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8 organizations that engage the public with the natural world. I soaked up the expertise around me and combined it with my own experience. Several TED talks and 3 million views later, I realized that there is public interest in plant stories that cross disciplines – hence my urge to write this book
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dynamic graphics, in which movement can be used to reveal patterns in the changes over time. The master of this technique was Hans Rosling, whose TED talks and videos set a new standard of storytelling with statistics, for example by showing the relationship between changing wealth and health through the animated movement
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dynamic graphics, in which movement can be used to reveal patterns in the changes over time. The master of this technique was Hans Rosling, whose TED talks and videos set a new standard of storytelling with statistics, for example by showing the relationship between changing wealth and health through the animated movement
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& Exercise 41, no. 2 (2009): 390–98. Chapter 5 1 One economist even speculates: Keith Chen, “Could Your Language Affect Your Ability to Save Money?,” TED Talks, June 2012, available at https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_chen_could_your_language_affect_your_ability_to_save_money?. 2 “Sell your islands”: Bild
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The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-To-5
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The Startup Wife
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The Happiness Effect: How Social Media Is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost
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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
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The Elements of Data Analytic Style
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Covid-19: The Pandemic That Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One
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Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM
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The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale
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Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
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A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life
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Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World
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The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World
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Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
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Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
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The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, or Any Top Tech Company
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Alan Partridge: Nomad: Nomad
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There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years
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The Slow Fix: Solve Problems, Work Smarter, and Live Better in a World Addicted to Speed
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The Industries of the Future
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Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming
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Cashing Out: Win the Wealth Game by Walking Away
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My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
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Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
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Future Sex
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Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence—and How You Can, Too
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Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck
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Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
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Comedy Sex God
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A Book for Her
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Alpha Trader
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The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot
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Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought
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My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress
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Wanderers: A Novel
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
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Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
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