Daniel Immerwahr’s How to Hide an Empire exposes the colonial territories and forgotten subjects erased from America’s self-portrait of liberty.
Sebastian Mallaby’s The Infinity Machine is a history of DeepMind that reads, at odd moments, like a theology. AI has stopped being an abstraction — it’s infrastructure now — and Mallaby’s wager is that we can’t understand what’s coming without understanding the people who built it. The book follows Demis Hassabis from junior chess tournaments […]
A critical summary of Jim Murphy’s Inner Excellence, exploring whether elite performers can truly surrender the ego while chasing victory.
A critical summary of Anna Lembke’s Dopamine Nation, weighing the seesaw model’s clinical power against the book’s blind spots on structural inequality.
A deep summary of Arthur C. Brooks’s From Strength to Strength — on aging, ambition, the two intelligence curves, and reinventing purpose after peak performance.
Explore an in-depth Ikigai summary that uncovers the true Okinawan secrets of longevity, community, and finding your purpose in the modern world.
This summary of Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté explores how childhood attachment shapes ADD, challenges genetic explanations, and offers radical parenting solutions.
Adam Grant explores how rethinking assumptions and embracing doubt leads to better decisions and personal growth in a changing world.
Steven Pinker challenges the idea that humans are blank slates, arguing genes and biology deeply shape behavior beyond socialization.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff argues against linear five-year plans, advocating small, time-bound experiments to reduce burnout and foster meaningful progress.
