HeyJaredRebel Book Club
Where curious minds with limited time read non-fiction books, meet, discuss, learn and take action. Every month since 2015.
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In the age of AI, what should my children do? An economist's surprisingly hopeful answer (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Rebel Reader, your weekly non-fiction fix that helps you live, work and think just a little better.In 2013, the UK became the first country to put coding on the curriculum for every school child. By January 2026, Anthropic reported that 90% of the code behind Claude tool was written by AI. For many of those children, the skill meant to protect them was largely redundant before they’d left school.So if we can’t predict the future, what on earth should we be teaching? And what shoul
Your gut bacteria outnumber your neurons. We're asking the wrong question about intelligence. (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Rebel Reader, your weekly non-fiction fix that sharpens minds and deepens human connection.A Greenland shark can live for five hundred years. Some birds sense the Earth’s magnetic field through their retinas. A slime mould, with no brain and no neurons, can solve a maze. We’ve spent the last few years arguing about whether machines can think, while the living world has been doing something stranger and older right under our feet.📕 Alive: The Hidden Intelligence of the Living World
A former defence minister on how to stop the next world war (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Rebel Reader, your weekly dose of non-fiction that helps you live, work and think just a little better.The Doomsday Clock is now closer to midnight than at any point in its history. Not because of one flashpoint, but because several are burning at once: Russia and Ukraine, Iran and the United States, China extending its reach. 📕 Ten Steps to Prevent World War Three by Tobias Ellwood is a former defence minister’s clear-eyed plan for pulling the world back from the brink, written a
He planned a 600-mile walk across Siberia. Then the war started. (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Rebel Reader, your weekly dose of non-fiction that sends shivers of excitement - and fear - down your book spines!What's more dangerous than minus-40 nights in the Siberian wild? A state that decides your version of reality no longer counts.In early 2022, Charlie Walker was hundreds of miles into a solo winter hike along Siberia’s frozen rivers when Russia invaded Ukraine. Overnight, an adventure became a surveillance nightmare, ending in arrest and a prison cell. <a class="image-
Reading is the most attractive hobby you can have... (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Rebel Reader, your weekly dose of non-fiction for curious minds with limited time.This month we’re reading Bonded by Evolution about the science of love. It also seems that reading (and being part of a great book club) can do wonders for your love-life….Readers are often viewed as knowledgeable, curious, and well-rounded.Reading builds empathy and an understanding of different perspectives.Choosing books over screen time or phone scrolling shows discipline!</s
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