The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World By: Tom Wright, Bradley Hope Published: 2018. Read: 2018. Summary: In-depth review of how a guy in his late twenties / early thirties (Jho Low) managed to embezzle and squander
The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence By: Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb Published: 2018. Read: 2019. Summary: The basic argument is that AI (or machine learning) is mostly about better and cheaper “prediction”: the ability to use information you
Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts By: Annie Duke Published: 2018 Read: 2019 Summary: Written by a former professional poker player, the book explores lessons from the world of poker, which, unlike chess, is a game
Field Notes from an Uncertain Science By: Siddhartha Mukherjee Published: 2015 Read: 2020 Summary: Despite the increasing accuracy of medical tests and other advances, much of modern medicine still takes place under conditions of incomplete information and uncertainty, partly because
The divided brain and the making of the Western world By: Iain McGilchrist Published: 2009 Read: 2020 Summary: The two hemispheres of our brain (left and right) differ in coherent neuropsychological, anatomical, physiological and chemical ways. Part 1 explores how differences
How risk taking transforms us, body and mind. By: John Coates. Published: 2012 Read: 2019 Summary: Complex interactions and feedback mechanisms between the body and the brain evolved to maintain health and prepare us for movement. Especially in situations that
A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion By: Sam Harris Published: 2014 Read: 2019 Summary: Many people have had spiritual experiences. Altered states of consciousness characterized by feelings such as self-transcending love, awe, ecstasy or bliss. Trying to make sense of
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence By: Michael Pollan Published: 2018 Read: 2019 Summary: Over the past two decades, science has renewed its interest in the potential benefits of “psychedelic therapy”
Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter By: Patrick McKeown Published: 2015 Read: 2017 Summary: We breathe in oxygen and we breathe out carbon dioxide (CO2). The reason we feel the need to
How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day By: Ken Mogi Published: 2018 Read: 2018 Summary: Ikigai is sometimes described as the reason you get out of bed in the morning. It usually is shown as being