Ethan

Lots of interesting history. Scope didn't match the title. Instead it focused on a couple of selected topics: geographical disparities, gender roles, and the European origins. From the title, I expected more of a common person's perspective, not a historical perspective.

Pleasant book, pleasant voice, just not that insightful.

Clear and convincing theory leading up to practical policy recommendations.

I've read a lot of books in this genre and this is one of the better ones.

I couldn't finish it (made it to 49%), so I watched a few summaries & analyses on youtube. Based on the youtube explanations, I can see why it is an amazing book. However, not to my taste as it reminds me of middle-school social drama. “She prefers the ‘bad' guy, until the good guy does something so cute that she falls for him instead.”

Personas are portrayed with biting cultural criticism. This made them too annoying, and I couldn't really root for anyone, and don't want to finish the book because I don't want to spend more time with these characters.

I'm not knowledgeable about trauma from any prior books, so I learned a lot about what it is. In the end, it reminded me a lot of Dianetics. I didn't agree with about half of the author's numerous political and economic implications. Though I did like the author's perspective on dealing with other people: we should respect each person's views because their experiences, not ill will, led them there.

Learned some practical wisdom and enjoyed the storytelling along the way.

Had low expectations, came out one of my favorite books. Learned so much more practical wisdom than expected. Another fun aspect was gaining some insight into today's politics. The ghostwriter and Audible narrator both did an admirable job portraying the guy's voice without making it distracting.

Solidly insightful to a depth beyond most books in the genre. Would read again. Loved the writing style.

This book added additional color to my view of humanity. I had no idea about biker club culture and can't imagine a better tour guide than Hunter S. Thompson.

Great book for people new to the industry. The book is VERY clearly written. I listened to audible's version which has good production quality. After a few years you're gonna know pretty much all this anyway, so I skimmed several sections. Would appreciate a version by the same author but for a more experienced audience.

Very convincing case for eating much less meat.

Overall it's a great point: Why be overly cautious with your savings?

Entertaining friendly avuncular personality. Too wordy. Didn't find his insights practical or interesting.

Lots of good points I hasn't thought about:

1. You can't lead a better leader
2. Training leaders rather than followers multiplies your impact
3. Leadership is equivalent to influence
4. Leaders add value by serving others

It's one of those fluffy non-fiction books with a lot of unnecessary details about the author's life and work, but I enjoyed his almost happy-go-lucky attitude and so didn't really mind the verbosity.

Rantings of a smart cranky centrist from the early 80s. Could've been shorter but enjoyable throughout.

If you never went to college and are starting your first desk job, this book is a great resource. For people who've been at it for 10 years, skip this one.

Poses questions like: How much time should I spend distracted on FB? How can I cultivate a flow state and growth mindset?

Has very useful and well-explained rules of thumb about how to save, invest, handle debt, etc.

Very practical guide to wooing vc's to tech startups in Silicon Valley. If that's your thing.

Found some really amazing interviews of the author on YouTube and read some of his brilliant blog pieces (via DHH). However, I read through this book and found it comparatively uninspiring and ultimately don't recommend it when the podcasts are so much better.

Really connected personally to this one. Talk about the power of introverts. Torvalds is shown here to have quite a different personality than I expected. I thought he would be more gritty and hard-charging of a person, based on some of the more infamous email exchanges he's had. But he actually comes off as a sweet guy who loves being in charge of tackling nitty technical problems.

A bit slow in parts but incredible overall. Great for Halloween.

Quick and enjoyable opinionated read. Some solid points about why remote work is great for the employee and employer: tl;dr it makes the work more important and keeping up appearances less important. Not much else valuable in the book though.

Surprisingly low fluff level for a business book. Instead packed with solid practical realistic relatable advice for working remotely.

Reiterates all the basics of FI: avoid paying mutual fund management fees, save as much as possible, compounding matters more than you think.