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Fossil Fuels To The Rescue | How The World Really Works (Vaclav Smil) BOOK REVIEW
Just how reliant are we on fossil fuels ..... well it turns out a lot!
'How The World Really Works' by Vaclav Smil showed me how
If you got value fro…
18 hours ago
Coco Chanel: Genius, Myth & The Cost of Reinventing Yourself
After a short hiatus, I’m back with a paired review of The World According to Coco and The Little Book of Chanel. Truthfully, neither book is extraor…
1 week, 1 day ago
Can AI Solve Everything by 2035? The Case for Abundance
In this episode of Mere Mortals, I review Solve Everything: Achieving Abundance by 2035 by Dr Peter H. Diamandis and Dr Alexander D. Wissner-Gross, …
1 month ago
Dario Amodei’s AI Warning: We’re Closer Than People Realise
In this episode of Mere Mortals Book Reviews, I break down The Adolescence of Technology by Dario Amodei and why it reads less like a tech article an…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
This Book Predicts the Future (And It’s Terrifying) | Accelerando Book Review
I don’t even have the physical book… because Accelerando is free online and after reading it, I understand why it’s become a cult recommendation.
This…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Habits of High Performers | Book Review (James Laughlin)
Welcome back to the Mere Mortals Book Reviews. Today I’m reviewing Habits of High Performance by James Laughlin, a practical, activity-driven book b…
3 months ago
Tolkien’s Final Battle | The Return of the King Book Review
Welcome back to another edition of the Mere Mortals Book Reviews — and this time it’s the final instalment of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: The Retur…
3 months, 1 week ago
17 Lessons from Mastery (Robert Greene) That Actually Change How You Work
This is the book learnings companion to my Mastery book review: I pulled 17 personal takeaways (from ~70 notes) and unpack what they mean in real li…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Mastery isn't talent, it's a process | Mastery Book Review
Mastery is not a gift handed to the “talented", it’s a ruthless process: time, patience, humility, apprenticeship, and the emotional control to not …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Collect Art: The Brutal Truth About Galleries, Power & Pricing
Ever looked at the art world and thought: how does any of this actually work?
I read How to Collect Art (2024) by Magnus Resch to figure out whether …
4 months ago