February 10, 2025February 10, 2025Book Summary Book Summary: The Art of Learning by Joshua Waitzkin Joshua Waitzkin was a chess prodigy who won 8 National Championships before the age of 20. He later took up Tai Chi […]
January 24, 2025January 29, 2025Blog 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 […]
January 18, 2025January 19, 2025Book Summary Book Summary: The Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking by Barbara Minto explains how to make your writing clearer by imposing a logical […]
January 6, 2025January 6, 2025Book post 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 […]
January 6, 2025January 6, 2025Book Summary Book Summary: The Art of Logic by Eugenia Cheng My latest summary is for The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn’t by Eugenia Cheng, which […]
January 4, 2025January 6, 2025Blog 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, […]
December 30, 2024January 6, 2025Blog 2024 round-up [Estimated time: 5 mins] Every year I do a round-up of my favourite books and provide a brief update on how the […]
December 3, 2024December 6, 2024Book Summary Book Summary: Why Are the Prices So D*mn High? by Eric Helland and Alex Tabarrok This summary of Why Are the Prices So D*mn High? Health, Education and the Baumol Effect seeks to explain why it seems […]
November 21, 2024November 21, 2024Book Summary Book Summary: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel In The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness, Morgan Housel explains why success with money has more to […]
November 10, 2024January 26, 2025Blog We all play different status games [Estimated time: 5 mins] In the book Inadequate Equilibria, Eliezer Yudkowsky claims to be someone who is somewhat “blind” to status hierarchies, […]