Watts, Peter, “Starfish”
If placed in a monstrous environment, would the monster stop being a monster? Could the normal monstrosity be less scary than the monstrous normality? Continue reading Watts, Peter, “Starfish”
Category: Book reviews
Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris, “Burdened by Evil or forty years later”
They are all surgeons and enforcers. Not a single therapist. Continue reading Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris, “Burdened by Evil or forty years later”
Clear, James “Atomic Habits: an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones”
Most people don’t even consider identity change when they set out to improve. They think, “I want to be outcome …” Continue reading Clear, James “Atomic Habits: an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones”
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr “Cancer Ward”
We don’t value animals’ love anymore, and we often laugh if someone is attached to his cat. But if we stop loving animals – don’t we inevitably stop loving people too? Continue reading Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr “Cancer Ward”
Remark, Erich Maria “Flotsam”
Love your neighbour as yourself Continue reading Remark, Erich Maria “Flotsam”
Barreau, Nicolas “Love letters from Montmartre”
Hoarding memories is not a blessing. Memories manes us sentimental. And those who are sentimental cannot move forwards, they live backwards. Continue reading Barreau, Nicolas “Love letters from Montmartre”
Warhol, Andy “Fame”
A lot of times I do things i don’t want to do at all, just because I’m on stand-by jealousy that somebody else will get to do it instead Continue reading Warhol, Andy “Fame”
Epstein, David “Range: Why generalists triumph in a specialised world”
Specialised expertise might create better chess and poker players or firefighters, but not for better predictors of financial or political trends or specialists in mergers and acquisitions. Deep analogical thinking, relational thinking, interdisciplinary thinking enable us to cross-reference our experiences through various disciplines, facilitating faster and even more creative approaches to problem-solving. Continue reading Epstein, David “Range: Why generalists triumph in a specialised world”
Rooney, Sally “Normal people”
Not what you expect from award-winning and supposedly the most enjoyable novel of the year according to the Daily Telegraph Continue reading Rooney, Sally “Normal people”
Appelo, Jurgen “How to change the world”
Change management from the human perspective – an invitation for each of us to “dance with complexity” Continue reading Appelo, Jurgen “How to change the world”
