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 […]
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Book Summary: The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan
I didn’t plan this, but my latest summary for The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time […]
Calculating the Selfish Return to Education
In The Case Against Education, Bryan Caplan walks through detailed calculations on the expected selfish or private return to education for different […]
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 […]
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, […]
Book Summary: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
You’re probably familiar with bad strategy. It’s full of fluff, lofty visions and desirable outcomes, with no clue on how to achieve […]
Book Summary: The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich
My latest summary is for The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph […]
Getting Things Done vs Deep Work
Getting Things Done and Deep Work are both highly influential books in the productivity space. David Allen first published his Getting Things […]
Book Summary: Getting Things Done by David Allen
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen is a true classic in productivity circles. This summary explains how […]
Book Summary: Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
This summary of Scarcity: The True Cost of Not Having Enough by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explains how scarcity changes the […]