No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram

Sarah Frier
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Winner of the 2020 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

Named “Best Book of the Year” by Fortune, The Financial Times, The Economist, Inc. Magazine, and NPR

In this “sequel to The Social Network” (The New York Times), award-winning reporter Sarah Frier reveals the never-before-told story of how Instagram became the most culturally defining app of the decade.

“The most enrapturing book about Silicon Valley drama since Hatching Twitter” (Fortune), No Filter “pairs phenomenal in-depth reporting with explosive storytelling that gets to the heart of how Instagram has shaped our lives, whether you use the app or not” (The New York Times).

In 2010, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger released a photo-sharing app called Instagram, with one simple but irresistible feature: It would make anything you captured look more beautiful. The cofounders cultivated a community of photographers and artisans around the app, and it quickly went mainstream. In less than two years, it caught Facebook’s attention: Mark Zuckerberg bought the company for a historic one billion dollars when Instagram had only 13 employees.

That might have been the end of a classic success story. But the cofounders stayed on, trying to maintain Instagram’s beauty, brand, and cachet, considering their app a separate company within the social networking giant. They urged their employees to make changes only when necessary, resisting Facebook’s grow-at-all-costs philosophy in favor of a strategy that highlighted creativity and celebrity. Just as Instagram was about to reach a billion users, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg - once supportive of the founders’ autonomy - began to feel threatened by Instagram’s success.

Frier draws on unprecedented access - from the founders of Instagram, as well as employees, executives, and competitors; Anna Wintour of Vogue; Kris Jenner of the Kardashian-Jenner empire; and a plethora of influencers worldwide - to show how Instagram has fundamentally changed the way we show, eat, travel, and communicate, all while fighting to preserve the values which contributed to the company’s success. “Deeply reported and beautifully written” (Nick Bilton, Vanity Fair), No Filter examines how Instagram’s dominance acts as a lens into our society today, highlighting our fraught relationship with technology, our desire for perfection, and the battle within tech for its most valuable commodity: our attention.

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超速學習 : 我這樣做,一個月學會速描,一年學會四種語言,完成MIT四年課程 (Ultralearning)

史考特‧楊 (Scott H. Young)
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★《原子習慣》作者詹姆斯‧克利爾專文盛讚：「真希望我能早一點擁有這本書。」
★《深度工作力》作者卡爾．紐波特高度肯定：「這是可以改變人生的超能力。」
★Amazon、《紐約時報》《華爾街日報》暢銷書

快速學會某件有價值的事，並不是天才的專利，而是每個人都能擁抱的成就。

本書作者史考特‧楊曾完成三項令人印象深刻的學習挑戰：
挑戰1：一年內學完麻省理工學院資訊科學四年的課，共計33門線上課程，並通過所有期末考試！
挑戰2：一年內從零開始，學會使用四種語言：西班牙語、葡萄牙語、中文、韓語。
挑戰3：一個月學會專業素描肖像畫技巧。

他並不是絕世天才，只是掌握了「自學」的正確技巧。本書將分享這位著名的｢學神｣，如何在短時間內熟悉一項技能的「超速學習」法則。

●超速學習法，集合科學實證＋真實案例＋親身經驗！
在這個劇烈變革的時代，成為佼佼者只是一時的，唯有持續不斷自我精進，擁有快速的自主學習能力，才保持領先地位、跟上時局變化。

作者縱覽最新研究，考察其他超速學習者的歷程，並輔導小團隊進行學習計畫，再加上自己的親身經驗，歸結出九大關鍵法則，任何人都能藉此方法成為｢超速學習者｣，擁抱超乎想像的美好人生！

★再難都能自學成功的「超速學習」九大法則！
1. 後設學習：超速學習者懂得在開始學習前先畫出地圖，也會去學習其他人是如何學會自己想擁有的能力。
2. 專心致志：磨利你的刀，專注投入你想做的事。
3. 直截了當：走最短的路。想學外語，第一天就用新語言跟人聊天，想當程式設計師，就親手設計一款app。
4. 反覆操練：攻擊你最大的弱點，不斷練習。
5. 提取記憶：用測驗來學習。學完後，先寫出你剛才學了什麼，輸出有助於進一步輸入。
6. 意見回饋：別閃避重拳，聽取任何你收到的建言。
7. 保留記憶：別往漏水的桶子裡加水。如何提升記住新資訊的能力，如何防止習得的新知識從腦中溜走。
8. 培養直覺：超速學習者都能用很快的直覺來理解新事物，一旦學會，你會一次學得比一次快。
9. 勇於實驗：往舒適圈外探索大量新方法，你會達成許多意想不到的成就。

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel

Toshikazu Kawaguchi ; translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot
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*AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*

If you could go back, who would you want to meet?

"An affecting, deeply immersive journey into the desire to hold onto the past. This wondrous tale will move readers."-- Publishers Weekly

In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time.

Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.

Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time?

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天空地圖 : 瑰麗星空、奇幻神話, 與驚人的天文發現 (The Sky Atlas)

愛德華．布魯克希欽 (Edward Brooke-Hitching)
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「只要我注視著滿天星空的運行軌跡，我的雙足便能離開地面。」─托勒密（Ptolemy）

第一次有人如此描繪天空：
不只是恆星與行星的領域，更有諸多橫衝直撞的神鬼魍魎、天象魔法師、
飛翔的水手、中世紀外星人、神話生物與妖怪。

多國暢銷書《詭圖》（Phantom Atlas）、《寶圖》（Golden Atlas）的作者布魯克希欽，帶來一部遨遊諸天的視覺歷史。《天空地圖》收羅了各種宇宙圖、故事、繪畫與器物，勾勒出人類對於頂上天空與天空之外的想像與發現。

這本圖文並茂的天體圖寶藏，滿滿交織著歷史上最偉大的天文學發現，最奇特的傳說，以及為人所遺忘的篇章，化為一部美麗別緻、豐富趣味的星空大全。

書中從亞里斯多德開始，經過愛因斯坦的時代，直至最新的星際探索，此外更有古代的不明飛行物目擊紀錄、長著翅膀的月球生物「人蝠」、天空之外的廣闊大海，以及二十世紀初關於火星地圖的奇妙故事。讀者將踏上一段包羅萬象的旅程，行遍世界各地迷戀星辰的文化，遭遇古中國甲骨文、西藏天葬、西伯利亞舞衣與蒙古薩滿，一直到近代對於哈雷慧星的觀測、日食的攝影、冥王星的發現，以及近年來最振奮人心的影像——黑洞。

今日，隨著世人大膽探索宇宙的中心，眼下正是時候讓一本如夜空般瑰美的書，來擘劃這些探索成就的規模，襯托出即將到來的發現。

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The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead

Warren Berger
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From the bestselling author of A More Beautiful Question, hundreds of questions that harness the magic of inquiry to tackle challenges we all face-at work, in our relationships, and beyond.

When we're confronted with almost any demanding situation, the act of questioning can help guide us to smart decisions in the face of uncertainty. But the questions must be the right ones; the ones that cut to the heart of complexity or enable us to see an old problem in a fresh way.

In The Book of Beautiful Questions, expert "questionologist" Warren Berger shares illuminating stories and compelling research on the power of inquiry. Drawing from the insights and expertise of psychologists, innovators, effective leaders, and some of the world's foremost creative thinkers, he presents the essential questions readers need to make the best choices when it truly counts, with a particular focus in four key areas: decision-making, creativity, leadership, and relationships.

The powerful questions in this book can help you:
- Identify opportunities in your career or industry
- Generate fresh ideas in business or in your own creative pursuits
- Check your biases so you can make better judgments and decisions
- Do a better job of communicating and connecting with the people around you

Thoughtful, provocative, and actionable, these beautiful questions can be applied immediately to bring about change in your work or your everyday life.

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21世紀的21堂課 (21 Lessons for the 21st Century)

哈拉瑞 (Yuval Noah Harari)
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在一個資訊滿滿卻多半無用的世界上，
清楚易懂的見解，就成了一種力量。
—— 哈拉瑞

在《人類大歷史》，哈拉瑞展現了他「後見之明」的洞識，深刻闡述了人類簡史；
在《人類大命運》，哈拉瑞則以他「先見之明」的睿智，為我們預示了未來簡史。
而在這本「人類三部曲」的第三部《21世紀的21堂課》，哈拉瑞聚焦於此時此地，
關注的是資訊科技和生物科技攜手之後，科技為社會帶來的巨大顛覆與重塑，
以及川普粉墨登場、難民湧入歐洲、恐怖攻擊迭起、假新聞到處流竄……
世事紛紛擾擾之際，我們應該思索、也應該教導孩子的21項核心課題，

諸如：
♦ 天然愚蠢遇上人工智慧，人類還剩下什麼能力勝過人工智慧？
♦ 系統性大規模失業危機無可避免？「無用階級」將大量暴增？
♦ 社經精英不再剝削勞工了，因為已不需要這些「無用階級」？
♦ 我們該提防機器人，還是該提防機器人的主人？
♦ 資產誠可貴，資料價更高？擁有資料數據者，得天下？
♦ 你真以為有「自由意志」？還是改聽大數據和演算法的就對了？
♦ 神有兩種，你相信哪一種？信眾的行為決定了神的價值？
♦ 假新聞萬世永存？宗教神話就是流傳千年的假新聞？
♦ 恐怖主義是全球政治問題？宗教問題？還是社會心理機制問題？
♦ 我們的正義感可能已經過時？如何在全球化的世界實現正義？
♦ 如果世間皆是虛假，「自我」也是虛構的故事，那麼人生意義何在？

《21世紀的21堂課》是現代智人的必修課，
是洞悉世局變幻、洞察社會趨向、洞燭心靈深處的必修課。

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