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Category: Book Summary

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025Book post

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 […]

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025Book Summary

Book Summary: The Art of Logic by Eugenia Cheng

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My latest summary is for The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn’t by Eugenia Cheng, which […]

December 3, 2024December 6, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Why Are the Prices So D*mn High? by Eric Helland and Alex Tabarrok

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This summary of Why Are the Prices So D*mn High? Health, Education and the Baumol Effect seeks to explain why it seems […]

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

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In The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness, Morgan Housel explains why success with money has more to […]

November 7, 2024November 10, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Inadequate Equilibria by Eliezer Yudkowsky

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This summary of Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck by Eliezer Yudkowsky sets out two competing views on the question: […]

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

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In Principles: Life and Work, Ray Dalio reflects on his life and career, setting out the principles that helped him succeed and […]

October 17, 2024January 6, 2025Book post

My quick review of the “Principles in Action” app

[Estimated reading time: 3 mins] As mentioned in my summary of Principles: Life and Work, Ray Dalio released a Principles in Action […]

October 5, 2024October 5, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef

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In The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t, Julia Galef argues that we don’t need to deceive […]

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024Book post

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 […]

September 23, 2024March 24, 2025Book post

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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