by Santi | Dec 3, 2024 | Book Notes, Culture
Steven Pinker argues that the values of the Enlightenment—reason, science, and humanism—have led to remarkable progress in human well-being across a range of dimensions, such as life expectancy, health, prosperity, safety, knowledge, and happiness. Despite widespread... by Santi | Nov 22, 2024 | Book Notes, Culture
Steven Johnson argues that key innovations in history often have unintended ripple effects that shape societies in profound and unpredictable ways. These breakthroughs, which he terms “hummingbird effects,” lead to downstream consequences that influence fields far... by Santi | Oct 17, 2024 | Book Notes, Culture
In Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado Perez argues that there is a pervasive gender data gap in the world, where systems, policies, and products are predominantly designed based on data collected from men. This “male... by Santi | Oct 2, 2023 | Book Notes, Culture, History
All the notes were taken directly from the source mentioned. – – – Between 1976 and 2005 the average homicide rate for white Americans was 4.8, while the average rate for black Americans was 36.9. These United States. When it comes to violence, the... by Santi | Sep 11, 2023 | Book Notes, Culture, History
All the notes were taken directly from the source mentioned. – – – Even if a general is reluctant to tell the newspapers how many men he lost in a bungled offensive, he still has to tell the accountants to drop 4,000 men from the payroll. Even if a... by Santi | Jun 22, 2021 | Articles, Culture, History
All notes were taken directly from “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” by Yuval Noah Harari – – – WORK Humans have two types of abilities – physical and cognitive. In the past, machines competed with humans mainly in raw physical abilities,...
