Read widely. Think slowly.

Not summaries. Reading notes — frameworks extracted, challenges noted, and the ideas tested against fourteen years of working decisions. Books on systems, behaviour, history, and strategy.

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■ Kahneman — System 1 vs System 2 thinking·■ Taleb — antifragility · what gains from disorder·■ Harari — Sapiens · 70,000 years compressed·■ Grove — output is the only thing that counts·■ Housel — the psychology behind money decisions·■ Diamond — why geography beats genetics·■ Frankl — meaning as a survival mechanism·■ Goldratt — the theory of constraints, as a novel·■ Munger — the mental models worth owning·■ Dalio — principles over rules·■ Kahneman — System 1 vs System 2 thinking·■ Taleb — antifragility · what gains from disorder·■ Harari — Sapiens · 70,000 years compressed·■ Grove — output is the only thing that counts·■ Housel — the psychology behind money decisions·■ Diamond — why geography beats genetics·■ Frankl — meaning as a survival mechanism·■ Goldratt — the theory of constraints, as a novel·■ Munger — the mental models worth owning·■ Dalio — principles over rules·

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Why Thinking, Fast and Slow changed how we understand decisions

Kahneman's masterpiece revealed two systems governing our minds. A decade later, some chapters haven't survived — but the central thesis is stronger than ever.

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01Antifragile by Nassim Taleb: what it gets right, what it missesSHORT · 9 MIN
MAY2026
02Antifragile explains supply chain risk better than any supply chain bookSHORT · 2 MIN
MAY2026
03Andy Grove's High Output Management, re-read at 40SHORT · 8 MIN
APR2026
04The best management book is from 1983 and most managers haven't read itSHORT · 2 MIN
APR2026
05Why Thinking, Fast and Slow changed how we understand decisionsSHORT · 8 MIN
MAR2026
06Ray Dalio's Principles, six years later. What survived.SHORT · 7 MIN
FEB2026

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