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Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
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Open Veins of Latin America : Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano
Having spent years in this region I needed a history lesson, an interesting read about Latam’s history of exploitation, and how its wealth was drained for centuries. While insightful, it feels like it quickly goes into ideology, making it feel more like a passionate argument than a purely historical account. Memorable quotes “This observation helps […]
How Asia Works by Joe Studwell
Memorable quotes The second intervention – in many respects, a second ‘stage’ – is to direct investment and entrepreneurs towards manufacturing. This is because manufacturing industry makes the most effective use of the limited productive skills of the workforce of a developing economy, as workers begin to migrate out of agriculture” “Finally, interventions in […]
Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention by Johann Hari
Memorable quotes “It becomes exhausting.” More importantly, Sune said, “what we are sacrificing is depth in all sorts of dimensions…. Depth takes time. And depth takes reflection. If you have to keep up with everything and send emails all the time, there’s no time to reach depth. Depth connected to your work in relationships also […]
Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
The Network State: How To Start a New Country
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perloth
Lost my Kindle so unfortunately no quotes saved on this book. But a good read on the cyberarms race, investments into research to finding zero-days for attack purposes and the risks/dilemma it creates for societies in introducing vulnerabilities that could be used by others.
The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall
The Threat Intelligence Handbook by Levi Gundert (Currently Reading)
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
To-Read Backlog
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Memorable quotes 1. Brailsford said, “The whole principle came from the idea that if you broke down everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, and then improve it by 1 percent, you will get a significant increase when you put them all together. 2. “The whole principle came from the idea […]
Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World by Graham Allison
Memorable quotes 1. China faces enormous economic problems—a disparity in income between the rich coastal cities and the inland provinces, and in income within the coastal cities. They have got to watch that carefully or they might get severe discontent and civil disorder 2. Americans have a can-do approach to life: everything can be broken […]
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Memorable quotes 1. Those who are at the mercy of impulse—who lack self-control—suffer a moral deficiency: The ability to control impulse is the base of will and character. By the same token, the root of altruism lies in empathy, the ability to read emotions in others; lacking a sense of another’s need or despair, there […]
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss
1. Their system was easy to follow and seductive, with four basic tenets. One, separate the person—the emotion—from the problem; two, don’t get wrapped up in the other side’s position (what they’re asking for) but instead focus on their interests (why they’re asking for it) so that you can find what they really want; three, […]
Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology
Memorable quotes 1. America’s dominance of the world’s tech infrastructure would be undermined. China’s geopolitical clout would grow. To counter this threat, the U.S. barred Huawei from buying advanced computer chips made with U.S. technology. 2. Around a quarter of the chip industry’s revenue comes from phones; much of the price of a new phone […]