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Latest Book Summaries
- Book Summary: The New Map by Daniel Yergin
- Book Summary: The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
- Book Summary: A Hacker’s Mind by Bruce Schneier
Latest Blog Posts and Other (Non-Book) Summaries
- The Monty Hall problem—explained with a causal diagram[Estimated time: 3 mins] The Monty Hall problem is a famous probability puzzle based on the game show Let’s Make a Deal.… Read more: The Monty Hall problem—explained with a causal diagram
- Simpson’s Paradox—explained with causal diagrams[Estimated time: 5 mins] Simpson’s paradox appears when a trend that appears in aggregated data disappears or reverses when the groups are… Read more: Simpson’s Paradox—explained with causal diagrams
- Can zero-sum games negate productivity gains?[Estimated time: 10 mins] The unusually good pictures in this post were all drawn by my very talented friend James. You can… Read more: Can zero-sum games negate productivity gains?
- Criticisms of The Art of Logic[Estimated time: 11 mins] As I explained in my summary of The Art of Logic, I generally enjoyed the book except for… Read more: Criticisms of The Art of Logic
- How Beast Games helped me understand non-causal decision theory[Estimated time: 5 mins] SPOILER WARNING for Beast Games, Episode 3 ahead I confess that my taste in TV isn’t exactly, uh,… Read more: How Beast Games helped me understand non-causal decision theory