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September 18, 2024October 3, 2024Book post

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 […]

September 12, 2024October 3, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan

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I didn’t plan this, but my latest summary for The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time […]

August 26, 2024August 26, 2024Book post

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, […]

August 20, 2024August 20, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt

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You’re probably familiar with bad strategy. It’s full of fluff, lofty visions and desirable outcomes, with no clue on how to achieve […]

August 12, 2024November 24, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich

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My latest summary is for The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph […]

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024Book post

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 […]

July 16, 2024July 29, 2024Book Summary

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 […]

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir

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This summary of Scarcity: The True Cost of Not Having Enough by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explains how scarcity changes the […]

June 9, 2024April 11, 2025Book Summary

Book Summary: Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall

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This is a summary of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall. While the book’s […]

May 21, 2024July 7, 2024Book post

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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