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The Big Picture – Carroll

November 10, 2019sebastiankade Leave a Comment

I have to admit that I’m a massive Carroll fanboy. I think he is an extremely intelligent person and an expert communicator. I love his thinking, his books, and his podcast. “The truth is that the ground has disappeared beneath… Continue Reading →

Reading List 2019, evolution, life, morality, philosophy

Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility – Mcord

November 10, 2019sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Patty Mcord did a good job writing this book, especially for her consulting career. It’s a good book but lacks a solid theory or structure towards what god leadership is. It’s more an abstraction of her learnings from growing Netflix.… Continue Reading →

Reading List leadership

21 Laws of Leadership

November 10, 2019sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Maxwell is not one of my favourite authors. While he has a lot of good wisdom on leadership, his style of teaching is through highly marketed, over exaggerated framing. "Leadership is influence, nothing less, nothing more. But here are another… Continue Reading →

Reading List leadership

The Meaning of Human Existence – Wilson

October 5, 2019sebastiankade Leave a Comment

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 →

Reading List evolution, morality

The Moral Animal – Wright

October 5, 2019sebastiankade Leave a Comment

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 →

Reading List evolution

River Out of Eden – Dawkins

October 5, 2019sebastiankade Leave a Comment

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 →

Reading List evolution

Reinventing Organisations – Laloux

October 5, 2019sebastiankade Leave a Comment

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 →

Reading List business, leadership, organisations

The Selfish Gene – Dawkins

October 5, 2019sebastiankade Leave a Comment

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 →

Reading List evolution

The Human Side of Enterprise – McGregor

October 5, 2019sebastiankade Leave a Comment

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 →

Reading List leadership

Incognito – Eagleman

September 27, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

(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 →

Reading List 2018, consciousness, free will

Demian – Hesse

August 26, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

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 →

Reading List 2018

Heart of Darkness – Conrad

August 26, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

There is only one quote you need to know from this Conrad’s Heart of Darkness: “The horror! The horror!” That is not to say that there is no value in this book, I actually think the opposite. But that one… Continue Reading →

Reading List 2018

Principles – Dalio

August 12, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

(Goodreads ・ Amazon) I respect Ray Dalio’s humility and honesty. You get the sense that he is an open, “enlightened” man who has seen the greater pattern in the world and lifted himself a little further away from the bopping… Continue Reading →

Reading List 2018

This Changes Everything – Klein

August 8, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

(Goodreads・Amazon) My personal prediction Humans are going to go through a rather lengthy and difficult learning experience that will likely last 60-200 years. We won’t change our behaviour in time to reach the 2C warming target. Even when we hit… Continue Reading →

Reading List 2018, capitalism

Everything on Capitalism

August 5, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

This is the reading list that I followed when studying capitalism. Apart from the books listed here I read countless articles online but didn’t track them. 👌 Essential reads Capitalism: A very short introduction – This is the perfect place to… Continue Reading →

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Factfullness – Rosling

August 3, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

(Goodreads ・ Amazon) So here lies the conundrum. The world isn’t as bad as we think it is. Quality of life is the best it has ever been in right across the globe. That’s not to say things aren’t still… Continue Reading →

Reading List 2018, capitalism

Phi – Tononi

July 30, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Phi: A voyage from the brain to the soulGiulio Tononi (Goodreads ・ Amazon) Ultimately, it’s a good read, despite being a little long and flourished with over-extravagant language. Big Takeaway The big takeaway that I got from reading this is… Continue Reading →

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Postcapitalism – Mason

July 30, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

(Goodreads ・ Amazon) Fucking beautiful. Core Ideas Neoliberalism is unsustainable. Capitalism goes through 50 year “Kondratieff” cycles. The current one has stalled. Information-technology has zero-marginal costs. Non-market goods and services are taking over previous market niches. Inequality is rising and… Continue Reading →

Reading List 2018, capitalism

Inventing the Future – Srnicek

July 30, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

(Goodreads ・ Amazon) The Four Demands Full automation – rather than fighting machines, aim for 100% automation of labour. This would mean the ability for wealth to grow without human labour needed. Our basic human needs would be fulfilled by machines.… Continue Reading →

Reading List 2018, capitalism

Labor and Monopoly Capital – Braverman

July 13, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

(Goodreads・Amazon) An extremely thorough and diligent study on the effects of monopoly capitalism on human labour. I’m blown away by the depth and rigour that Braverman goes to in this exploration. He is truly a clear writer and sound thinker.… Continue Reading →

Reading List capitalism

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