13 min read ⌚ How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World Have you ever heard that old adage “Jack of all trades, master of none”? Well, David Epstein begs to differ. If you want to succeed in this wicked modern world of ours, he says, you need to have something much more than a certain specialty. […]
18 min read ⌚ How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change Ever experienced a personal crisis? Sure, you have! But have you ever wondered whether what you did during a personal crisis of yours can be applied to a nation in crisis? Well, American polymath Jared Diamond has, and he thinks the answer to the previous […]
10 min read ⌚ Unleash the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being Are you ready to unleash the full power of your brain? If so, Deepak Chopra and Rudolph Tanzi are ready to teach you! Stay with us and learn how to develop an exceptional brain. Super Brain. Who Should […]
14 min read ⌚ Quick Summary: The Sunflower by Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal is a two-part book which explores the limits of forgiveness. In the first part, Wiesenthal recounts how he got to be asked for forgiveness by a Nazi soldier; in the second, he shares the opinions of 53 people on whether he should have […]
10 min read ⌚ The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Ready for another chills-infusing dose of American patriotism? If so, who better to inject you with it than Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. It’s the seventh book of the Killing series: Killing England. Who Should Read “Killing England”? And Why? If you’re interested in American history, […]
11 min read ⌚ The Matter, Form and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil Now, that has to be one of the greatest covers of all time! A monstrous creature with the head of a man and the body of, well, three hundred smaller men, ominously waving a sword and a staff over the world. […]
7 min read ⌚ A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years You’ve read that right: “Guns, Germs, and Steel” tells everything about everybody. In 500 pages. Here summarized in about 1,500 words! Who Should Read “Guns, Germs, and Steel”? And Why? The main reason why Jared Diamond wrote “Guns, Germs, and Steel” was a […]
6 min read ⌚ Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? Look up the word “polymath” in the Dictionary, and you’ll end up reading a biography of Leonardo da Vinci! Don’t believe us? Here’s what Wikipedia says a “polymath” means: A polymath (Greek: πολυμαθής, polymathēs, “having learned much,” Latin: homo universalis, “universal man”) is a person whose […]
8 min read ⌚ Critique of Political Economy They don’t even bother translating the title to make it sound scarier, ha? “Das Kapital” – you have to agree – sounds way more frightening than “Capital,” and “Karl Marx” is a more intimidating author than “Marx and Engels” (the latter sounds as if a corporation, doesn’t it?) […]
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