My thoughts on AI killing us all
[Estimated time: 30 mins] It took me a long time to buy into the idea that AI could kill us all. I […]
Tag: psychology
Book Summary: The 12 Levers by Greenberg and Stevenson
This summary is for The 12 Levers: The Complete Psychological Toolkit for Improving Your Life by Spencer Greenberg and Jeremy Stevenson, a […]
Book Summary: Attached by Levine and Heller
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller explains how our different attachment styles affect how we approach our romantic relationships. [Estimated reading […]
Book Summary: A Hacker’s Mind by Bruce Schneier
This summary of A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back by security expert Bruce […]
Book Summary: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
In The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness, Morgan Housel explains why success with money has more to […]
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, […]
Book Summary: The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich
My latest summary is for The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph […]
Book Summary: Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
This summary of Scarcity: The True Cost of Not Having Enough by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explains how scarcity changes the […]
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 […]
Book Summary: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
In The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, Jonathan Haidt argues that there’s more to morality than […]