Category: Recommendations
The Data Detective Four
“Nullius in Verba” translates to “Take nobody’s word for it.” The motto of the Royal Society as quoted by Tim Harford in The Data Detective... Read More
The Data Detective Three
“Yes, it’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s even easier to lie without them.” Tim Harford in The Data Detective This quote is variously attributed.... Read More
Data Detective Two
“Sometimes we want to be fooled.” Tim Harford in The Data Detective... Read More
The Data Detective One
“Have the confidence to assess information with curiosity and a healthy skepticism.” Tim Harford in The Data Detective I highly recommend this book and will be quoting from it regularly as I finis... Read More
Book Recommendation Three
Against Empathy by Paul Bloom In this short book Bloom argues against the instinctive empathy that drives so much of our reaction to events. It is good he argues to have sympathy for those suffering o... Read More
Book Recommendation Two
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell Black Lives Matter has been on the agenda longer than Covid 19. Gladwell sees the issues of race from both sides and tells some stories that allowed me to see ... Read More
Book Recommendation One
“Urgency is one of the worst distorters of our world view.” Hans Rosling in Factfulness I read Factfulness twice and it definitely was the top book I read in 2020. I quoted it numerous times on th... Read MoreWords Seldom Seen: Coachee
Coachee Noun: One who is coached. Example: “He met with his coachee every week and some progress was made. My first encounter with this word was in The Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt etal... Read More