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Review: 2030 by Albert Brooks
2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America Basically, this is a great book about what happens to America if we don’t take control of our future. If you love near future dystopia, or just a darkly humorous tale … Continue reading
Review: Adapt by Tim Harford
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure In the tradition of others such as Thomas Homer-Dixon, John Kay (who he mentions as an influence), and Nassim Taleb, Tim takes a look at the complex systems that underpin the world today, … Continue reading
Review: Stop Saying You’re Fine
Stop Saying You’re Fine: Discover a More Powerful You I don’t normally read this kind of thing. Got it a review copy (free, had a three hour drive to kill). Lots of gimmicks, un-cited academic studies, and a gaggle of … Continue reading
A Necessary? Evil
Google’s buying 6,000 Nortel patents for $900m, for the greater good. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
$68,000
A new study proves that a family of four needs $67,920 a year (pre-tax) to survive in America. And that’s basic: no vacations, no fancy dinners, no wine tastings, no fun-box deliveries from Amazon or Zappos or whatever every couple … Continue reading