Readers' Adversary #5

Assorted Links: New and Recent Books

Craig Gibson

Professional Development Coordinator, the Ohio State University Libraries

Drake Institute Faculty Fellow for Mentoring

“What I’ve Been Reading This Summer” is a time-honored update that colleagues share in various venues with each other.   I thought I’d mention some new, not-so-new, and forthcoming books that I’m reading, or want to read, that address various facets of our discussions in HxLibraries--open-mindedness, ideological conformity or nonconformity, habits of mind/intellectual virtues, biases,  the media and information ecosystem, workplace interactions about diversity and inclusion (and intellectual freedom in organizations), and strategies for creating more humane workplaces where viewpoint diversity matters.

I’m providing Amazon.com or publishers’ links to these books so that you can at least preview blurbs or synopses about them to determine if you’re interested in getting your own copy, or asking your local library to order one!

Teresa Bejan.  Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration.

Geoffrey Cohen. Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides. (forthcoming)

Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross.   Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners from Around the World

Martin Gurri.  The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millenium.

(I’m re-reading this one) 

Paul Leonardi.  The Digital Mindset:What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI 

Steven Pinker.   Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters.

Keith Stanovich.   The Bias That Divides Us: the Science and Politics of Myside Thinking. 

Will Storr. The Status Game: on Social Position and How We Use It.   (forthcoming)

Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner.   Superforecasting: the Art and Science of Prediction.

Nassim NIcholas Taleb.   Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder.