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As an infant, Julian Brave NoiseCat's father was found abandoned in a dumpster. Against all odds, he survived and made it out of his impoverished reservation only to abandon his own son. As a young man, NoiseCat embarks on an unforgettable journey into his family's past and his people's present. NoiseCat grapples with the erasure of North America's First Peoples and the trauma that cascades across generations, and illuminates the vital Indigenous cultural, environmental and political movements that are reshaping the future.

In an age of instant gratification, same-day delivery, and zero-effort living, we've engineered comfort into every corner of existence and paid a steep price. The Friction Advantage reveals why removing all struggle is quietly eroding our strength, resilience, and sense of purpose. Drawing on neuroscience, evolutionary biology, stoic wisdom, and real-world examples from Biosphere 2 trees collapsing without wind to London cabbies building bigger brains through effort Julian Bravo argues that voluntary friction is the secret to thriving.

El relato complementario de una época apasionante Diecisiete periodistas, una mesa, un invitado de excepción y una consigna: estrictamente confidencial. En 1979, un grupo de jóvenes reporteros con ganas de informarse sobre los resortes de la naciente democracia impulsó una serie de...