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October 15, 2024September 6, 2025Blog

Overrated or Underrated is Overrated

Estimated reading time: 2 mins It’s surprising how often I’ve found myself arguing with someone over whether something is overrated or underrated. […]

September 5, 2024September 28, 2024Blog

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 […]

March 25, 2024July 7, 2024Blog

The most underrated part of Costco’s business model

Not long ago, I had my very first Costco visit. The friend who took me was a massive Costco fan, and referred […]

December 26, 2023July 7, 2024Blog

2023 round-up

Last year I did a round-up for this site, sharing the best and worst books I summarised, how the website’s doing, and […]

December 17, 2023July 7, 2024Blog

Are Self-Improvement Books Worth Reading?

I’ve read and summarised over 20 books this year, quite a few of which were self-improvement or productivity books. Sometimes I wonder […]

September 16, 2023July 7, 2024Blog

Why I write criticisms of books

When I started law school, I’d read the majority judgement in a case and find that I completely agreed with it. Satisfied […]

June 19, 2023July 7, 2024Blog

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 […]

June 1, 2023July 7, 2024Blog

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 […]

May 18, 2023July 7, 2024Blog

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 […]

May 16, 2023July 7, 2024Blog

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 […]

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