Carlos Nunez

Underwhelming

Revisado: 09-16-24

I love Yuval Noah Harari's work, but this work seems a bit disappointing, given the quality of Sapiens and Homo Deus. It's a bit disorganized and the first part, which deals with the history of human networks, seems a bit disorganized from the latter part, which deals with the risk of AI. Unnecessarily long and I don't see the novelty, given how the risks of AI have been discussed in detail in books such as Super Intelligence, by Nick Bostrom.

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Diana Uribe le mete humor a la Historia

Revisado: 01-09-24

Diana Uribe tiene un gran sentido del humor. La mezcla del lenguaje coloquial con la erudición histórica hace que el libro sea un deleite de escuchar.

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Accurate depiction of Bolívar l

Revisado: 12-31-23

Bolívar, arguably the most important Latin American in history, is well represented in Marie Arana's wonderful biography. Here we witness Bolívar's complexities and contradictions. He's not just a legendary figure, but a man with flaws and doubts. Nevertheless, what he achieved is epic and history will rightfully recognize it for centuries to come.

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As relevant as always

Revisado: 12-24-23

This book is as relevant as always. Europe is allowing muslims, a group of people that do not assimilate, to change societal and cultural structures that have been in place for centuries. The current cycle of terrorism and religious extremism is a cautionary tale for the US and other developed countries.

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Historias fascinantes desde el lado oscuro

Revisado: 12-11-23

El autor hace un recuento pormenorizado de los asesinos seriales en Colombia. Contrario a lo que muchos piensan, los asesinos seriales colombianos son los peores del mundo, con un número de víctimas muy superior al de sus pares norteamericanos.

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Didgust, one of the most misunderstood emotions

Revisado: 12-05-23

The author explores in detail the scientific and cultural underpinnings of disgust. Using cutting edge Science, she explains why disgust arises and how it influences us. I've always been fascinated with disgust. As someone with a very high disgust threshold, I've always wondered why some people feel sobmuch

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Excellent cure against oversimplification

Revisado: 11-30-23

This book presents an excellent cure for popular ideas in Psychology that oversimplify reality to a ridiculous extent. Jesse does a great job at outlining how statistical mistakes and bad research leads to headliners that don't hold much water.

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Excellent reflecfion on the demise of expertise

Revisado: 11-08-23

Nichols' book illustrates how the US has gone downhill since people stopped respecting expert opinion. As the author puts it, all votes are worth the same in a democracy, but not all opinions are worth the same. We need experts to make sense of a changing and complicated world and "doing your own research" is completely insufficient.

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Excellent scientific evidence against free will

Revisado: 11-04-23

For those of us who follow Sam Harris, the non-existence of free will is certainly not novel. What is new, however, is the scientific rigor and deep thinking that went into writing this magnificent book. Professor Sapolsky, a well-renowned authority in his discipline, has outdone himself with timely work.

In the current world in which the majority tends to judge other's appearance, success and preferences as if they are solely of their own making, we need for someone authoritative to reminds us that we didn't make up ourselves. We are the ongoing product of a very long sequence of causes and consequences that goes all the way back to the Big Bang. I hope that humanity will someday come to embrace this idea as something as obvious as the fact that the Earth is round or that we descended from other apes.

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Dawkin's masterpiece

Revisado: 10-22-23

A much required reading, particularly in the current radicalized environment. All Muslims and Christians should read this book. It presents a brilliant defense of atheism in an age of delusion.

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