This book is dangerous in that it promotes false logic and rationality. It’s the kind of fake news attitude that America has seen arise. Where flawed logic is not flawed thought. To get a quick sense of my thoughts of… Continue Reading
The Moral Animal by Dawkins is a great all round read. However, not as in-depth on evolution as “the selfish gene” but probably enough for the general reader. Because it touches on so many ideas, it kind of jumps around… Continue Reading
This was a really enjoyable read from Dawkins before he became the poster-child of atheism. However, if you are interested in learning more about evolution and DNA then I would recommend The Selfish Gene by Dawkins instead. It’s much more… Continue Reading
I think historically I’ve been very biased towards alternate leadership styles that set out to “break the mould”. However, having spent a lot of time reading and thinking about leadership, I think there is something fallacious about this idea. Reinventing… Continue Reading
If you haven’t read Sapiens yet, you definitely should. It gives a beautifully broad coverage of the history of humanity. After finishing, rather than continuing on with Harari’s sequel, jump across to The Big Picture by Sean Carrol to get… Continue Reading
Despite the poor rap that Dawkins has built over the years, this original work of his is a true classic. It is the foundation for much of the evolutionary science that came after it, and it really contains none of… Continue Reading
The Human Side of Enterprise is a classic business book that when taking it’s context into account, highlights some really useful things about the transition from pre-management to management to leadership. It’s not to be read looking for a model… Continue Reading
If you thought you’re attention was already short, YouTube is trying to make it even shorter. Here is YouTube’s new “mini-player”. Which really should be called “F*ck Your Attention Span, Let’s Make Money Mode”. Here’s what happens when you press… Continue Reading
Journaling can be an extremely useful tool for exploring your inner-self and identifying issues that are lying beneath the surface. The essence of journalling is giving yourself the space to write anything that is on your mind, no matter how… Continue Reading
Life is suffering. This is the foundation of Buddhist thought. No matter what happens in life, there is one thing that you can be assured of, and that’s suffering. Buddha wasn’t just a cynical old man, but went on to… Continue Reading
(Goodreads ・ Amazon) Incognito is what you get when Thinking Fast and Slow by Kahneman, and Free Will by Sam Harris, have book sex. Incognito by David Eagleman is a much more comprehensive and arguably better version of Sam Harris’… Continue Reading
I just watched this good video by CGPGrey on YouTube about his journey coming to realise the effects the internet, (social and traditional media, blogs, podcasts, etc) are having on his brain. It’s admittedly a slow and long video to… Continue Reading
Our brains have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be the most advanced pattern matching systems in the known universe. This extraordinary feat is what allows us to do many of the complex interactions that make up our… Continue Reading
Flow is one of those concepts I’d been talking about for years with friends without actually having read the original book. After going back and reading it this week, I was pretty disappointed. I feel the definition put forward by… Continue Reading
It’s pretty obvious to most of us how much culture influences our lives. Many of our norms and views come from the city/country that we live in. However, what is less obvious is how something as strange as garbage collection… Continue Reading
When you understand consciousness as a complex information system, then concepts become the foundation of each experience. A single experience is made up of many concepts that combine together to form one moment of experience. So when you look at… Continue Reading
As you introspect more and more you realise there are parts of your mind that seem to be off-limits to exploring. It feels almost as if someone had built a wall there preventing you from going further. I’ve found that… Continue Reading
In this post I wrote about how you’re probably thinking of meditation the wrong way. It’s less of an activity and more of an alternate way of living. Day-to-day existence From birth, our brains work at recognising patterns in the… Continue Reading
I need you to completely throw away the perception you have of meditation because it’s highly likely that you’re thinking about it wrong. Throw out the woo-woo spiritualist who is seeking enlightenment, not because they don’t exist, but because it’s… Continue Reading
Like all of Herman Hesse’s novels, after finishing it I sigh with despair and think to myself: “There is nothing left for me to contribute to literature. My career is done before it had a chance to begin.” Hesse is… Continue Reading