Criticisms of “The Righteous Mind” by Jonathan Haidt
In this post, I levy several criticisms at Jonathan Haidt’s generally excellent book, The Righteous Mind. You can find my summary of […]
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Solutions in “Not the End of the World”
Hannah Ritchie’s book Not the End of the World covers a range of solutions for each of the 7 major environmental problems […]
Environmental myths debunked in “Not the End of the World”
In this post, I list most of the environmental myths debunked in Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie. Click […]
“Thinking in Systems” and Economics
Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows uses many economics-related examples. Even though Meadows’ background is as an environmental scientist, she clearly knows […]
Problems with “The Paradox of Choice”
I liked The Paradox of Choice. I liked it enough to read it twice. Schwartz makes some excellent points that paved the […]
Can maximisers become satisficers? If so, how?
A message that comes through strongly in Barry Schwartz’s The Paradox of Choice is the idea that we should try to become […]
Why should you want to be a satisficer?
In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz set out two decision-making styles: maximising and satisficing. Maximisers aim to choose the best option […]
Why you have so many unnecessary or ineffective meetings
Patrick Lencioni’s Death by Meeting got me thinking about many other problems that lead to unnecessary or ineffective meetings. Initially, I just […]
My experience with time-blocking
Time-blocking is a method of managing one’s time by scheduling in advance what tasks or activities you will do throughout the day. […]
Criticisms of Ha-Joon Chang’s “Economics: The User’s Guide”
In this post, I set out and explain some of my criticisms of Ha-Joon Chang’s book, Economics: The User’s Guide. First off, […]