communicated and on how easy it is to fulfill.”
― Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World
― Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World
“To vanquish the ‘five giants’ of squalor, ignorance, want, idleness and disease, Beveridge’s plan was for everyone to contribute to a social insurance fund and in return receive the same entitlement to benefits such as healthcare or unemployment insurance.”
― What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society
― What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 340979 members
— last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Salem’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Salem’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Salem
Lists liked by Salem

































