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「いつかはクラウン」から「毎日100円ショップ」の時代へ　
もはや「中流」ではない。「下流」なのだ

「下流」とは、単に所得が低いということではない。

J. D. Vance grew up in the hills of Kentucky. His family and friends were the people most of the world calls rednecks, hillbillies or white trash. In this deeply moving memoir, Vance tells the story of his family’s demons and of America’s problem with generational neglect. How his mother struggled against, but never fully escaped, the legacies of abuse, alcoholism, poverty and trauma. How his grandparents, ‘dirt poor and in love’, gave everything for their children to chase the American dream. How Vance beat the odds to graduate from Yale Law School.

格差の拡大は確かに問題ではあるが、それを「封建制」と言うのは大げさだと思うかもしれない。しかし、本書を読めば、そのような認識が甘かったことに気付くであろう。

人の身体は50歳を過ぎると、あちこちに痛みが出てくるもの。日本人は「我慢は美徳」とばかりに耐えようとするが、痛みは生活の質を落とすだけでなく、我慢するほどに強まる仕組みになっているから無意味だ。

The world-renowned philosopher and author of the best-selling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good? World-renowned philosopher Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality. Sandel shows the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgment it imposes on those left behind, and traces the dire consequences across a wide swath of American life.

昨今のＡＩの進化は凄まじく、多くの中高年が「自分の仕事の賞味期限はいつまでか」と戦々恐々としているだろう。

誰も語らなかった日本経済復活の秘策!経済的豊かさから、年々遠のいていく日本。「お得で賢い」と思っていた消費は、「国産品の不買運動」だった。

Uncover the historical and social roots of caste discrimination in Who Were the Shudras? by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. This groundbreaking work challenges the traditional narratives of Hindu society, offering a meticulous examination of the origins and status of the Shudra caste. Ambedkar's critical analysis and visionary insights call for a re-evaluation of social hierarchies and advocate for equality and justice.

第一章 恐怖の10日間 ―2022年冬 「君はどうするの？」ルビコン川　私は当事者だ<「負けると決めつけている」「我々の土地だ」

There is no one better qualified than Jared Diamond - renowned expert in the fields of physiology and evolutionary biology and award-winning author - to explain the evolutionary forces that operated on our ancestors to make us sexually different. With wit and a wealth of fascinating examples, he explains how our sexuality has been as crucial as our large brains and upright posture in our rise to human status.

Does dating feel like finding a needle in a haystack? Maybe you connect with someone at first, but then it fizzles? Or you attract people you don't want, while the one you want won't like you back. You're so tired of the games, the guessing, and just wish it were simpler. You might wonder if you'll ever find "the One?" How to Date Authentically is your guide to breaking free from the dating "game" and finding real connections that lead to lasting love. This short, insightful book is packed with stories that offer a fresh perspective and tools to finally make dating work for you.

Transportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the United States face the monumental task of righting the wrongs of their predecessors while charting the course for the next generation. This task requires empathy while pushing against forces in the industry that are resistant to change. How do you change a system that was never designed to be equitable? How do you change a system that continues to divide communities? In Inclusive Transportation, expert Veronica O. Davis shines a light on the inequitable and often destructive practice of transportation planning and engineering.

"Darf ich mal deine Haare anfassen?", "Wo kommst du her?" Wer solche Fragen stellt, meint es meist nicht böse. Aber dennoch: Sie sind rassistisch. Warum, das wollen weiße Menschen oft nicht hören. Alice Hasters erklärt es trotzdem. Eindringlich und geduldig beschreibt sie, wie Rassismus ihren Alltag als Schwarze Frau in Deutschland prägt. Dabei wird klar: Rassismus ist nicht nur ein Problem am rechten Rand der Gesellschaft.

In 1973, when Wenguang Huang was eight, his grandmother became obsessed with her own death. Fearing cremation, she appealed to her family to promise to bury her after she'd died. This was in Xi'an, a city in central China, at a time when a national ban on all traditional Chinese practices, including burials, was strictly enforced. But his grandmother was persistent, and two years later, Huang's father built her a coffin. Over the next 15 years, the whole family was consumed with planning Grandma's burial.

El nou llibre del reconegut historiador i autor del fenomen global Sàpiens. Una obra que analitza com les xarxes d'informació han conformat el món i a nosaltres mateixos. A Nexus, Y. N. Harari contempla la humanitat des de l'àmplia perspectiva de la història per analitzar com les xarxes d'informació han conformat el nostre món i a nosaltres mateixos. Durant els últims 100.000 anys, els sàpiens hem acumulat un poder enorme.

In Mastery, Robert Greene's fifth book, he mines the biographies of great historical figures for clues about gaining control over our own lives and destinies. Picking up where The 48 Laws of Power left off, Greene culls years of research and original interviews to blend historical anecdote and psychological insight, distilling the universal ingredients of the world's masters.

「善悪二元論」が世界を見る目を曇らせる。
世界を善と悪に分ける「正義」の誘惑から距離をとれ。【DD(どっちもどっち)】派から見た日本社会の姿とは?

学者は本当に信用できるのか?「イデオロギー」「金銭(利権)」「同調圧力」によってウソをつく学者たち。そして新型コロナウイルスでは学者の罪が疑われている。

In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed. These are places where people gather, making friends across group lines and strengthening the entire community. Klinenberg calls this the “social infrastructure”: When it is strong, neighborhoods flourish; when it is neglected, as it has been in recent years, families and individuals must fend for themselves.