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 […]
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Criticisms of “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (Pt 1 — it’s The Case Against Higher Education)
Estimated reading time: 15 mins (or see my conclusion for the 1-min summary) This is the first of three posts criticising The […]
Book Summary: The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan
I didn’t plan this, but my latest summary for The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time […]
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: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
You’re probably familiar with bad strategy. It’s full of fluff, lofty visions and desirable outcomes, with no clue on how to achieve […]
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 […]
Getting Things Done vs Deep Work
Getting Things Done and Deep Work are both highly influential books in the productivity space. David Allen first published his Getting Things […]
Book Summary: Getting Things Done by David Allen
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen is a true classic in productivity circles. This summary explains how […]
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 […]
Book Summary: Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
This is a summary of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall. While the book’s […]