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November 7, 2024November 10, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Inadequate Equilibria by Eliezer Yudkowsky

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This summary of Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck by Eliezer Yudkowsky sets out two competing views on the question: […]

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

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In Principles: Life and Work, Ray Dalio reflects on his life and career, setting out the principles that helped him succeed and […]

October 17, 2024January 6, 2025Book post

My quick review of the “Principles in Action” app

[Estimated reading time: 3 mins] As mentioned in my summary of Principles: Life and Work, Ray Dalio released a Principles in Action […]

October 5, 2024October 5, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef

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In The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t, Julia Galef argues that we don’t need to deceive […]

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, 2024September 12, 2024Uncategorized

Calculating the Selfish Return to Education

In The Case Against Education, Bryan Caplan walks through detailed calculations on the expected selfish or private return to education for different […]

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 […]

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 […]

March 21, 2024July 7, 2024Uncategorized

11 heuristics for better project leadership

At the end of How Big Things Get Done, the authors set out a bunch of heuristics to improve the chances of […]

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 […]

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