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Latest Book Summaries
- Book Summary: The Art of Learning by Joshua Waitzkin
- Book Summary: The Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto
- Book Summary: The Art of Logic by Eugenia Cheng
Latest Blog Posts and Other (Non-Book) Summaries
- Can zero-sum games negate productivity gains?[Estimated time: 10 mins] The unusually good pictures in this post were all drawn by my very talented friend James. You can… Read more: Can zero-sum games negate productivity gains?
- Criticisms of The Art of Logic[Estimated time: 11 mins] As I explained in my summary of The Art of Logic, I generally enjoyed the book except for… Read more: Criticisms of The Art of Logic
- How Beast Games helped me understand non-causal decision theory[Estimated time: 5 mins] SPOILER WARNING for Beast Games, Episode 3 ahead I confess that my taste in TV isn’t exactly, uh,… Read more: How Beast Games helped me understand non-causal decision theory
- 2024 round-up[Estimated time: 5 mins] Every year I do a round-up of my favourite books and provide a brief update on how the… Read more: 2024 round-up
- We all play different status games[Estimated time: 5 mins] In the book Inadequate Equilibria, Eliezer Yudkowsky claims to be someone who is somewhat “blind” to status hierarchies,… Read more: We all play different status games