Review: Algorithms to Live By
Have you ever struggled to make a decision about where to eat when you’re out with a group of friends? It turns out, this is a very solvable problem! This book examines an array...
Category: Social science
Review: Clear Thinking
I was sceptical about this one. Everyone knows how to think, don’t they? I’ve certainly read a few books on this subject in years past that made me feel like everyone was just stating...
Review: Belonging
Why and how do people experience a sense of belonging? How could we cultivate it? These are the kinds of questions that inspired me to read this book. Did it provide the answers? Well,...
Review: The Science of Storytelling
Did I read a book about storytelling, or did this book read me? This book was a wonderful surprise of a book, and about so much more than storytelling. It was, in many ways,...
Review: The Anxious Generation
Why has an entire generation grown up with such significant issues of anxiety, poor mental health, low social skills, and many other challenges that were seemingly absent only a generation or two ago? That’s...
Review: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
I have finally read my first Jonathan Haidt book. He’s been simmering in my to-read pile for some time, I think due to a little nervousness as to whether I’d appreciate him as much...