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Category: Book review

Notes and summaries on relevant books. These articles rather seek to summarize and draw out original concepts directly attributable to the author.

Book review/Philosophy

The Art of Dealing with Difficult People

Posted on 9th September 2018 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

The modern relevance of Stoic ideas is beautifully explained by the American philosopher William B. Irvine in two of his books, A Guide to the Good Life: The An...

Book review/Management

The Ajax Dilemma

Posted on 8th August 2018 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

The Ajax Dilemma is a fantastic interpretation of the Iliad by the classicist philosopher Paul Woodruff, centering on the tensions arising between Ajax, Odysseu...

Book review/Organizational design

Designing the Office

Posted on 28th May 2016 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

In Cubed (2015), Nikil Saval offers a refreshing and well-sourced history of the American office, from the counting houses of the nineteenth century to the Goog...

Book review/Philosophy

The Limits of Reason

Posted on 9th January 2015 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

The idea that man is a fundamentally rational being goes back a long way. Descartes believed that our capacity for thinking and reasoning would allow us to disc...

Book review

The Nature of Technology

Posted on 23rd May 2014 by Ludvig / 0 Comment

William Brian Arthur’s most recent book, The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves, is a truly interdisciplinary work that will take you through a...

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