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Latest Book Summaries
- Book Summary: The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan
- Book Summary: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
- Book Summary: The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich
Latest Blog Posts and Other (Non-Book) Summaries
- Criticisms of The Case Against Education (Pt 3 — Checking the Math)Estimated reading time: 12 mins This is my final criticism post for Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan. (Click here for my… Read more: Criticisms of The Case Against Education (Pt 3 — Checking the Math)
- Criticisms of “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (Pt 2 — Inflated Signalling Estimates)Estimated reading time: 11 mins This is the second of three posts criticising Bryan Caplan’s book, The Case Against Education (Click here… Read more: Criticisms of “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (Pt 2 — Inflated Signalling Estimates)
- Criticisms of “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (Pt 1 — it’s The Case Against Higher Education)Estimated reading time: 15 mins (or see my conclusion for the 1-min summary) This is the first of three posts criticising The… Read more: Criticisms of “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (Pt 1 — it’s The Case Against Higher Education)
- Thought Experiment: Would You Give Up the Ability to Enjoy Food?Estimated reading time: 4 mins Imagine a world with two types of people, each of which make up around 50% of the… Read more: Thought Experiment: Would You Give Up the Ability to Enjoy Food?
- Is it better to be WEIRD?In The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich never claims that WEIRD psychology (as in, the prevailing psychology in Western, Educated,… Read more: Is it better to be WEIRD?