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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 […]

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 […]

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, 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 […]

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 […]

January 21, 2024July 7, 2024Book post

“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 […]

January 15, 2024April 11, 2025Book Summary

Book Summary: Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows

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This summary of Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows explains how systems thinking can help us better understand and change […]

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