English | ASIN: B08TT4B75Z | 2021 | 11 hours and 28 minutes |MP3|M4B | 316 MB
A forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors - experts who have worked at ground zero of the tech revolution for decades - that reveals how big tech's obsession with optimization and efficiency has sacrificed fundamental human values and outlines steps we can take to change course, renew our democracy, and save ourselves. In no more than the blink of an eye, a naïve optimism about technology's liberating potential has given way to a dystopian obsession with biased algorithms, surveillance capitalism, and job-displacing robots. Yet too few of us see any alternative to accepting the onward march of technology. We have simply accepted a technological future designed for us by technologists, the venture capitalists who fund them, and the politicians who give them free rein. It doesn't need to be this way. System Error exposes the root of our current predicament: how big tech's relentless focus on optimization is driving a future that reinforces discrimination, erodes privacy, displaces workers, and pollutes the information we get.
This optimization mindset substitutes what companies care about for the values that we as a democratic society might choose to prioritize. Well-intentioned optimizers fail to measure all that is meaningful, and when their creative disruptions achieve great scale, they impose their values upon the rest of us. Armed with an understanding of how technologists think and exercise their power, three Stanford professors - a philosopher working at the intersection of tech and ethics, a political scientist who served under Obama, and the director of the undergraduate computer science program at Stanford (also an early Google engineer) - reveal how we can hold that power to account. Troubled by the values that permeate the university's student body and its culture, they worked together to chart a new path forward, creating a popular course to transform how tomorrow's technologists approach their profession. Now, as the dominance of big tech becomes an explosive societal conundrum, they share their provocative insights and concrete solutions to help everyone understand what is happening, what is at stake, and what we can do to control technology instead of letting it control us.

English | ASIN: B08X4XYGN8 | 2021 |MP3|M4B | ~12:37:00 | 358 MB
Adam Tooze (Author, Narrator), Simon Vance (Narrator), "Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy"
Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything - from the acclaimed author of Crashed.

English | ASIN: B09D1DBP4F | 2021 | 6 hours and 19 minutes |MP3|M4B | 174 MB
Your mind is yours to redesign, redecorate, and create! The idea that you are what you think has concerned philosophers from Marcus Aurelius to the Buddha. Today, this age-old message is delivered via cognitive behavioral therapy and CBT techniques. Dr. Maisel moves cognitive change a giant step forward by describing the room that is your mind and how human consciousness is experienced there. Packed with visualization exercises, this accessible guide makes redesigning your mind and changing what you think easy and simple, an upgrade to the CBT method.
Visualization exercises for easy assembly. That room that is your mind is a space that you can decorate, air out, furnish, and turn into a truly congenial place. By practicing these easy-to-understand visualization exercises, you can redesign your mind and change not only what you think but how you think. Each of these techniques addresses major challenges like depression, anxiety, addiction, procrastination, and loneliness and promote cognitive growth, trauma healing, and fundamental change. Inside, you'll also find information that could help you: increase your creativity; reduce your anxiety; rid yourself of chronic depression; recover from addiction; heal from past trauma; and achieve emotional wellbeing.

English | ASIN: B08XC45FM1 | 2021 | MP3264 kbps | ~09:21:00 | 239 MB
Desmond Shum, Tim Chiou (Narrator), "Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China"
A unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the highest realms of power and money in China and whose wife was disappeared, Red Roulette reveals the truth of what is happening inside the country's wealth-making machine.

English | June 26, 2017 | ASIN: B0735H233W |MP3|M4B | 7h 13m | 195 MB
Author: Yamini Naidu
Narrator: Margaret Strom

English | ASIN: B09B475CLQ | 2021 | 16 hours and 32 minutes |MP3|M4B | 454 MB
It's not just what you eat, it's why and how you eat. The world is drowning in information on health, nutrition, and exercise, yet 95 percent of people who try to lose weight put it all back on, plus more, within 12 months of starting any sort of weight loss regime. Even diets that incorporate mindset and motivation lead to short-term results at best. Why? Because the key factor in successful weight management has been overlooked: the brain. The brain is our control centre. Every part of the body follows the signals and instructions sent out by the brain. It doesn't matter if you have a slow metabolism, a frenetic lifestyle, or a genetic predisposition to weight gain, because NeuroSlimming addresses the underlying cause of the issue and gives you a Mind Plan rather than a meal plan. NeuroSlimming brings the latest discoveries in brain science to weight management.
NeuroSlimming provides the missing piece in the weight loss puzzle. You will gain a deep understanding of how your brain and body work together to create vibrant health and lasting vitality. NeuroSlimming sets you free. Free of dieting, struggling, worrying, wishing, craving, and emotional eating. Free of guilt and anguish about what, when, and how much to eat. Free to make peace with your body and live life to the full. Free to enjoy food because you'll learn how to feed your spirit, not starve your body. Dr. Helena Popovic's deep understanding of what drives self-sabotaging behaviours will show you how to overcome them. She also explains why you could be doing 'everything right' yet still not achieving the results you want. You will feel that this book knows you. It will become your supportive friend, your wise guide and your ongoing inspiration. NeuroSlimming opens avenues for change that were not previously known to exist. NeuroSlimming is revolutionary. It takes you beyond information to lifelong transformation.

English | ASIN: B09F9XSK6T | 2021 | 8 hours and 32 minutes |MP3|M4B | 234 MB
From founder Kent Taylor, the incredible made-from-scratch success story of Texas Roadhouse. In Made from Scratch, the late business maverick Kent Taylor tells the legendary story of Texas Roadhouse and in the process reveals its recipe for success: embracing unorthodox business practices. Because isn't it a little unusual for a company to do almost no advertising? Is it wild to give away free peanuts and rolls and keep prices low, even as costs rise, or to keep the menu basically the same since it opened? Does it fly in the face of reason to prohibit coats and ties at headquarters and to have a CEO who dressed like he was part of the landscaping crew?
These business practices might be unconventional, but for Kent and Texas Roadhouse, they worked. What Kent and his Roadies cooked up is an island of misfits who are cool with being different. They love to have fun but are serious about following meticulous recipes to serve up hand-cut steaks, fall-off-the-bone ribs, made-from-scratch sides, ice-cold beer, and irresistible fresh-baked bread. It's Legendary Food, Legendary Service, the Texas Roadhouse way. To show how this company became a staple of American dining and survived a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, Kent took a trip back in time to offer the lessons learned from his pathbreaking life, revealing how a distracted kid from Louisville, Kentucky, created anything worthwhile at all.

English | ASIN: B09CLK41FB | 2021 | 6 hours and 48 minutes |MP3|M4B | 186 MB
Most of us want to live a long, healthy life, but how do we do that? Drawing upon lessons from his own life, Mayo Clinic cardiologist Stephen Kopecky offers a holistic, evidence-based approach to preventing common diseases and chronic illnesses and living a longer life of pleasure and purpose. In the past century, the leading causes of death around the world have shifted from infectious diseases to long-term chronic illnesses. What's killing us today isn't so much flu or tuberculosis, but heart disease and cancer. In fact, more than 1.2 million Americans die from these two diseases each year. Paradoxically, these chronic diseases are a consequence of living longer than ever. But even if we're living longer, are we living better? The overwhelming number of people now living under the burden of chronic illness indicates otherwise.
After surviving two bouts of cancer, Dr. Stephen Kopecky set out to discover the behaviors people can adopt to live longer lives free of chronic illnesses and diseases. What he discovered was that the answer lies in just six habits that require small changes to your daily life, but reap big results long-term. From adopting better diet and exercise habits to managing stress and sleep, these behaviors will not only preserve your health, they can improve your quality of living and extend your life. The secret, however, lies not just in the steps themselves but in how you accomplish them. After 30 years of research in the field of cardiovascular disease prevention, Dr. Kopecky is sharing what he's learned from his practice and own personal experience about staying healthy, preventing chronic illnesses, and living younger longer.

English | ASIN: B09C6KPP2K | 2021 | 4 hours and 28 minutes |MP3|M4B | 123 MB
If you're a lawyer, competition drives you - but not just in the courtroom. You can't rely on success alone to stand out in today's market. You need an advantage you can depend on, a digital marketing expert or agency you can trust. Unfortunately, without industry knowledge, hiring one is not as simple as trusting your gut or a list of credentials. In Law Firm SEO, Jason Hennessey shares the proven SEO strategies he's used for two decades to earn more than $500 million in new cases for his clients. The world of digital marketing is complex.
It's easy to hire the wrong team and lose valuable time and money. Jason shows you how he has reverse-engineered the Google algorithm with practical tools and techniques and without technical complexity. You don't need to be an SEO expert to leverage digital marketing. Whether you're a law student, solo practitioner, senior partner, or marketing director, this book will show you how to take your firm to the next level, increase revenue, and give you the competitive edge you need to stay ahead.

English | ASIN: B09DQV9WDD | 2021 | 6 hours and 22 minutes |MP3|M4B | 175 MB
Become a digital-first organization - and avoid disruption. If you listen to nothing else on the principles and practices that lead to successful digital transformation, listen to these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you reinvent your digital strategy, overcome barriers to change, and win in the continuously connected world.

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