Biography – Failures in Polymathy

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin – Benjamin Franklin

A whole lot of bravado from one of America’s founders.

Here is a hot take: after reading this I feel like I understood Anthony Bourdain’s suicide.

Apparently this is a ‘Sports Book’. I am somehow not convinced.

This might be one of the most politically impactful people that no one has ever heard of.

Some people really have earned the status of hero when we consider history.

I don’t think this book had the desired effect.

There are a lot of books I can throw into the ‘read for the wrong reason’ category. This is one

A book about Benoit Mandelbrot? Cool! And it’s magical realism? Even cooler!
It’s execution? Not so cool…