Book Summary: The 12 Levers by Greenberg and Stevenson
This summary is for The 12 Levers: The Complete Psychological Toolkit for Improving Your Life by Spencer Greenberg and Jeremy Stevenson, a […]
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Book Summary: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Yudkowsky and Soares
The upshot of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares […]
Book Summary: Attached by Levine and Heller
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller explains how our different attachment styles affect how we approach our romantic relationships. [Estimated reading […]
Book Summary: Chokepoints by Edward Fishman
This summary of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare explains how the US started using its financial and technological […]
Criticisms of Why Nations Fail
[Estimated time: 14 mins] The central thesis of Why Nations Fail is that it’s a country’s institutions — rather than geography, culture, […]
Book Summary: Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu and Robinson
This summary of Why Nations Fail by Nobel Prize winners Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson explains how institutions are key to understanding […]
Fact-checking an AI optimist article in The Economist
[Estimated time: 6 mins] On 26 January 2026, The Economist published an optimistic article arguing that AI won’t displace white collar jobs. […]
Book Summary: Seeing Like A State by James C Scott
This summary of Seeing Like A State by James C Scott explores how states simplify and standardise complex societies to make them […]
2025 Round-up
[Estimated time: 4 minutes] Here’s the 2025 round-up of my favourite books for the year, as well as an update on the […]
Book Summary: Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown was a timely read for me. My commitments had accumulated over time and […]