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Try to Love the Questions Try to Love the Questions: From Debate to Dialogue in Classrooms and Life Lara Schwartz

An essential guide to dialogue in the college classroom and beyond
Speak Freely Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech Keith E. Whittington

Why colleges and universities live or die by free speech
Talking Cure Talking Cure: An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation Paula Marantz Cohen

An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social importance of conversation
How to Do the Right Thing How to Do the Right Thing: An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly Seneca

How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others—and ourselves—more fairly and mercifully

How to Keep an Open Mind How to Keep an Open Mind: An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic Sextus Empiricus

How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgment
How to Win an Argument How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion Marcus Tullius Cicero

Timeless techniques of effective public speaking from ancient Rome's greatest orator
AI Needs You AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own Verity Harding

A humanist manifesto for the age of AI
Guardrails Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI Urs Gasser and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

How society can shape individual actions in times of uncertainty
The Last Human Job The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World Allison J. Pugh

A timely and urgent argument for preserving the work that connects us in the age of automation