Review: A Little History of Economics

A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Hooter: A beginner friendly walk through the history of economics

Not trying to drown oneself in the intellectual nitty gritties of economics, Niall tries to provide a layman perspective to the evolution of economics over the years and the major players in those times - also adding the prevalent conditions to why it probably made sense then in terms of the theories we consider outdated today. He manages to add a breezy element to reading and learning about economics. He makes Adamn Smith, Fourier, Keynes, Amartya Sen a lot more human and their award winning concepts a lot more relatable. This level of simplicity comes from the mastery of the subject he seems to have.

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Review: "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Hooter: A serious follow up to his first book sharing anecdotes on his life expecially the probe on the Challenger failure

Richard Feynman has always been a curious character right from my school days when I landed my hands on his "Surely you must be joking Mr Feynman" - a Sheldon Cooper in real life to an extent when you talk about IQ and higher EQ than Sheldon for sure. The way he shares his perspectives on various aspects of life and his interactions with the world at large make for interesting reading with the candour he affords to show. Really disheartening to hear of his first love but how he continues to trudge along through life. The inside look into the whole process of a presidential probe on one of the biggest scientific disasters of that time gives unique insights to the process and the thoughts behind it. As a Feynman fanboy, this was a good read into one of the scientific luminaries of the 20th Century.

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Review: Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Hooter: A reality check into the current state of affairs of humanity with an eye into the future

Yuval had blown everyone away with his style of writing and research into his book Sapiens. Building on that he continues into the present with an eye towards the future on how dataism would be the religion of the future. Since everything is a hypothesis into the future by extrapolating the past, the research oriented engaging style that Yuval has continues to shine but isn't as hard hitting because they are all possibilities. Maybe 20 years from now, in hindsight we'd be like wow! what a visionary who thought up of this future a few decades ago. He does bring about the dichotomy of religion and science, animals being sentient beings , books reading you whilst you read them, separating our intelligence from our conscience and a lot more thought provoking scenarios and studies which make for a good read and get us to question ourselves.



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