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Latest Book Summaries
- Book Summary: Inadequate Equilibria by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Book Summary: Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
- Book Summary: The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
Latest Blog Posts and Other (Non-Book) Summaries
- We all play different status gamesEstimated 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
- My quick review of the “Principles in Action” appEstimated reading time: 3 mins As mentioned in my summary of Principles: Life and Work, Ray Dalio released a Principles in Action… Read more: My quick review of the “Principles in Action” app
- Overrated or Underrated is OverratedEstimated reading time: 2 mins It’s surprising how often I’ve found myself arguing with someone over whether something is overrated or underrated.… Read more: Overrated or Underrated is Overrated
- Criticisms of The Case Against Education (Pt 3 — Checking the Math)Estimated reading time: 12 mins This is my final criticism post for Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan. (Click here for my… Read more: Criticisms of The Case Against Education (Pt 3 — Checking the Math)
- Criticisms of “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (Pt 2 — Inflated Signalling Estimates)Estimated reading time: 11 mins This is the second of three posts criticising Bryan Caplan’s book, The Case Against Education (Click here… Read more: Criticisms of “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (Pt 2 — Inflated Signalling Estimates)