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Now Friedman has drawn on his years on the road to produce an engrossing and original look at the new international system that, more than anything else, is shaping world affairs today: globalization. His argument can be summarized quite simply. Globalization is not just a phenomenon and not just a passing trend. It is the international system that replaced the Cold War system. Globalization is the integration of capital, technology, and information across national borders, in a way that is creating a single global market and, to some degree, a global village. With vivid stories and a set of original terms and concepts, Friedman shows us how to see this new system. He dramatizes the conflict of \"the Lexus and the olive tree\" - the tension between the globalization system and ancient forces of culture, geography, tradition, and community. He also details the powerful backlash that globalization produces among those who feel brutalized by it, and he spells out what we all need to do to keep this system in balance.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kr8x1d0zgtsc4bbvf3q86jbm.jpg","LJGG%=}rIVnQ*{9uJUX70h67%exZ",501,[570],{"id":571,"slug":572,"name":573},"01kkwjacjs69yazagza84cc2am","thomas-l-friedman-hopq","Thomas L. Friedman",[575,576,577,578,579],{"id":279,"name":280,"slug":281,"is_fiction":19},{"id":29,"name":30,"slug":31,"is_fiction":19},{"id":99,"name":100,"slug":101,"is_fiction":19},{"id":441,"name":442,"slug":443,"is_fiction":19},{"id":225,"name":226,"slug":227,"is_fiction":19},[],{"pace":66,"complexity":7,"audience":69,"mood":582,"themes":583,"setting_period":7,"summary":584,"content_warnings":7},[73,71,72,74],[],"Thomas L. 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He categorizes these roles into five types, where individuals often pretend their work holds more value than it does. Graeber traces the historical roots of associating labor with self-worth and proposes universal basic income as a potential remedy for this societal issue.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kr2a0rgys2jp67pk11ys71y6.jpg","L5O|#0N$0DtU.TofV?jr01kBSiaz",2018,333,[648],{"id":247,"slug":248,"name":249},[650,651,652],{"id":33,"name":34,"slug":35,"is_fiction":19},{"id":29,"name":30,"slug":31,"is_fiction":19},{"id":441,"name":442,"slug":443,"is_fiction":19},[],{"pace":66,"complexity":7,"audience":69,"mood":655,"themes":656,"setting_period":7,"summary":642,"content_warnings":7},[71,72,73,383],[],{"id":658,"slug":659,"title":660,"description":661,"primary_cover_url":662,"cover_blurhash":663,"first_publish_year":183,"community_rating_avg":129,"community_rating_count":464,"page_count":664,"authors":665,"genres":670,"series":685,"enrichment":686},"01kjq6w9azy4h76cmfz0hxxfyq","the-body-keeps-the-score-wach","The Body Keeps the Score","Trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain and body. Drawing on more than three decades of work with combat veterans, abused children, and survivors of assault and disaster, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk shows how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control and trust.\n\nBlending clinical case studies with cutting-edge neuroscience, van der Kolk explains why traumatized people are haunted by intolerable sensations and emotions long after the danger has passed, and why talk therapy alone is often not enough. He then explores a range of treatments — from EMDR and neurofeedback to yoga, theatre, and mindfulness — that can help the brain to \"rewire\" itself and reactivate the innate capacity for healing.\n\nThe Body Keeps the Score is a landmark work on the science of trauma and recovery, arguing with clarity and compassion that by understanding how trauma lives in the body, we can find genuine paths back to wholeness.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01ksys4jkraynr2ae4fwwtazjk.jpg","L4BOa#tn0btn5AflxVae04jE-1WB",520,[666],{"id":667,"slug":668,"name":669},"01kjq6w9cgyssmewfh75ws11tt","bessel-van-der-kolk-k4kz","Bessel van der Kolk",[671,672,673,674,675,679,683,684],{"id":139,"name":140,"slug":141,"is_fiction":19},{"id":33,"name":34,"slug":35,"is_fiction":19},{"id":613,"name":614,"slug":615,"is_fiction":19},{"id":103,"name":104,"slug":105,"is_fiction":19},{"id":676,"name":677,"slug":678,"is_fiction":19},78,"Health","health",{"id":680,"name":681,"slug":682,"is_fiction":19},117,"Medicine","medicine",{"id":607,"name":608,"slug":609,"is_fiction":19},{"id":109,"name":110,"slug":111,"is_fiction":19},[],{"pace":66,"complexity":7,"audience":69,"mood":687,"themes":688,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[71,119,174],[],{"id":690,"slug":691,"title":692,"description":693,"primary_cover_url":694,"cover_blurhash":695,"first_publish_year":696,"community_rating_avg":7,"community_rating_count":14,"page_count":697,"authors":698,"genres":703,"series":713,"enrichment":714},"01krp08gtbddk5w8bmnhsj1xx1","digital-minimalism-hqsq","Digital Minimalism","The key to living well in a high tech world is to spend much less time using technology. Our relationship with personal technology has shifted, with many feeling troubled by the control these tools exert over daily life. 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