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The 4-Hour Body
An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
Timothy Ferriss•3:09min
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Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Nick Bostrom•2:46min
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The Body Keeps the Score
Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel A. Van der Kolk•2:50min
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Human Hacking
Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You
Christopher Hadnagy and Seth Schulman•3:17min
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The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins•3:15min
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Brain Food
The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power
Lisa Mosconi PhD•2:59min
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Noise
A Flaw in Human Judgment
Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R Sunstein•1:52min
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Exercised
Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
Daniel Lieberman•2:14min
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War, and the Evolution of Us
Adam Rutherford•2:19min
Head Strong
The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks
Dave Asprey•4:00min
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How Not to Diet
The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss
Michael Greger•2:38min
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Lifespan
Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
David A. Sinclair and Matthew D. LaPlante•3:17min
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Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler•3:15min
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson•4:07min
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Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari•4:08min