Book Summary: The Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto
The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking by Barbara Minto explains how to make your writing clearer by imposing a logical […]
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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 […]
Book Summary: The Art of Logic by Eugenia Cheng
My latest summary is for The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn’t by Eugenia Cheng, which […]
Book Summary: Inadequate Equilibria by Eliezer Yudkowsky
This summary of Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck by Eliezer Yudkowsky sets out two competing views on the question: […]
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. […]
Book Summary: The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
In The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t, Julia Galef argues that we don’t need to deceive […]
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 […]
Optimal Stopping and the Secretary Problem (from Algorithms to Live By)
This post is split out from my main summary of Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths. Check out […]
Sorting (from Algorithms to Live By)
This post is split out from my main summary of Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths. Check out that summary to […]
Bayes’s Rule (from Algorithms to Live By)
This post is split out from my main summary of Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths. Check out that summary to […]