Steven Poole is the author of Rethink: the Surprising History of New Ideas, Unspeak, Trigger Happy, You Aren't What You Eat, and Who Touched Base in my Thought Shower? His website is stevenpoole.net.
The idea of Skin in the Game is straightforward. People who make decisions ought to be exposed to the consequences if they are wrong.
Two books by Evan Davis and Matthew d’Ancona explore the concept of post-truth.
In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C Dennett investigates the evolution of consciousness.
A new outpouring of books show masculinity isn’t in crisis, human beings are.
How the craze for Apple Watches, Fitbits and other wearable tech devices revives the old and discredited science of behaviourism.
The moment it was accepted that Aristotle had not been right about everything was a crucial turning point in the history of science.
The latest book by anarchist anthropologist David Graeber reveals the technological age as one of total bureacracy.
With "anti-vaxxers" dominating the headlines, Biss's new book is a thoughtful examination of how people feel about vaccines.
In her new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism v the Climate, Naomi Klein provides a vividly reported and densely researched argument for how our future should look.
Truly living in the moment and being utterly spontaneous would render you unable to make and keep promises, or to formulate any kind of plan for helping yourself or others.
