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, […]
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Overrated or Underrated is Overrated
Estimated reading time: 2 mins It’s surprising how often I’ve found myself arguing with someone over whether something is overrated or underrated. […]
Thought Experiment: Would You Give Up the Ability to Enjoy Food?
Estimated reading time: 4 mins Imagine a world with two types of people, each of which make up around 50% of the […]
The most underrated part of Costco’s business model
Not long ago, I had my very first Costco visit. The friend who took me was a massive Costco fan, and referred […]
2023 round-up
Last year I did a round-up for this site, sharing the best and worst books I summarised, how the website’s doing, and […]
Are Self-Improvement Books Worth Reading?
I’ve read and summarised over 20 books this year, quite a few of which were self-improvement or productivity books. Sometimes I wonder […]
Why I write criticisms of books
When I started law school, I’d read the majority judgement in a case and find that I completely agreed with it. Satisfied […]
Summaries are not substitutes for books
In university, I had very good notes. My study process consisted of summarising my notes, and then producing an even shorter, 1-page […]
Is using ChatGPT cheating? How ChatGPT helped me write a blog post
In this post, I explain how I used ChatGPT to help me write another post about ChatGPT (Could ChatGPT end up raising […]
Anecdotes are not Evidence
Non-fiction books are notorious for relying on anecdotes instead of actual evidence to prove their points. Discerning readers must approach anecdotes with […]