My Asia Book Recommendations, By Country
Novels, memoirs and histories I've read on Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Asian-American experience.
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Unhinged Habits Book Review: Why You Don't Need More Productivity
Jonathan Goodman's Unhinged Habits does what most productivity books fail at: showing how he actually lives, trade-offs and all.
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Book Review: The Ghost Map - From Miasmas to Germ Theory
How the 1854 London cholera outbreak reveals a timeless pattern: established experts cling to wrong ideas for decades, from miasma theory to Covid airborne denial.
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The Organization Man by William Whyte: Where Corporate Loyalty & the Career Ladder Began
Whyte predicted workaholism, work-life balance debates, and the security-obsessed employee in 1956. A review of the book that decoded the source code of modern work culture.
Books & ReadingWork Beliefs & History of Work
Rethinking Wealth: Four Insights from "Just Keep Buying"
Four data-driven insights from Just Keep Buying that challenge common fears about spending, saving, retirement, and how rich you already are.
Books & ReadingMoney & Finance
Die With Zero: Why Too Many Save Too Much for Too Late In Their Lives (Book Review)
Die With Zero is a persuasive argument for those who spend to much to turn money into time & experiences earlier in their lives
Books & ReadingMoney & Finance
The “Wild Problem” Of A Life Well Lived: A Book Review of Russ Roberts' Wild Problems
A review of Russ Roberts' Wild Problems and why the biggest life decisions can't be solved with logic. The upsides of bold leaps are impossible to imagine beforehand.
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"Ambition Is Frozen Desire" - Excerpt From David Whyte's Consolations
David Whyte details the positive and negative sides of ambition and our challenge of grappling with it in our lives
Books & ReadingWisdom, Success & Philosophy
150+ Things Worth Reading & Listening To From 2020
150+ links from the boundless newsletter on work, life, carving one's own path and making sense of the modern world
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Aspiration, Meaning, & The Traps of Ambition (A Book Review of Agnes Callard's Aspiration)
Book review on Agnes Callard's \"Aspiration\" about the philosophical role of aspiration and becoming in a meaningful and good life
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Millenarianism & Pandemic Utopias | Review of Black Mass by John Gray
Everyone has a religious, political or institutional utopia. A review of John Gray's book \"Black Mass\" gives us a way to be skeptical of these visions
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Rest By Alex Pang: Summary & Key Quotes
Book Summary: Rest by Alex Pang makes sense of rest through his own journey taking a sabbatical after leaving Academia and the corporate world.
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Revisiting Bertrand Russell’s “In Praise Of Idleness”
I revisit Bertrand Russell's famous essay to ponder the question: Do we work too much? Why aren't we having more fun in our days?
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Revisiting Keynes Prediction for a Post-Work 2030 in "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren"
John Maynard Keynes essay about technological unemployment predicted that by 2030 we would have shifted worried more about how to occupy leisure
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All The Things Worth Reading In 2018 (175+ Links)
The top 175+ longform, essays, articles and podcasts from 2018. Boundless Reads is a weekly e-mail of the five best reads from around the web!
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35+ Books Recommendations To Help You Quit Your Job
Want to escape the corporate world? Don't know how to imagine a new path? These ten types of books will help you rethink everything.
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Bullshit Jobs Virtual Book Club Discussion (Book By David Graeber)
A book club discussion guide around the key issues in \"bullshit jobs\" including the history of time and labor, types of BS jobs, & universal basic income
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A Dozen Things I Learned From Originals (by Adam Grant)
A book review of Adam Grant's originals on how to be a noncomformist and create change on your own and within organizations. (With cool charts!)
Books & ReadingOrganizations & Culture
Why You Should Stop Consuming The News & My Media Diet (August 2019)
The news is designed to outrage you & addict you. Politics taps into this to get votes. I want to help you block the outrage and find better stuff to read.
Books & Reading