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 Discover captivating stories brought to life through Audio.
You will have the opportunity to enrich your life with the magic of words and explore new horizons of learning.
With engaging episodes and the flexibility to listen wherever and whenever you want, you can gain valuable knowledge and skills.

You can listen and download our Audio Books Summaries for free on more than 10 different platforms:
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Episodios
  • How to Be a Dean (Higher Ed Leadership Essentials)

    How to Be a Dean (Higher Ed Leadership Essentials)
    May 30 2025
    Offer an insider's look at the complex role of an academic dean, exploring the challenges and opportunities of this demanding position. They highlight the multifaceted nature of the job, balancing academic leadership, middle management, and financial oversight. The text also discusses the intricacies of navigating university politics, managing faculty and staff relationships, and engaging with diverse constituencies both on and off campus. Furthermore, the sources provide practical advice on aspects like the hiring process, curriculum development, managing budgets, and addressing critical issues such as diversity, free speech, and academic integrity. Ultimately, the goal is to illustrate how deans can effectively manage their colleges and contribute to the broader mission of higher education.

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    17 m
  • How To Avoid A Climate Disaster

    How To Avoid A Climate Disaster
    May 30 2025
    Examine the complex challenge of achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions globally. The author highlights the necessity of getting to zero rather than simply reducing emissions, using a bathtub analogy to explain why. He discusses the need for both deploying existing clean energy technologies like solar and wind, and inventing and implementing new breakthrough technologies across five key sectors: how we plug in, make things, grow things, get around, and keep cool and warm. Gates emphasizes the importance of government policies and investments in research and development to lower the "Green Premiums" – the extra cost of choosing zero-carbon alternatives – especially to make these solutions affordable for middle-income countries, while also acknowledging the need for adaptation to climate changes already occurring and the disproportionate impact on the world's poorest.

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    23 m
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Thinking, Fast and Slow
    May 30 2025
    Exploring how our minds operate through two systems: System 1, which is fast, intuitive, and often relies on heuristics, and System 2, which is slower, more deliberate, and analytical. The source illustrates various cognitive biases that arise from System 1's shortcuts, such as the availability heuristic, where easily recalled information is perceived as more frequent, and representativeness, where similarity to a stereotype influences judgments. It highlights how these biases can lead to predictable errors in decision-making, especially regarding probability, risk, and statistical reasoning, even for experts. The text also discusses the concept of ego depletion, suggesting that System 2's effortful control is a limited resource, and introduces prospect theory, which explains how people evaluate gains and losses relative to a reference point, often exhibiting loss aversion and being influenced by framing effects. Finally, it touches on the illusion of skill, the limitations of expert intuition in unpredictable environments, and the distinction between the experiencing self and the remembering self.

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    39 m
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