“Rise of the Robots” explores how technology threatens even the nimblest and most expensively educated, and “Shadow Work” shines light on the increase of unpaid work.
Space travel and mountain climbing require long periods of boredom and sleep deprivation. Achievers tend to overcome such challenges with self-efficacy.
Mr. Kovite, an Iraq war veteran, and Mr. Robinson tell the stories of two friends, one meandering through life after college and the other dealing with calamity in Baghdad.
