Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We’re rebelling against technology that’s too complicated, DVD players with too many menus, and software accompanied by 75-megabyte “read me” manuals. The iPod’s clean gadgetry has made simplicity hip. But sometimes we find ourselves caught up in the simplicity paradox: we want something that’s simple and easy to use, but also does all the complex things we might ever want it to do.

60代では約「40人に一人」だが、80代では約「3人に一人」――認知症の有病率、即ちボケる人の割合だ。脳だけでなく健康も見た目も、分岐点は70歳。いつまでも若々しい人でいるか、一気に老け込む

670万部の「学習」「科学」を失った学研は、いかにして危機を克服したのか。M&Aを活かした事業創造の最高の教科書。

名だたる文筆家が登場する、文藝春秋の文化講演会。 天皇・貴族・庶民・奴隷まで、あらゆる層の人々が本音を吐露する「心の記録」は現代人の胸を打つ。溌剌としてモダンな日本最古の歌集について語る。(1999年 佐賀市 文藝春秋文化講演会より)
●心の赴くままに ●命そのものの副産物 ●女帝の素顔 ●産む性 文藝春秋の文化講演会は、文学談や執筆秘話に人生論も交え、含蓄と味わい深い講演があなたの生き方に豊かさと彩りを添えます。

The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most digestible book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises that accompany everything from new cures for diseases to AI.