If you still think that some of the problems of the past 6 years are things that can be worked through with conversation, then this is the book for you.
read more Della gentilezza e del coraggio – Gianrico Carofiglio
A fascinating cross between a self-help book and a memoir, although the former falls a little short.
Some people really have earned the status of hero when we consider history.
Epistemology: it’s not just for Atheism anymore.
Want to understand the economy? Look elsewhere. Want to understand economic history? This may help.
Nick Bilton’s treatment of Ross Ulbricht is a lot more even handed than I would have been.
Can mathematics help a person become more skeptical?
read more Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences – John Allen Paulos
I don’t think this book had the desired effect.
read more Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography – Fidel Castro and Ignacio Ramonet
The problem with predicting how society will go wrong based on what is wrong now is that it assumes all the factors will stay the same. Whoops.
Failures in Polymathy 