Another pickup from Fresh Air and TED. Also, Dan Ariely sometimes does guest appearance on Marketplace. This book has some similarities to Freakonomics, but it was more about the social experiments that he and his colleagues have done. They are … Continue reading
I get a lot of book references from Fresh Air and TED and I heard about Steven Pinker on both. This book is about the recent developments in social science on human nature (“nature” vs. “nurture” is a very controversial … Continue reading
I heard it mentioned in The Totally Rad Show, one of many Podcasts that I follow. It was described as one of the classic American graphic novels and I have been interested in the basics of the American graphic novel … Continue reading
After I started at a new company, I thought I might want to look at “project management” again. And I just searched through books on Amazon.com and decided on this book. I thought it was very practical and had good … Continue reading
I heard about Jill Bolte Taylor and her amazing personal account of stroke and recovery from TED and Fresh Air. I think her speech was much more entertaining. The book had more details, but after finish reading it, I think … Continue reading
I heard about this book on NPR and I thought it would be interesting. The subject was interesting, but the book read like a technical paper, not for a general public: mostly about numbers and repetitive themes and arguments. I … Continue reading
I enjoyed reading it. I can see why some might say he and his book represent “bears”, but I think Robert Shiller is more about rationality and why the public’s perception of a possible infinite growth is just a dream. … Continue reading
This is the conclusion of the parallel stories of Peter Wiggin and Bean (a.k.a. Julian Delphiki) from Orson Scott Card, the author of Ender’s Game. I didn’t think it was that good. As I said before, Mr. Card’s Hegemon series … Continue reading
I wanted to try some short scifi short stories, and found this on Amazon.com. It had a pretty good user rating, so I decided to try it. This is an anthology series from a magazine, “Fantasy and Sicence Fiction”. I … Continue reading
[Well, I guess I am not going to work on this for a while... So, I am just going to post my unfinished draft. - Hong.] o. “Go Your Own Way” by Cool Age [쿨에이지] First album. They are An … Continue reading