September 28, 2026
The Whole-Brain Child: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Why do children sometimes become overwhelmed by emotions they cannot explain, and what can adults do besides simply demanding that they calm down? Daniel…
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September 28, 2026
Why do children sometimes become overwhelmed by emotions they cannot explain, and what can adults do besides simply demanding that they calm down? Daniel…
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Most founders believe they need to build a product. Rob Fitzpatrick’s The Mom Test argues that the first thing they actually need to build…
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What if the goal of living longer is not simply to add years, but to understand why aging happens and what can realistically be…
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We are often told that exercise is the obvious answer to modern health problems. But Daniel Lieberman’s Exercised asks a more interesting question: why…
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Nutrition advice often becomes complicated enough to require spreadsheets, apps and competing theories. Michael Pollan’s Food Rules takes the opposite approach. Instead of constructing…
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What if our biggest problem in love is not finding the right person, but learning how to love well? Erich Fromm’s The Art of…
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Jainism is often introduced through one wordahimsa, non-violence. But Paul Dundas’s The Jains shows how much larger the tradition is. Jainism combines a rigorous…
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What are the oldest questions human beings have asked about consciousness, reality and the self? The Upanishads are not a single book written by…
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C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters reverses the usual perspective of religious instruction. Instead of a human being receiving advice about temptation, the reader…
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Alan Watts’s The Way of Zen introduces Zen Buddhism by challenging the assumption that spiritual life is mainly about acquiring better beliefs. Watts presents…
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