This class was created by Brainscape user Glen Jones-Smythe. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

Decks in this class (38)

You are not so smart / You can beat your brain
Priming you are unaware of the co...,
You run out of time to get things...,
If you look to the downtrodden an...
4  cards
Carl Sagan
Look again at that dot that s her...
1  cards
Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
Homo sapiens wise man long prefer...,
3 the imagined order is inter sub...,
Over 1500 years christians have s...
6  cards
Homo Deus - Yuval Noah Harari
The new human agenda we now know ...,
The bad news is that pleasant sen...,
Homo sapiens is not going to be e...
5  cards
How to find fulfilling work - Roman Krznaric
1 the age of fulfilment 1,
One effect of having so many opti...,
Like the ancient romans we still ...
5  cards
Ego is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday
The comedian bill hicks said the ...,
2 to be or to do ego aids in the ...,
Be lesser do more you can develop...
6  cards
James Clear
10 happier by dan harris 1,
It s easy to fall into a default ...,
One of the most pervasive narrati...
6  cards
Facebook
Facebook just because your privac...
1  cards
The Shock Doctrine
The shock doctrine argues that ne...,
This book is a challenge to the c...
2  cards
Selfie - Will Storr
Themes dying self suicide perfect...,
Every self is different but there...,
We wanted to get along with other...
8  cards
Irresistible - Adam Alter
Never get high on your own supply 1,
The addict in all of us 2,
Substances and addictive experien...
3  cards
Quiet - Susan Cain
Part one the extrovert ideal 1,
At the onset of the culture of pe...,
Introverts prefer to work indepen...
8  cards
Simon Sinek
Millennials born from 1994 are ac...,
An entire generation now has acce...,
Everything you want you can have ...
3  cards
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
In the silences between his words...
1  cards
Nudge - Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
Small and often insignificant thi...
1  cards
Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker
Part one this thing called sleep 1,
Your suprachiastic nucleus commun...,
The consumption of caffeine repre...
12  cards
Genome - Matt Ridley
Preface the human genome the comp...,
We are to a 98 approximation chim...
2  cards
Instant Expert - Artificial Intelligence 2nd December 2017
Machines that think douglas heaven 1,
A machine learns through neural n...,
The future of ai toby walsh 3
3  cards
The Beginning of Infinity - David Deutsch
The reach of explanations 1
1  cards
Bitcoin
Global decentralised no central b...
1  cards
Creating Freedom - Raoul Martinez
Introduction and preface 1,
Here s the key point 2,
For billions of people where they...
15  cards
Straw Dogs - John Gray
Pithy of language or style terse ...
1  cards
12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson
Introduction without rules we qui...,
Rule 2 treat yourself like someon...,
Rule 5 do not let your children d...
4  cards
The Road to Character - David Brooks
A virtue salient culture would pr...
1  cards
The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz
Introduction the culture of abund...,
Several studies have demonstrated...,
People will tend to pay more to r...
6  cards
Doubt - Jennifer Hecht
Introduction amorality having no ...,
A libertine is one devoid of most...,
N the heyday of the ancient greek...
6  cards
Affluenza - Oliver James
Introduction our drive for money ...,
Part one the virus for some it do...,
A tendency towards upward social ...
7  cards
Deep Work - Cal Newport
Introduction deep work profession...,
Open plan offices might create mo...,
In a post enlightenment world we ...
4  cards
Notes on a nervous planet - Matt Haig
Anxiety is the dizziness of freed...,
Regrets of the dying bronnie ware...,
There is a permanent gap between ...
4  cards
Not Working - Josh Cohen
Introduction we live in a culture...,
The ego ideal is the residue in u...
2  cards
The Age of Absurdity - Michael Foley
The absurdity of happiness 1,
The righteousness of entitlement 2,
Albert ellis defined belief in th...
6  cards
How to Be Right - James O'Brien
Introduction double standards ard...,
Hate dissemination industry 2,
Nanny states and classic liberals 3
3  cards
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
Hegemony leadership or dominance ...,
However its principal beneficiari...
2  cards
Democracy and Its Crisis - AC Grayling
Preface we have two great rights ...,
The history of the dilemma 2,
After feudalism a new justificati...
6  cards
Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport
Introduction i used to be a human...,
Unpredictability releases more do...,
Many people have come to accept a...
3  cards
The Twittering Machine - Richard Seymour
Introduction like drug addicts we...,
For those who are curating a self...,
Affection and romantic excitement...
5  cards
Amusing Ourselves to Death - Neil Postman
Introduction postman distinguishe...,
To disdain rhetorical rules to sp...,
Almost all of the characteristics...
5  cards
The Intelligence Trap - David Robson
Introduction i once believed that...,
Low blood sugar will cause an acc...,
The latest neuroscience shows tha...
3  cards

More about
Non-fiction (Science/History/Politics)

  • Class purpose General learning

Learn faster with Brainscape on your web, iPhone, or Android device. Study Glen Jones-Smythe's Non-fiction (Science/History/Politics) flashcards now!

How studying works.

Brainscape's adaptive web mobile flashcards system will drill you on your weaknesses, using a pattern guaranteed to help you learn more in less time.

Add your own flashcards.

Either request "Edit" access from the author, or make a copy of the class to edit as your own. And you can always create a totally new class of your own too!

What's Brainscape anyway?

Brainscape is a digital flashcards platform where you can find, create, share, and study any subject on the planet.

We use an adaptive study algorithm that is proven to help you learn faster and remember longer....

Looking for something else?

Science Fiction
  • 12 decks
  • 100 flashcards
  • 7 learners
Decks: 11 Scientific Romances To The Pulps, 12 Jules Verne Relevant Dates, 13 H G Wells Relevant Dates, And more!
Political Science
  • 34 decks
  • 1763 flashcards
  • 272 learners
Decks: First Midterm 201, Social Contract Theorists, Final Exam 201, And more!
Non-Fiction Books
  • 28 decks
  • 643 flashcards
  • 52 learners
Decks: Irresistiblenotes, Antifragile, Big Debt Crisis, And more!
Politics
  • 56 decks
  • 1260 flashcards
  • 72 learners
Decks: P1 Liberalism, P1 Representative Vs Democracy, P1 Is There A Participation Crisis, And more!
Make Flashcards