Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

Tiago Forte
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“One of my favorite books of the year. It completely reshaped how I think about information and how and why I take notes.” —Daniel Pink, bestselling author of Drive

A revolutionary approach to enhancing productivity, creating flow, and vastly increasing your ability to capture, remember, and benefit from the unprecedented amount of information all around us.

For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better time to learn, to contribute, and to improve ourselves. Yet, rather than feeling empowered, we are often left feeling overwhelmed by this constant influx of information. The very knowledge that was supposed to set us free has instead led to the paralyzing stress of believing we’ll never know or remember enough.

Now, this eye-opening and accessible guide shows how you can easily create your own personal system for knowledge management, otherwise known as a Second Brain. As a trusted and organized digital repository of your most valued ideas, notes, and creative work synced across all your devices and platforms, a Second Brain gives you the confidence to tackle your most important projects and ambitious goals.

Discover the full potential of your ideas and translate what you know into more powerful, more meaningful improvements in your work and life by Building a Second Brain.

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道從此入 : 清代翰林與香港

梁基永
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清代翰林是通過重重科舉考試而成的社會頂尖精英群體，除了學術地位，在社會上有超然的光環。香港本是海濱小地方，也沒出過本土翰林，然而清代翰林與香港，卻有着千絲萬縷的聯繫。從乾隆朝開始，這裏就留下翰林名士足跡。辛亥民國建立之後，一眾清遺民南渡香港，以翰林為首的這班遺民，為香港帶來了最早的正統文脈，也翻開香港文化史精彩的第一章。更罕為人知的是，影響中國一千多年的翰林歷史，原來是在香港終結的。

本書講述乾隆以來，一班狀元探花宰相為什麼先後作客香港，翰林們又是怎樣創立香港的正統儒學與傳統文化教育。許多人物與珍貴史料屬於首次發表。

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How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

David McRaney
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Amazon Best business and leadership books of 2022

A brain-bending investigation of why some people never change their minds—and others do in an instant—by the bestselling author of You Are Not So Smart

What made a prominent conspiracy-theorist YouTuber finally see that 9/11 was not a hoax? How do voter opinions shift from neutral to resolute? Can widespread social change only take place when a generation dies out? From one of our greatest thinkers on reasoning, HOW MINDS CHANGE is a book about the science, and the experience, of transformation.

When self-delusion expert and psychology nerd David McRaney began a book about how to change someone’s mind in one conversation, he never expected to change his own. But then a diehard 9/11 Truther’s conversion blew up his theories—inspiring him to ask not just how to persuade, but why we believe, from the eye of the beholder. Delving into the latest research of psychologists and neuroscientists, HOW MINDS CHANGE explores the limits of reasoning, the power of groupthink, and the effects of deep canvassing. Told with McRaney’s trademark sense of humor, compassion, and scientific curiosity, it’s an eye-opening journey among cult members, conspiracy theorists, and political activists, from Westboro Baptist Church picketers to LGBTQ campaigners in California—that ultimately challenges us to question our own motives and beliefs. In an age of dangerous conspiratorial thinking, can we rise to the occasion with empathy?

An expansive, big-hearted journalistic narrative, HOW MINDS CHANGE reaches surprising and thought-provoking conclusions, to demonstrate the rare but transformative circumstances under which minds can change.

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石頭上的香港史

蕭國健
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人類文明發展至今，科技水平日新月異，但尚未發現任何一種比石頭更能長久保存信息的載體。這些沉默的見證者靜靜地立在香港的角角落落，無聲地講述屬於自己的往事。知名學者蕭國健教授多年間訪古探幽，足跡遍及港九、新界及各離島，深入查考本港碑刻及其背後的歷史。

全書分為史前石刻篇、摩崖石刻篇、棋盤石刻篇、界石篇、紀念碑石篇、奠基石篇共六部分，對讀者了解香港各區的歷史文化頗有助益。

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Flowers in Amber (Fascinating Life Sciences)

George Poinar
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While much attention has been given to animal life in amber, the remains of a variety of plants, including angiosperm flowers, also exist in fossilized resin. Presented here is a pictorial synopsis of 94 flowers that occur in four major amber deposits around the world.                                   (Thumbnail images from the book)
The basic features of these flowers are presented and their relationship with existing plant lineages discussed. This work will be of interest to amber enthusiasts, plant taxonomists, plant morphologists, plant ecologists, plant evolutionists and plant paleontologists.

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“AMBER: BALTIC GOLD” Exhibition is being staged at the City University of Hong Kong until 11 April 2023. Amber is a beautiful and fascinating organic material which for centuries was believed to be a gemstone. Treated like a rare mineral, amber is simply a fossilized form of resin secreted by different plants.The exhibition traces amber’s diffusion across Europe from the Baltic regions to ancient Rome, and then down the famous Silk Road to China.

觀察的藝術 : 在日常生活中開發想像力的131個練習 (The Art of Noticing)

羅伯‧沃克 (Rob Walker)
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創新的第一步就是觀察。
用觀察力擴充想像力，在躁動的世界裡，把心留住。

歡迎來到白噪音的年代。我們的生活隨時被手機、電子郵件、社群媒體綁住。在這個分心的年代，人們通常失去了體驗當下、活在當下的能力，我們的思考能力、看與聽的能力也隨之消失。

專欄作家羅伯‧沃克將在這本書中喚醒大家的感官，更重要的是協助你以全新的方式看世界。沃克以一系列有趣的練習與沉思時刻，寫成這本引發思考的創意指南，刺激我們的好奇心，促使每個人以更透徹的方式思考，懂得用心聆聽，成為職場上更具創意的同事，最終還能重拾快樂的感受，觀察到真正重要的事物。

各界佳評

近半世紀前，藝評大師約翰‧伯格（John Berger）的經典之作《觀看的方式》改變了歷史，打破藝術僅屬於菁英階層的迷思，闡釋藝術與普羅大眾之間其實關係密切。如今羅伯‧沃克進一步以《觀察的藝術》一書為實踐指南，為當代身陷「白噪音」囹圄的凡夫俗子，提供有效開展五感的創意法門。──謝佩霓，藝評家／策展人

作者羅伯‧沃克的寫作永遠令人讚嘆。他用獨特的眼光看見其他人沒注意到的事。這本新書基本上就是把他所有的觀看祕訣傳授給大家。──萊恩‧霍利得（Ryan Holiday），《失控的自信》（Ego is the Enemy）與《障礙就是道路》（The Obstacle is the Way）暢銷作家

如果想過更趣味十足、更富創意的生活，第一步就是更加留意你的生活。羅伯‧沃克在這本書提供基本的引導，教大家探索自己的日常世界。我找到大量可以偷用的點子，你也一起來吧。──奧斯汀‧克隆（Austin Kleon），《紐約時報》暢銷著作《點子都是偷來的》（Steal Like an Artist）作者

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