Books
The Cognitive Awakening
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Subtitle: The Driving Force That Initiates Self-Change Author: Zhou Ling Publisher: Posts & Telecom Press Publication Year: 2020-10 ISBN: 9787115543424 Notes: The book is divided into two parts. The first part is inward-looking: understanding yourself. Starting from the triune brain theory, it explains how the brain works. The instinctive brain maintains basic physiological needs, the emotional brain handles emotion and social interaction, and the rational brain processes logic and decision-making.

Understanding the Geopolitical World in One Book
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Author: Wang Wei Publisher: CITIC Press Publication Year: 2017-10-15 ISBN: 9787508667751 Notes: Within ten thousand years, geography is an unchangeable fact and a field that strategists continue to study in depth. To China’s east, past Japan and across the North Pacific, lies the United States; to China’s southwest, through the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic, China is also connected to the United States.

Symmetry and Asymmetry
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Author: [US] T.D. Lee Publisher: Tsinghua University Press Published: 2000-05 ISBN: 9787302038665 Notes: I used to enjoy reading about mathematics and physics. After starting work, I was consumed by solving all kinds of project and technical problems, and gradually lost my curiosity about what the world really is. Thanks to the author’s deep mastery, this book presents symmetry and asymmetry across many fields and scenarios with ease, giving the reader a fairly direct feel for the consistency that lies within this contradiction.

Measure What Matters
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Subtitle: The Working Method Behind the Explosive Growth of Google and Amazon Author: John Doerr (US) Publisher: CITIC Press Publication Year: 2018-12 ISBN: 9787508696881 Notes: OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results, a working method for managing goals and their completion invented by Intel founder Andy Grove. The O stands for Objective, which should be important and specific, action-oriented, and inspiring β€” for example, improving the stability of a system.

The Low-IQ Society
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Subtitle: How to Break Out of the Decline of IQ Author: (Japan) Kenichi Ohmae Publisher: CITIC Press Publication Year: 2010-4 ISBN: 9787508619262 Notes: What is worth noting is when this book was written. More than a decade later, reading it still conveys its weight. The more developed the network, the lazier the brain.