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The Irrational Ape: Why Flawed Logic Put Us All at Risk, and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World by David Robert Grimes
BATB score: 6.5/10 ⏰💣 Packed with psychological explanation and plenty of experimental and historical references to how flawed humans are. #400pages Best to: know that humans are weird; we use conditional reasoning to form an opinion, engage in conformity completing a belief and then engross in red herring fallacy to avoid clashing topics #duh Best for: and that's how Trump won the election, how MBTI / fortune tellers seem accurate, how juries make wrongful convictions, and


The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing by Pat Dorsey
BATB score: 10/10 👏 Investment book for dummies 💯 legit! Best to: know there are just 5 basic principles that differentiates the real investors from the novice speculators 1. Do your homework. Bookmark this website www. sec.gov and check out the public 'DEF 14A' to analyse management competencies and compensation schemes and '10-K' annual reports for ROA(sset), ROE(quity), cash flow, and debt. 2. Find economic moats Basically, competitive advantages that is lucrative and ul


The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
BATB score: 6.7/10 ☂️ a very niche book on design flaws, design frameworks, and practical designs catering to humans' common sense use Best to: blame the machine and the design! they are at fault when humans had to take some time to read the manuals to comprehend 'how to turn on/off device' when it should have been intuitive #duh Best for: product designers in the making of user-centric devices Best as: the examples about the 4 table stove knobs, the push/pull door, the QWERT


Roxana by Daniel Defoe
BATB score: 7/10 💃 a journey of a whore from nobody, to mistress, to a rich ass Mademoiselle; navigating life's gems through husbands #idol #inspiration Best to: a difficult to read novel due to the many husbands/partners/lords/prince and the numerous details of her love life instances; I believe over 100+ plot twists happened in this one novel; +add-on to the novel difficulty with old style writings of oh lord, de, thy, nay. Best for: a very good plan B to wealth; in case o


Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells Her Story by Chanel Miller
BATB score: 6/10 💛 "Assault is Not an Accident" - just because she blacked-out does not mean you-stranger have a right to penetrate her #duh unbelievable Stanford elite graduates could be so stupid Best to: a very long read about the 18-months journey from day of blackout assault, to court filing and trials, recovery/therapy/insomnia and final statements of Chanel Miller - making a case for all assaulted victims 👏 Best for: it's an important book but it's just very long and


Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity, and Living a Good Life by Morgan Housel
BATB score: 8/10 🖤 Best to: it was very close to being very good book yet the 23 concepts were just all over the place; unlike Morgan Housel’s previous BATB 10/10 “Psychology of Money” book that was just about money #duh Best as: back in 1950s, we all were poorer but happier than today and that’s because there was no wealth gap, no one is better off, nothing to envy Best for: I believe many other book review pages would give this book a 10/10 so to avoid FOMO, read it BATB l
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