“For most of human history, the art of the hero wasn’t left up to chance; it was a multidisciplinary endeavor devoted to optimal nutrition, physical self-mastery, and mental conditioning. The hero’s skills were studied, practiced, and perfected, then passed along…
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Book Report: Natural Born Heroes
Tagged with: amygdala, Born to Run, Christopher McDougall, Crete, Crossfit, endurance, Eric Sykes, Erwan Le Corre, fascia, fat adaptation, fitness, Georges Hébert, guerrilla warfare, Natural Born Heroes, Parkour, Phil Maffetone, William Fairbairn, Wing Chun, World War 2
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Posted in Books, Everything, Sports
Book Report: The Inner Lives of Markets
“Markets are a means of resource allocation, and often a really effective one at that. But they’re not good for everything – or at least not without a lot of engineering and tweaking. That’s something both free-market advocates, as well…
Tagged with: Adwords, auctions, Champagne fairs, deferred acceptance, economics, fundamental attribution error, George Akerlof, Joseph Stiglitz, lemons, markets, models, Pierre Azoulay, platforms, progress, Ray Fisman, Robert Shiller, Scale, signals, streaming, The Inner Lives of Markets, Tim Sullivan, Vickrey auction, William Vickrey, World War 2
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Posted in Books, Everything, Marketing, Math and Science
Book Report: Operation Paperclip
“The employment of German scientists was specifically and strategically aimed at achieving military supremacy over the Soviet Union before the Soviet Union was able to dominate the United States. Attaining supreme military power meant marshaling all the cutting-edge science and…
Tagged with: Adolf Hitler, Annie Jacobsen, ARPA, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edward Teller, George F. Kennan, George Merck, Herbert York, Long Telegram, military-industrial complex, Nazis, New York Times, Operation Paperclip, public relations, Sarin, Tabun, Wernher von Braun, World War 2
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Posted in Books, Everything, Math and Science
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