I love books by geniuses, especially when those geniuses admit to being just as dumb as the rest of us. The main point of this book is that we all do a lot of thinking we never know about, and that every single one of us is lazier than we…
There’s a running gag in The Muppet Movie where someone says something unfounded about frogs—like touching one gives you warts—and Kermit flails his arms and yells, “That’s a myth!” As he does, a girl pops up out of nowhere and, with a lisp on her cutesy face, says, “Yeth?” Stupid?…
by Eric Baker Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong For a book that claims to be surprising, there wasn’t much new here. I’ll say this, it is entertaining and he does tell a good story. The most surprising…
by Danielle Krysa Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths About Being Creative Last semester I took an online class in public speaking. (I had to make a bunch of videos – it wasn’t pretty.) For my last speech I had to choose from a list of…
by John Scalzi Head On Some authors write good books once in awhile with clunkers in between. Anne McCaffrey, for instance, with all of her brilliance, still managed to pump out some really bad fiction. I’m looking at you Petaybee. Then there are the authors you can rely on to…
by James E. Ryan Wait, What?: And Life’s Other Essential Questions I’m a sucker for inspirational, self-help books, especially those with a practical approach. This one hit nicely in that sweet spot between helpful and entertaining. This started as a graduation speech the author made at the Harvard School of…
by Robert M. Sapolsky Stress and Your Body 5/15/2018 – I’m not done with this, yet, and there will be a complete review later, but I had to complain about something that really bugs me. This series of lectures is presented by a professor with multiple advanced degrees, including at…
