Illuminating the underlying logic of statistics, and how it can be used for or against us.
Author Archives: Carlen
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #43
The Non-fiction Feature: Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The Fiction Spot: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Product Spot: Foreign Affairs (magazine/website)
Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World
How U.S. foreign affairs shaped the world with the Order, and a view of what’s to come.
Things Fall Apart
The archetypal modern African novel that contrasts life in precolonial Africa with the colonialism that followed.
Foreign Affairs (magazine/website)
Via essays, reports, books, a podcast, and more, Foreign Affairs is incredibly useful as a high-level, thorough, substantive, and intelligent take on how the U.S. impacts the world today.
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #42
The Non-fiction Feature: The Creation of the Media by Paul Starr
The Memoir & Poetry Spot: Me and The Times by Robert Stock
The Product Spot: News Literacy Project
News Literacy Project
The News Literacy Project provides resources for the general public and educators to help them learn how to identify credible information.
Me and The Times
“Me and The Times” by former New York Times editor Robert Stock is a remarkable memoir of his early life and his career.
The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
The evolution of the U.S. media, and how it became the force it is today.
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #41
The Non-fiction Feature: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
The Children’s Spot: In My Heart by Jo Witek
The Product Spot: Tetris