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What Intelligence Tests Miss

High IQ doesn’t protect you from poor judgment. That’s the uncomfortable truth Keith Stanovich reveals in What Intelligence Tests Miss. His research shows that intelligence tests measure problem-solving ability but completely overlook rational thinking, the cognitive skill that determines whether you’ll succeed or stumble in your career and life.​ If you’ve ever wondered why highly educated professionals […]

The Difficulty of Being Good

Why Moral Clarity Is a Myth This book isn’t about religion. It’s about moral complexity in real life, told through the lens of the Mahabharata, an ancient Indian epic that’s anything but black and white.​ Gurcharan Das, a former CEO, approaches it not as a scholar or a believer, but as a modern seeker trying to […]

How To Get Lucky

Why Luck Follows Action, Not Wishes Most people think luck is random. Max Gunther disagrees. In How to Get Lucky, he reveals that luck follows patterns, and smart people can learn them. This isn’t about manifestation, vibes, or zodiac signs. It’s about action, risk, timing, and mindset. If you feel stuck, this book won’t just inspire you. […]

Famous Last Questions by Sanjana Ramachandran

Breaking Free from the Weight of Being Good Sanjana Ramachandran’s Famous Last Questions is what people are calling the definitive book on the Indian millennial experience. It’s a memoir-cum-reportage that dissects patriarchy, toxic parenting, casteism, and the long journey of breaking free from structures that shaped you before you could question them.​ Ramachandran stands in front of […]

The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté

Why Our Toxic Culture Is Making Us Sick Over four decades of clinical experience, Gabor Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of “normal” as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. Western medicine often fails […]

The Geography of Thought by Richard Nisbett

Why East and West Think Differently Have you ever wondered why western culture is so individualistic and why eastern culture in sharp contrast is so collectivist? I have and never got a compelling answer till I read this book. Richard Nisbett demonstrates that people actually think about, and even see, the world differently because of differing […]

Books in 2024

The books I read in 2024 along with my rating on a scale of zero (sucks) to 10 (best). Aimless in Banares by Biswanath Ghosh (5/10) The world until yesterday by Jared Diamond (6/10) How not to die by Michael Greger (8/10) Outlive by Peter Attia (6/10) Same as ever by Morgan Housel (5/10) The […]

The Quick Fix by Jesse Singal

Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Problems There is probably no other scientific discipline in which fads come and go so quickly, and with so much hype, as psychology. In The Quick Fix, Jesse Singal discusses different psychological ideas that have been promoted as quick fixes for different social problems. He refers to these as […]

An End To Suffering – The Buddha In The World

Is the Buddha still relevant today and, if so, in what way? Pankaj Mishra tries to answer this question as he travels through poverty-ridden South Asia to gilded Europe and America. Along the way he discusses Western explorers’ “discovery” of Buddhism in the nineteenth century, finds out how Buddhist thought has flowered even in a […]