Book Summary: The Most Human Human by Brian Christian
This summary of The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive by Brian Christian discusses the essence of […]
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Book Summary: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
This book summary sets out the key takeaways from Niccolo Machiavelli’s renowned work, The Prince. It turns out Machiavelli got a bit […]
Motivation, Morality and Demandingness
This is a short post with some musings on motivation, morality and demandingness, after reading Atomic Habits and Tiny Habits. In Atomic […]
Living in the future vs the present
In Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman discusses our finitude and the idea that we have to make trade-offs in life. What I […]
Book Summary: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Four thousand weeks is roughly the number of weeks you’ll have if you live to about 80. Although the book’s subtitle is “Time management for mortals”, it’s not really about time management (in the conventional sense). Rather, it’s about values and priorities and making the most of our limited time on this earth.
Podcast Summary: EconTalk – Will MacAskill on Longtermism and What We Owe the Future
Will MacAskill discusses longtermism and his book What We Owe the Future with Russ Roberts in this EconTalk podcast.
Podcast Summary: 80k Hours – Will MacAskill on what we owe the future
In this podcast summary, Will MacAskill talks about longtermism and his recent book, “What We Owe the Future”. The original podcast is 2 hours 54 minutes. The estimated reading time for this summary (excluding “My Thoughts”) is 42 minutes.
Podcast Summary: 80k Hours – Hilary Greaves on Pascal’s mugging, strong longtermism and whether existing can be good for us
Summarising a podcast is a new one for me, and my decision to attempt this was a bit experimental. The original podcast […]
Problems with the Total View of Population Ethics
The Total View suggests that we should seek to maximise total wellbeing, including by creating new lives. There are problems with the Total View that have concerning implications in practice.
Book Summary: Doing Good Better by William MacAskill
William MacAskill is one of the founders of the Effective Altruism (EA) movement. In Doing Good Better, he explains the reasoning behind a lot of EA ideas. The EA movement has changed a bit since 2015, when MacAskill wrote the book. But the core ideas in Doing Good Better are still very solid and worth understanding.