Non-Fiction – Page 4 – Failures in Polymathy

The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism – Thomas Frank

It is once again time for another round of the political blame game. Let’s blame the people once again.

I have always had deep seated confidence issues. Most people think it is a bad thing, but on most days

This is another book I had to read for work purposes.

The Economist you love to hate, Varoufakis has lured me back with his latest book.

Claude Shannon is one of the grreat unsung intellectual heroes of the last century.

We are all fascinated by aliens, but what can we reasonably expect them to be like?

There is a belief that Greek philosophy informs the modern world, but for a period of history Greek philosophy was largely gone from Europe.

Hume and Smith were bros. Now you know.

I don’t think I cared much for mountaineering before reading this.

Smeriglia’s satire is good, but it works better with his cartoons.