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Classics, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Self-Help  2 Comments

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

Walden – Henry David Thoreau

Some ‘classics’ just aren’t worth anyone’s time.

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Culture, Current Events, Non-Fiction, Sociology  0 Comments

September 6, 2019April 15, 2019

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure – Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff

“The Coddling of the American Mind” might be the next book in the series of doom-saying prophecy, or it may have some actual valid points.

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Cognitive Science, Non-Fiction, Psychology  0 Comments

August 23, 2019April 15, 2019

Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman

There is a very little I can say about this short of ‘please go read it’

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Current Events, Future, Non-Fiction, Politics, Technology  0 Comments

August 9, 2019February 26, 2019

Abundance: The Future is Better than you Think – Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kolter

The authors of this book think that everything is going to be fine, and that the future is going to be great. But to what extent are the correct?

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Atheism, Culture, Humanism, Non-Fiction, Politics, Religion  0 Comments

July 26, 2019January 29, 2019

What is Secular Humanism? – Paul Kurtz

I’ve noticed a problem; anyone can join a movement. People nowadays seem to be big on labels, and the problem

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Non-Fiction, Philosophy  0 Comments

July 12, 2019January 22, 2019

Did the Greeks believe in their Myths? – Paul Veyne

Paul Veyne’s “Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths” is all the reasons why you don’t send a philosopher to do a historian’s job.

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Essays, Neurology, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

June 28, 2019January 22, 2019

An Anthropologist on Mars – Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks’ “An Anthropologist on Mars” handles a terrifying subject matter in a way that is nothing but fascinating.

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Non-Fiction, Self-Help  5 Comments

June 14, 2019December 30, 2018

Essentialism – Greg McKeown

Feeling crushed by modern life? Here is a solution for you. Do more by doing less.

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Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Textbooks  0 Comments

May 31, 2019December 30, 2018

What is this thing called Knowledge? – Duncan Pritchard

If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that Epistemology is a little pet topic of mine.

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Memoir, Non-Fiction, Writing  2 Comments

May 17, 2019May 11, 2019

On Writing – Stephen King

I keep giving Stephen King a shot, and I keep learning that he may not deserve it.

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