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Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks
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Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There

by David Brooks

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  4. Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences (Vintage) by Edward Tenner (expected 7.3, found 47)
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  7. Of Paradise and Power by Robert Kagan (expected 7.8, found 43)
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