The reading collection
Psychology, geopolitics, philosophy—and everything in between.
152 readings · 109–120
Our ability to communicate effectively made us superior to other animals. All animals can communicate with each other, and in very sophisticated ways, but they cannot describe things in great detail, they cannot…
Strange Rites* by Tara Burton is about the new religions of the internet age. Burton starts the book with a description of* Sleep No More*, an immersive theatre show which developed a cult-like following.
One of the problems entrepreneurs face is having too many options, too much time, and too little focus. This calls for you to imagine that you don’t have infinite time, that you have one bullet left in your pistol.…
Chapter 4: The Peekaboo World Newspapers came to depend not on the quality or usefulness of their news, but on how much and at what speed they provided it. James Bennett of the New York Herald boasted that his paper…
"Young Man Luther" is a groundbreaking book written by renowned psychologist and psychoanalyst Erik Erikson in 1958. The book is a psychobiography of Martin Luther, the German theologian and central figure of the…
In our quest to understand the development of the modern self, we shall examine six seminal works that shed light on the cultural, social, and psychological forces that have shaped our current milieu. These texts…
Summary In Homo Deus, Harari brings up many of the same ideas that he discussed in [Sapiens](https://www.amazon.
"Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich" is a meticulously researched and thought-provoking book by German author Norman Ohler, which explores the pervasive use of drugs in Nazi Germany and their potential influence on…
A Secular Age is a 2007 book by Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor. The book seeks to explain why modernity has been accompanied by the secularization of society, and how this change has affected different aspects…
Chapter 1: The Medium is the Message The more we use symbols, the more our physical reality diminishes. Instead of dealing with things directly, man has entered into a state of constant conversation with himself.
“Future Shock” is a book written by Alvin Toffler, a renowned sociologist and futurist. First published in 1970, during a time of significant social and cultural upheaval, the world was experiencing rapid…
It is difficult to capture the intimate relationship between technology and war. It is an idea that is so totally twisted, when you think about it. What, more than technology, has given so many millions of people the…