5 min read ⌚ Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources Do you have what it takes, to transform your life, by changing your perspective? As much as we hate to admit it, we are inclined to believe that “Sufficient” is a concept for the weak. When it comes to finances, there’s no such thing as […]
Category: Politics & Society
Inside the Sony Hack Summary
6 min read ⌚ How well do you think your personal data is protected? What if you learn one day that all of it belongs to an unknown and untraceable group of hackers? Well, that’s exactly how reality looked like to more than 7,000 employees at Sony Pictures following the days after November 24, 2014. Amanda […]
Why We Should Bulldoze the Business School Summary
6 min read ⌚ You want to go to a business school? According to Martin Parker – you shouldn’t. Even more – nobody should. In an article for “Guardian” – basically a part of his most recent book – Parker explains “Why We Should Bulldoze the Business School.” See if he can convince you to join […]
Churchill and Orwell Summary
7 min read ⌚ The Fight for Freedom What do Winston Churchill and George Orwell have in common? Thomas E. Ricks’ interesting dual biography with a straightforward title “Churchill and Orwell” tries to find out. Spoiler alert: the answer is in the subtitle. Who Should Read “Churchill and Orwell”? And Why? Naturally, dual biographies are less thorough […]
Democracy Summary – Condoleezza Rice
7 min read ⌚ Stories from the Long Road to Freedom They didn’t value democracy too highly in Ancient Greece. In fact, Plato thought that it is the second worst way in which you can organize a country, just a little better than tyranny. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begs to differ. In “Democracy” she […]
Black Edge Summary – Sheelah Kolhatkar
7 min read ⌚ Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street “Black Edge” tells the story of Steven A. Cohen, a guy you may know by the moniker “hedge fund king” and a fat cat whose net worth is currently estimated to be in the region of […]
Code Girls Summary – Liza Mundy
6 min read ⌚ The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II By now, you are undoubtedly familiar with the name and the legacy of a certain Alan Turing, the guy who cracked the German Enigma ciphers and, thus, shortened the war for about two years and saved at least 14 […]
The Blood of Emmett Till Summary
9 min read ⌚ Back in August 1955, Emmett Till was a handsome boy from Chicago visiting his relatives near Money, in the Mississippi Delta. He had turned 14 just one month before that. He will never have the chance to celebrate another birthday. Soon after arriving, he was abducted and lynched by two white men […]
American Fire Summary
7 min read ⌚ Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land Judging by the subtitle, you may think that “American Fire” by Monica Hesse attempts to cover just too much ground. The funny thing is – it actually does. Because the story it reports is, quite easily, one of the strangest love stories you will ever […]
Affluence Without Abundance Summary
8 min read ⌚ The Disappearing World of the Bushmen Do you know who the Bushmen are? Of course, you know – especially if you’ve watched “The Gods Must Be Crazy.” Well, you want to learn more? James Suzman’s “Affluence Without Abundance” is here to teach you practically everything about them! In addition to few things about […]
