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  • Homo Deus

    Author: Yuval Noah Harahi File under: Futurism, Philosophy Executive Summary: Homo Deus is the sequal to Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and is a projection of the many divergent paths that humanity may take in the near future. Unlike most books which aim to predict the future, Homo Deus does…

  • What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars

    Author: Jim Paul & Brendan Moynihan File under: Big Ideas, Learning, Philosophy Executive Summary: What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars, charts the rise and fall of self-confessed lucky man Jim Paul (1943–2001) from his early life as a farm boy in Kentucky to the Governor of the Chicago Mercantile…

  • Dealing With China

    Author: Henry M. Paulson Jr File under: Strategy Executive Summary: Dealing With China by former US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. is a narrative retelling of Mr Paulson’s history of working with China during his time with both Goldman Sachs and later as part of the Bush Whitehouse. This…

  • The $100 Startup

    Author: Chris Guillebeau File under: Lifestyle Executive Summary: The $100 Startup is fundamentally a lifestyle business start up guide in a similar vein to The Four-hour Work Week by Tim Ferris. The book is primarily a motivational guide to setting up a small lifestyle business for little upfront capital cost…