books Better Book Reviews I think the book review ecosystem is broken. Here's a quick story explaining why. My day job is co-leading Roote, an online school for systems thinking. We'd love to get more students to
book review Book Review: "When Should Law Forgive?" by Martha Minow “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” — Paul BoeseTo forgive or not forgive? That is the question. Should we forgive student debt, rent during COVID, and The Other
book review Book Review: "Just Giving" by Rob Reich, A Political Theory of Philanthropy I'm interviewing Rob Reich on my podcast soon. As preparation for that interview, I wanted to review his most recent book, Just Giving, which I loved (I highlighted 15% of the book, compared
systems Applying Axelrod’s “Theory of Cooperation” to Universal Tithing I recently wrote about my mindset towards giving, titled: We Should Tithe More! However, creating organic, bottom-up, “selfless/cooperative” behavior is difficult (without some centralized coordination mechanism for cooperation, e.g. the government)
movements Crypto is Networked Nonviolent Protest “Technology rarely generates absolutely novel human behavior; rather, it changes the terrain on which such behavior takes place.”— Zeynep TufekciThe goal of this article is to explain how the internet (networked information) enabled
book What’s Our Goal? To Do Good. But for Who on What Timescale? (Book Chapter 2) This is a draft chapter from my book. Here’s the Introduction and Chapter 1. If you’d like to give feedback, do so through this Google Doc. (If you give any amount
book review “The Sovereign Individual” Book Review: Takeaways, Quotes, and Critique “The transition from one stage of economic life to another has always involved a revolution. We think that the Information Revolution is likely to be the most far reaching of all. It will
self-help Grow Your Startup and Communicate More Effectively with Actionable Takeaways from These 19 Books https://soundcloud.com/rhys-lindmark/16-grow-your-startup-and-communicate-more-effectively-with-actionable-takeaways-from-these-19-books Your brain is “running” in a conscious state for 16 hours a day, 365 days a year, for your entire life. If you can “improve your form” and
