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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, 2024September 6, 2025Book 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 […]

May 7, 2024July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

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In The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, Jonathan Haidt argues that there’s more to morality than […]

April 21, 2024June 4, 2025Book post

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 […]

April 21, 2024July 7, 2024Book post

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 […]

April 21, 2024October 1, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie

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In Not the End of the World, Hannah Ritchie uses data to explain why we can stand to be more optimistic about […]

March 21, 2024July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner

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Why did the Sydney Opera House ruin its architect’s career? What can we learn about megaprojects from Pixar’s movies? This summary of […]

March 7, 2024July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

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This is a summary of Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky. The […]

February 23, 2024July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Platonic by Marisa Franco

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This summary of Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa Franco challenges some common […]

February 5, 2024July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

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This summary of How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explains how American democracy […]

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