I was reading one of my books on quotes from Napoleon, oddly enough I find them more thought-provoking that reading most philosophers. One recent one was the following: “He who can absorb the most mages into his memory is the one who has the most imagination.” I’ve dipped here and there on the science of […]
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Book Review: Data Science for Executives by Nir Kaldero
I liked the book overall, it’s an easy read that gives you a broad stroke of data science and it’s applications for business. It argues that the 4th industrial revolution is the most important one, and leaders and businesses will start using data to solve all of their problems, and finding hidden patterns in the […]
Thoughts on Kant
Thoughts on Kant By Eugene Sheely “…in his contemptuous catalogue of the useless dreamers and impostors of the world he [Napoleon Bonaparte] placed with confidence the name of Kant.” Napoleon, by H.A.L Fisher If we were to summarize Kant’s work at the risk of oversimplifying it we could say that overall Kant searched for universal […]
Thoughts on Aristotles Virtues
My interpretation of Aristotle’s virtue based on my readings and lectures it that since there seems to be a happy mean in achieving good performance, the performance of virtue must also be a happy medium (the myth of Icarus comes to mind, fly to low and you’ll fall, fly too high and your wings will […]
Genghis Khan Didn’t Need Sun Tzu
Most bestselling books are awful, specially business related. They usually are a bunch of pop psychology bullshit taken out of context or falsely turned into generalizations. One of these examples is Drive by Daniel Pink: He takes one example of a study done in a few hours. They picked up some random people (probably […]
Book Review: African Genesis by Robert Ardrey
This is one of the favorite books I’ve ever read. Some of the data has been updated so far, but the logic and focus on realism are superb. By this I mean that there was an attempt to truly see reality as it is, while more modern books tends to project an ideal to the […]
Sun Tzu Is Overrated, Miyamoto Musashi is Underrated
I enjoy a good Sun Tzu quote just like the other guy, But the supposed universal insights are highly overrated. This is especially the case when trying to apply the principles from The Art of War outside warfare, such as business or life in general. One of my favorite contemporary writers is Edward Luttwak. He […]