Category: Book Reviews
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The Science of Weird Shit by Chris French
The weird shit, such as ghosts’ encounters, paranormal activities, UFO sightings, and so on, has been a major discussion in human history. Although there is no evidence for their existence, why are humans so obsessed with them? Why do some people go to any lengths to prove their existence? But the more important question is,…
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Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
To be antifragile is not to eliminate fragility altogether. It is to reduce fragile elements and increase our robustness. Our modern life tries to remove randomness and even out our experiences. The lack of stressors or small random jolts is making us more fragile and sensitive to extreme events. Our obsession with singularity, the feel…
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The Stranger by Albert Camus
Society expects everyone to be the same. The same moral standards, the same moral and emotional reactions, the same desires, and so on. Out of the blue, if someone does something different, almost like a mob, people gang up and bash the person. You can expect the same reaction if someone is different, too. The…
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The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb
A Black Swan is an event or situation that is impossible to predict. Once it occurs, the consequences are devastating. A black swan can be positive, too. But they usually arrive with negative effects. No matter how many sophisticated models and systems we invent, randomness has the ultimate say. More than ever, the impact of…
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The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
Reviewed Date: May 31st, 2023 Is an MBA worth doing? Is it relevant to the current times? The business world is constantly evolving, metrics change day after day, and information gets updated. Although it is beneficial to know the basics before we get into the business, pursuing a two-degree just for that is certainly not…
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Attention Span by Dr. Gloria Mark
Reviewed Date: February 22nd, 2023 Interestingly, a book about attention didn’t hold my attention at all. I thought the problem was with me, as I read a half dozen books on attention and focus, but the more I read this book, the more I understood that it lacks cohesiveness and is written with a casual…
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God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Reviewed Date: December 6th, 2023 After reading many history and evolution books, I understood that our ancestors invited God. Our ancestors were puzzled by the randomness of nature; they concluded that they had been observed by supernatural entities. Thus, they brought the rituals and code among the tribe to worship the supernatural entity, save them…
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Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
Reviewed Date: December 11th, 2023 We are living in an information-dense world. We consume so much information every day that we lose track of what we read, what we heard, and what we saw. Rather than blaming ourselves for keeping forgetting, we can build a system where we can store our thoughts, insights we read,…
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Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love by Allan Pease and Barbara Pease
Reviewed Date: May 4th, 2023 I will address the elephant in the room: although the book has pointed out fundamental differences between men and women, I find some concepts are problematic and perpetuate stereotypes. I won’t say the book is complete trash; some topics are informative, but we shouldn’t leave the problematic stuff. Though the…
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Dopamine Detox by Thibaut Meurisse
Reviewed Date: October 4th, 2023 We all are addicted to our phones, gambling, food, and other things. If you are not addicted to anything, either you are lying or you are a superhuman. Well, for the latter, there isn’t anything we can say. But if you are honest about your addictions, you need to detox…
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You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy (2)
Reviewed Date: November 23rd, 2023 The biggest barrier to listening, putting aside the internal monologue, is not being interested in knowing a person. Most people want to tell their story, but they cannot find the listeners. It might sound cliche, but the world would have been a much better place if we could listen to…
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The Problem with Being a Person by Talia Pollock
Reviewed Date: September 13th, 2025 We humans like to delude ourselves with all kinds of beliefs and ideas. Rather than facing reality as it is and accepting and acknowledging our lives as they are, we form illusions around ourselves to seek comfort and avoid seeing the truth. The law of attraction and manifestation beliefs come…
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The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann
Reviewed Date: September 29th, 2025 Ever since I started reading books, I have been seeing this book. I never got to read it until recently. I read this book, excluding the hype and heavy expectations it has around it. Ideas are good, but examples are purely unrealistic. They are not set in real-life business scenarios. …
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The Algebra of Happiness by Scott Galloway
Reviewed Date: September 26th, 2025 Happiness has been the most sought-after thing in this modern world. We have recipes to make in our lives. Although almost all of them we employ to delude ourselves from facing the reality, the elusiveness of it persists. We do whatever we can to pursue it to our graves. Materialism…
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Reverse The Search by Madeline Mann
Reviewed Date: October 4th, 2025 Almost all of us know how difficult it is to get a job: countless applications, referral requests, and endless job interviews that lead nowhere. The job market became worse after COVID and doesn’t seem to be recovering. Our traditional approaches to getting a job will no longer work. We have…
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Calling Bullshit by Carl Bergstrom and Jevin D. West
Reviewed Date: October 11th, 2025 The modern world is full of bullshit. You have to search where it is not. With the rise of social media and attention-seeking news channels, it is abundantly clear that we shouldn’t blindly believe what we are seeing and hearing every day, especially regarding Donald Trump. Half the time, he…
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The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink
Reviewed Date: June 22nd, 2024 We all mostly aspire to live without regrets. We go to an extent to declare that we have no regrets. But a glance over the decisions we made says otherwise. We see regrets as scars, something we need to avoid at all costs. Regrets, however, are essential for growth and…
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How to Change by Katy Milkman
Reviewed Date: March 15th, 2025 We want to change our habits, our behavior, and ourselves. We meticulously plan and schedule. We would be successful initially. Sooner or later, if something happens, we fall out of routine, and all our plans go nowhere. Change is hard. We need to exert a lot of energy to move…