This is not a post I really wanted to write. I'm really sick of American politics. But my last statement on the topic, that is, Trump had finally committed a successful political suicide attempt, has been proven wrong dramatically quickly. So honesty demands a follow-up which at least gives the opportunity to look at the bigger picture. Let's do it and get over it.The election immediately refuted...
A Man from Vulcan
If one day it was revealed that some of the best minds on Earth are aliens, robots, or genetically engineered humans, the case of Sam Harris would surprise me the least. All the other super-smart people I put in his category - like Dawkins, Pinker, Hitchens, Dennett, or Peterson - had had decades-long...
Acemoglu&Robinson: Why Nations Fail (2012)
After I finished Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs&Steel, I decided that after I've recuperated, I'll read a book that takes a different perspective on the same topic. Why Nations Fail has been on my Kindle for years, but for some reason, I never got to read it. Until now. And here is what I learned from...
Charles Wheelan: Naked Money (2017)
For many years, Tim Harford's The Undercover Economist and its sequel, The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, were my favorite go-to books when I wanted to remind myself of the basics behind some current economic phenomena... read the rest here.&nb...
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