The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, once came up with a heuristic to make decisions called The Regret Minimization Framework – the idea is to project yourself into the future and look back on your decision from that perspective, to know what you should do. After Bezos popularized this idea, many writers have used it … Read more
In The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty, behavioral economist Dan Ariely explores the idea of deception and self-deception, through a series of experiments that either he has learned about or has done with his research team. Self-deception and Self-help Like overconfidence and optimism, there are benefits to self-deception. An exaggerated belief in oneself can help you … Read more
The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth–it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true. Ecclesiastes In a world increasingly mediated by technology and awash in data, the notion of “reality” seems ever more elusive. Jean Baudrillard, the French philosopher and cultural theorist, brought this paradox into sharp … Read more
An Ancient Greek named Eratosthenes (276-194 B.C) did something that was considered, at the time, impossible. He made the first recorded measurement of the circumference of the Earth. Of course, Erasthenes had no expensive survey equipment, and most likely, he didn’t have lasers or satellites (or Google Earth). And he didn’t even put his own … Read more
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In Praise of Idleness – Bertrand Russell – Summary
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity – Carlo Cipolla – Summary
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The Nature of Things – Lucretius – Summary
A Calendar of Wisdom – Leo Tolstoy – Summary