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Newsletter — Week 40 Highlights (2025)

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Top 3 books this week (Sep 29–Oct 6, 2025)

  1. A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
    Why it showed up: pointed to as a clear lens on U.S. responses to genocide; HN quoted Power’s preface on non-intervention.

  2. High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
    Why it showed up: recommended in workplace-politics threads as a playbook for navigating entrenched disputes.

  3. The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
    Why it showed up: frequently paired with CGP Grey’s “Rules for Rulers” and selectorate theory in power-dynamics discussions.

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