The Blank Slate Summary (8/10)
The Blank Slate* by Steven Pinker is about the nature of the human mind. Throughout history, there have been many different conceptualizations about the human mind, and these have had real consequences of politics,…
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Chapter 2: Submit to Reality (Mastery)
Darwin had a domineering father who pressured him into professions he didn’t have an interest in, such as the clergy.
Chapter 8: Religion (21 Lessons for the 21st Century)
Chapter 8: Religion God now serves the nation Considering the failure of modern ideologies, governments, and scientific experts in creating a vision for the future, can religion play this role better? Secular people…
Section 1: Fundamentals (Bigger, Leaner, Stronger)
Michael Mathews starts the book by outlining all the key definitions you need to know. One of the reasons why it’s so easy to be misled by bad information about nutrition and fitness online is not knowing the…
Strategy 2: Do Not Fight The Last War (The 33 Strategies of War)
The Guerrilla-War-of-the-Mind Strategy Tradition, tired formulas, and attachments to the past will trap you. You must wage war against your past victories and defeats and react to the present moment.
Rule 6: Set Your House in Perfect Order Before You Criticize the World (12 Rules For Life)
Mephistopheles* A Religious Problem Peterson starts this chapter by stating that while the Columbine High School killers might not have been religious – they had a problem with reality, a problem that that had…
Freud:The Mind of the Moralist Summary (8/10)
Phillip Rief’s book, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist*, is a thorough and well-researched account of Sigmund Freud’s life and work.
Behave Summary (8/10)
Behave is a book by Robert Sapolsky about the biological underpinnings of human behavior.
The Sin of Representativeness
In Thinking: Fast and Slow*, Kahneman explains the representativeness heuristic, by giving us the example of Tom W, a fictional graduate student. Assume that you know nothing about Tom W, and you were asked to guess…
Law 22: Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power (The 48 Laws of Power)
Law 22: Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power A man who had climbed upon a certain fig tree, was bending the boughs toward him and plucking the ripe fruit, which he then put into his mouth to…
The Matter with Things
In his compelling work "The Matter With Things," Iain McGilchrist presents a revolutionary perspective on how our understanding and interaction with the world are deeply influenced by the intrinsic architecture of…
The Rationality of Confirmation Bias
Confirmation bias is a form of cognitive bias and while it is not considered a logical fallacy, it is considered irrational. But this is not necessarily true. Intuitively, one would imagine that rational behavior is…