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Book: Project Hail Mary

Science Fiction from the Author of 'The Martian'

Posted on September 9, 2021

Review of Andy Weir’s third book, “an epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi”, according to USA Today. Several people recommended it in a larger ratonalist group, so I bought and read it sometime last month. I can only recommend it to everyone interested in ‘hard’ science fiction,... [Read More]

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Book: Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs

what you need to know about the numbers

Posted on August 25, 2021

Review of Karen Berman and Joe Knight’s book that helps you ‘understand what your income statement and balance sheet are telling you’. I recognized that I had to work on my financial literacy in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, this was one of the books highly recommended in Personal MBA, which... [Read More]

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Book: The Personal MBA

master the art of business

Posted on August 18, 2021

Josh Kaufmanns international bestseller, which “takes you on a worthwhile tour of the key ideas in business”, according to Seth Godin. Even though many takeaways are methodical, I learned a lot while reading this book. I would recommend this book to everyone looking for a broad overview of what business... [Read More]

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Book: Drive

The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Posted on June 12, 2021

Review of Daniel H. Pink’s ‘book that will change how you think and transform how you live’. I would recommend this book especially to those regularly frustrated or stressed, or otherwise with a high chance of burnout, but everyone else as well. This was the third suggested book of our... [Read More]

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Starting a Rationalist Meetup during Lockdown

Posted on May 25, 2021

Authors: fkarg (my blog), crtltab, wilm Backstory and Intentions In October 2020, wilm moved to Karlsruhe and was disappointed by the lack of a local LessWrong community. In order to change this, he reached out to fkarg and together they decide to try to establish a LW Meetup Group in... [Read More]

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