RATING 3 stars N/A = good but not on the scale 1 star = perspective supplementing 2 stars = perspective influencing 3 stars = perspective altering SHORT SUMMARY (272 words or less): Surprisingly, this book morphed from a being a digestable primer on quantum mechanics and into a canonized text on existential philosophy. I’ve beenContinue reading “Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution, by Carol Rovelli”
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A Promised Land, Volume 1, By Barack Obama
RATING 3 stars N/A = good but not on the scale 1 star = perspective supplementing 2 stars = perspective influencing 3 stars = perspective altering SHORT SUMMARY (272 words or less) I think that it’s safe to say that I’m a double Obama-phile. I gave 3 stars to Becoming by Michelle Obama. So naturallyContinue reading “A Promised Land, Volume 1, By Barack Obama”
The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
RATING 1 star N/A = good but not on the scale 1 star = perspective supplementing 2 stars = perspective influencing 3 stars = perspective altering SHORT SUMMARY (272 words or less) This was an entertaining book, though I don’t have much that I have taken from it. Taking a step back, the larger takeawayContinue reading “The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency”
To Start A War, By Robert Draper
Lessons on the perils of top-down management without dissent.
Moving Up Without Losing Your Way, by Jennifer Morton
The ethical costs of upward mobility.
AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee
Is China set up to dominate the AI world?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
An American classic.
Narrative Economics By Robert Shiller
How storytelling and cultural narratives can move economies.
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, By Mike Issac
A study of Uber’s bro-culture.
Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking At AI, A Collection of Essays Curated and Edited by John Brockman
Solid primer on fundamental AI concepts.
Book Summaries. Less than 272 words. 