The Science of Being Human
Biology was one of my favourite subjects in school and “The Science of Being Human: Why We Behave, Think and Feel the Way We Do” is a joy to read (at least to me).
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The 4-Hour Workweek
It took me forever to finish The 4-Hour Workweek because I can’t get over the nagging suspicion that Tim Ferriss is an overrated “lifehacks” aggregator. The author is clever to put a passage that addresses doubters at the beginning of the book. But by the end of the book, my suspicion is more or less… Read More »
What a dream!
Last night, I dreamed that my son joined the Spanish squadron and went on a bombing mission during a rain-soaked day, but he… did not return.
The Ultimate Question 2.0
What’s interesting about The Ultimate Question 2.0 is that the authors didn’t just highlight everything good about the Net Promoter system.
Leader of the Opposition
The way I see it, Pinky’s overtures to the Workers’ Party (WP) and the designation of Pritam Singh as the Leader of the Opposition is a typical divide-and-conquer attempt to further marginalise emerging political parties like Progress Singapore Party (PSP) and Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), and to forestall their advances in future elections. This is… Read More »
Section 31: Control
Section 31: Control details the grim prospects of an artificial superintelligence (ASI) running amok due to a lack of, well, control.