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Phil’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Phil’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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The AI-Bayes Cocktail
As a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon a million years ago, I learned about Bayes' Theorem. (Thank you for your invaluable statistics classes, Professor Banks.) In case that admittedly obscure concept doesn't ring a bell, here's a simplified version of it:
We all face uncertainty when making decisions and predictions. That's life. To make more intelligent ones, we should regularly update our initial est
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Carr has written a timely and important book and he has clearly done his research. I certainly learned a great deal about some of the theoretical underpinnings of communication theory. There are also plenty of vivid examples illustrating his point. M ...more |
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The Catalysts: The Accelerating Forces Forging the New World Financial Order:
"The Catalysts is a sharp and timely analysis of the forces reshaping the global financial system, institutional distrust, polarisation, and the decline of U.S. dominance. Amanda Wick brings insider experience without falling into establishment apolog"
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2025, Amanda Wick “I began this book describing the horrific events leading up to January 6, 2021. Historians will rightfully view that day as America’s tipping point. After d" Read more of this review » |
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The Catalysts: The Accelerating Forces Forging the New World Financial Order:
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well researched Fascinating concept and good execution. The book is nothing if not timely. Lewis definitely shed much-needed light on a lot of whitewashed historical figures. |
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well researched Fascinating concept and good execution. The book is nothing if not timely. Lewis definitely shed much-needed light on a lot of whitewashed historical figures. |
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“Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language—so the argument runs—must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. —George Orwell, 1946”
― Message Not Received: Why Business Communication Is Broken and How to Fix It
― Message Not Received: Why Business Communication Is Broken and How to Fix It
“Cell phones have made people reachable virtually everywhere at anytime. Cheap digital storage, WiFi, and smartphones equipped with digital cameras and recorders mean that people can broadcast as much of their lives as they want in real time.”
― The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business
― The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business
“people need simple, secure, powerful, integrated, and user-friendly ways to create, consume, purchase, share, and manage their content.”
― The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business
― The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business
“Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.”
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
“Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language—so the argument runs—must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. —George Orwell, 1946”
― Message Not Received: Why Business Communication Is Broken and How to Fix It
― Message Not Received: Why Business Communication Is Broken and How to Fix It
“Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say...but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked, dismissed as simpleminded by those with a tenacious belief that the impassable prose is a hallmark of intelligence.”
― The Consolations of Philosophy
― The Consolations of Philosophy
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