Book Summary: Economics: The User’s Guide by Ha-Joon Chang
I’m prefacing this summary of Economics: The User’s Guide with a disclaimer: There’s a lot that I haven’t summarised, because the book […]
Author: To Summarise
Summaries are not substitutes for books
In university, I had very good notes. My study process consisted of summarising my notes, and then producing an even shorter, 1-page […]
Criticisms of So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
This post sets out five major criticisms I have for Cal Newport’s book, So Good They Can’t Ignore You (click to read […]
Book Summary: So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
This summary of So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love explains why […]
Is using ChatGPT cheating? How ChatGPT helped me write a blog post
In this post, I explain how I used ChatGPT to help me write another post about ChatGPT (Could ChatGPT end up raising […]
Range at an individual level vs a societal level
In Range, David Epstein set out a compelling case for favouring breadth over depth in our careers. He points out that when […]
Book Summary: The Most Human Human by Brian Christian
This summary of The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive by Brian Christian discusses the essence of […]
Information Entropy (from “The Most Human Human”)
I’ve split out this post from my main summary of The Most Human Human by Brian Christian. Click the link to find my the full […]
Anecdotes are not Evidence
Non-fiction books are notorious for relying on anecdotes instead of actual evidence to prove their points. Discerning readers must approach anecdotes with […]
Could ChatGPT End Up *Raising* the Quality of Writing and Public Discourse?
Since the launch of ChatGPT, there’s been a lot of speculation on impact that it will have on writing. Many have expressed […]