I learned a lot in 2017. I learned about the bicameral mind, justice and mercy, women in the workforce, why politics and religion divide us, and so much more — I even tidied up my room! It was a profoundly rewarding year, and I couldn’t have done it without books. One year ago, I decided I would read 52 books, or […]
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March
Book 9: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics I was a teaching assistant for an introductory management information systems course from 2015-2016. We don’t discuss physics often in this course, as you can imagine. In my office hours, a student once asked something like, “how do electrons flow through devices to deliver information to the user?” […]
January
Book 1: The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley This seemed like a good choice to start 2017. Ridley makes a simple case: based on historical data, humanity is doing significantly better than ever and he sees us only going up. Indeed, there’s less abject poverty, fewer plagues, more people are being fed, and […]
The Rational Optimist
Matt Ridley makes a fascinating case in The Rational Optimist: that humanity, in general, has improved and progressed and will continue to do so. Personally, I am more of an optimist than a pessimist, and I thoroughly enjoyed the book, even though I have some disagreements with Ridley’s philosophies and conclusions at times. How has prosperity […]