Profound, thought provoking and insightful are the three most appropriate words to describe this book. It takes on a humongous task of understanding human mind - particularly consciousness - and prese...
‘Socrates Good, Plato Bad’ is the only way I can summarise this book. Although it may seem controversial, Popper has persuaded me enough to let go of any reservations against the phrase. Popper dissec...
The book is appropriately divided into 4 books, each representing a phase of her life - childhood, school, high school, and college. The first book describes a happy childhood of a curious mind - yet ...
The morning after reading the book, I wake up with a different feeling. I doubt if my thoughts on a book so impactful towards society are fair, or will it carry the bias of a critic more scientificall...
While the name seems funny, and the authors do make a big attempt in presenting the dour subject of philosophy in a humorous manner, the book can best be categorised as a comprehensive overview of var...
The origins of poor literature and trash writing lie in a person’s desire to write long sentences to exude sophistication. The academic rigour and necessity of coherence creates lines of unnecessary w...
These were the dark ages of Vedic religion, and the defenders of the Vedas were transforming it into an almighty which could not be challenged. These were the right circumstances for a new religion or...
It presents archaeological evidence of how I thought the ancients might have lived. But, mostly it presents evidence of how bureaucracy - something I have inherent dislike for - might have come into b...
Wow, is the first word to describe the1. Its amazing, and presents data that is counter-intuitive to general societal discussions. First one that pops to mind is that beyond a certain number, the joy ...
Maybe, its the book’s theme that pushes her to take an extreme view like this, but such a monotone overdrive is not worth it and is never going to convince people of her take. She will lose the ‘patho...
Most books on AI and data, in order to sound sophisticated and advanced, only discuss math, current topics and eye grabbing trend setting, but GEB begins with an attempt to define or discuss ‘What is ...
Great things are paradoxical and so is this book. I can judge this book in hindsight which allows me to be more critical of George Soros’ current mindset. But, at the time of this book’s publication, ...
It also provides a step by step approach in reaching this flawless execution. Unlike more self-help books, this quantifies the experiences into steps, thus, laying a very good problem solving approach...
In my understanding Einstein was right to come up with the arguments with thought experiments time and again. I can imagine it been annoying to Bohr, because I find Bohr to be an egoist. This is proba...
Firstly, isn’t this strange that Optimism - the word -, is used for the first time in literature in this book. That should be sufficient reason to read the book. However, in a positive scary manner, I...
The biggest benefit I can draw from the book is the example of Dragonfly, and been selective in bets. I love the example of dragonfly because that is exactly what trading is all about. Particularly sw...
The book begins with a satire on religion, but with the central character names Zarathustra as an ode to Nietzsche’s favourite religious character - Zoaraster. Nietzsche was hugely inspired by the cha...
Cicero leaves behind a good deal of knowledge from his time. He discusses the morality of his peers, and also his aspirations of a fair and just society. While his notes are written mostly in his time...