Human Culture

Product List
    • How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
    • By: Joseph Henrich
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 03-13-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 305 ratings
    • Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced ingenious technologies....

    Regular price: $18.91 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $18.91 or 1 credit

    Included in Plus membership
    • Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
    • By: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Craig Mundie
    • Narrated by: Niall Ferguson, Byron Wagner
    • Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dramatically empowered people in all walks of life, from artists to business executives to policymakers. But as the technology becomes more powerful and more ubiquitous, it is giving rise to urgent questions about the future of humanity.

    Regular price: $19.49 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $19.49 or 1 credit

    • The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior
    • By: Sandra Matz
    • Narrated by: Anna Caputo
    • Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 01-28-25
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • As algorithms become increasingly adept at accessing the human mind, they also become more and more powerful at controlling it, enticing us to buy a certain product or vote for a certain political candidate. Some of us say this technological trend is no big deal.

    Regular price: $13.99 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $13.99 or 1 credit

  • Regular price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    • The Role of Failure in Successful Design
    • By: Henry Petroski
    • Narrated by: Matthew Boston
    • Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 03-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 127 ratings
    • More than a series of fascinating case studies, To Engineer Is Human is a work that looks at our deepest notions of progress and perfection, tracing the fine connection between the quantifiable realm of science and the chaotic realities of everyday life....

    Regular price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    Included in Plus membership
    • What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
    • By: Michaeleen Doucleff
    • Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
    • Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 03-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,942 ratings
    • In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities....

    Regular price: $20.24 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $20.24 or 1 credit

    • A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War, and the Evolution of Us
    • By: Adam Rutherford
    • Narrated by: Adam Rutherford
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 203 ratings
    • Evolutionary theory has long established that humans are animals: Modern Homo sapiens are primates who share an ancestor with monkeys and other great apes. Our genome is 98 percent identical to a chimpanzee's. And yet we think of ourselves as exceptional. Are we? Find out....

    Regular price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    Included in Plus membership
    • The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World
    • By: Allison J. Pugh
    • Narrated by: Allison J. Pugh
    • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In this audiobook, Allison Pugh makes a timely and urgent argument for preserving the work that connects us in the age of automation.

    Regular price: $23.36 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $23.36 or 1 credit

    • 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn’t Want You to Know - and What to Do About Them
    • By: Cynthia Shapiro
    • Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels
    • Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 10-30-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Cynthia Shapiro is a former human resources executive who's pulling back the curtain on the way that companies really work. In Corporate Confidential, she unmasks startling truths and what you can do about them....

    Regular price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    Included in Plus membership
    • Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
    • By: Gabor Maté MD, Daniel Maté
    • Narrated by: Daniel Maté
    • Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,478 ratings
    • By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts comes a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing....

    Regular price: $22.50 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $22.50 or 1 credit

    • Being Human in a Disembodied World
    • By: Christine Rosen
    • Narrated by: Suzie Althens
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • A reflective, original invitation to recover and cultivate the human experiences that have atrophied in our virtual world.

    Regular price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $17.19 or 1 credit

    • Creating a Culture of Purpose, Excellence, and Transformative Human Engagement
    • By: Robert Stiller
    • Narrated by: Tom Parks
    • Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Decades before the business world discovered the power of authentic staff engagement, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters cofounder Bob Stiller was busy creating a company with a mission to build an engaged workforce focused on innovation.

    Regular price: $17.49 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $17.49 or 1 credit

    • A Contemporary Updateof the Building Blocks of Human Performance for the New View of Safety
    • By: Todd E. Conklin PhD
    • Narrated by: Todd Conklin
    • Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 03-25-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 85 ratings
    • Conklin’s audiobook is an interesting and informal discussion with the listener about the five principles of human performance; principle by principle, section by section....

    Regular price: $14.95 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $14.95 or 1 credit

    • Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
    • By: Max Tegmark
    • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
    • Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,907 ratings
    • How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology....

    Regular price: $20.25 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $20.25 or 1 credit

    • By: Douglas Rushkoff
    • Narrated by: Douglas Rushkoff
    • Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 01-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 280 ratings
    • Though created by humans, our technologies, markets, and institutions often contain an antihuman agenda. Digital theorist Douglas Rushkoff reveals the dynamics of this antihuman machinery and invites us to remake these aspects of society in ways that foster our humanity....

    Regular price: $13.75 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $13.75 or 1 credit

    • Build a Multimillion-Dollar Startup Without Venture Capital
    • By: Rob Walling
    • Narrated by: Rob Walling
    • Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 08-09-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 115 ratings
    • With nearly two decades of experience as a serial entrepreneur, author, and investor, Rob Walling is one of the world's leading experts in SaaS. In this audiobook, he shares little-known strategies that have been battle-tested by some of today's most successful founders....

    Regular price: $14.95 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $14.95 or 1 credit

    • When Humans Transcend Biology
    • By: Ray Kurzweil
    • Narrated by: George Wilson
    • Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 444 ratings
    • For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....

    Regular price: $29.25 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $29.25 or 1 credit

    • The Breakthrough Technology
    • By: Robin Winn MFT
    • Narrated by: Michael Moxham
    • Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • Whether your field is psychotherapy, recovery, coaching, or healing arts, and whether your clients are individuals, couples, families, or business teams, Understanding Your Clients through Human Design will empower your work and call you to reconsider how you approach people....

    Regular price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $19.95 or 1 credit

    • How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace
    • By: Carl Safina
    • Narrated by: Carl Safina
    • Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 159 ratings
    • Some people insist that culture is strictly a human feat. What are they afraid of? This book looks into three cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth's remaining wild places....

    Regular price: $21.49 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $21.49 or 1 credit

    Included in Plus membership
    • And Our Human Future
    • By: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher
    • Narrated by: Eric Pollins
    • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 11-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 499 ratings
    • Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society - and what this technology means for us all....

    Regular price: $19.49 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $19.49 or 1 credit