The reading collection
Psychology, geopolitics, philosophy—and everything in between.
373 readings · 229–240
The Zulu The Zulus defeated the British, even though their technology was inferior. They managed to instill fear in the British by appearing to emerge out of nowhere, and by gaining a psychological advantage.
What is secularism? It is important to know first what it is not. Unlike religion, secularists don’t believe that they have a monopoly on truth, compassion, and morality. Seculars try to separate truth from belief.
The Counterattack Strategy The counterattack is a classic approach to warfare. Most people either spend their time attacking, leaving themselves vulnerable or they are extremely defensive and miss out on valuable…
The Evolution of Desire* by David Buss discusses the different mating strategies implemented by men and women based on evolutionary psychology.
Chapter 2: Work AI* When you grow up, you might not have a job What will our future look like with AI? Already, we are seeing signs of a very different world.For example, technologies already exist that can recommend…
When Napoleon tried to invade Russia, he was sure it was going to be an easy victory. In the past, his predictions had been accurate. But this time, things did not go so well.
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement, authored by Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell, is a deep dive into a burgeoning social and psychological issue of our time – narcissism.
Dataism says that everything consists of data flows and the value of any phenomenon or entity is determined by its contribution to data processing. This is not a new idea. Since Darwin’s On the Origin of Species,…
People expect you to conform to old patterns of behavior, which is why you never should. Instead, keep doing things they don’t expect. An unorthodox strategy that may have worked before should not always be used.
Since 11 September 2001, every year terrorists have killed about fifty people in the European Union, about ten people in the USA, about seven people in China, and up to 25,000 people globally (mostly in Iraq,…
On Becoming a Person* is a book by Carl Rogers about the third psychological paradigm. There were two psychological worldviews that dominated the way the human mind was understood.
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.