Category: Bookshelf
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Same as Ever: A Timeless Exploration of Human Behavior by Morgan Housel
In his latest book, Morgan Housel takes us on a journey through the unchanging patterns of human nature, their influence on our decisions, and their echoes through history. Housel begins with a gripping and deeply personal story titled “Hanging by a Thread.” He recounts a past avalanche accident in Squaw Valley – an incredibly relatable…
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Highlights of the Books I Read in 2023: A Journey Through Ideas, Insights, and Adventures
The year 2023 offered an eclectic mix of literary landscapes, and I had the pleasure of traversing some truly remarkable ones. Here’s a peek into the books that sparked curiosity, broadened perspectives, and left me with lingering thoughts: Delving into the Minds of Machines and Man: Navigating the Turbulent Tides of History: Silicon Valley and…
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. – Isaac Asimov Just finished reading Life 3.0 and I can say it does deserve being put on a mandatory reading list for anyone working in AI field. This is not a popular science book, but a great…
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One of the strangest books I read lately: “Russia Rising” by Seth Chanowitz
“Russia Rising” by Seth Chanowitz is probably one of the strangest books I read in the past few years. I don’t even remember how I came across it – must’ve been the magic of Amazon’s recommendation algorithms. It caught my eye as the description said that “It takes places in Finland, Estonia, Russia, Belarus, and…
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“The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life” by Anu Partanen
Anu Partanen is a Finnish journalist now living and working in the United States. In her new book “The Nordic Theory of Everything. In Search of a Better Life” she compares how Nordic/Finnish and American societies address key issues such as healthcare, education, parental leaves, unemployment. This books hits close to home. I’m a naturalized Finnish…
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Book review: Programming Amazon EC2
Should you buy a book on a new technology or just read technology provider’s guidelines, instructions and recommendations? This book was released over a year ago, so naturally it doesn’t cover all the latest developments that happened on Amazon AWS platform. For example Simple Email Service (SES) and Dynamo DB are not mentioned at all. After…
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Book review: European Founders At Work
A book by Pedro Santos follows the format of Jessica Livingstone’s “Founders at Work”, offering a series of interviews with the founders of European start-ups. Entrepreneurs, such as Illya Segalovich (co-founder of Yandex), Loic LeMeur (founder of Seesmic and LeWeb), Peter Arvai (co-founder of Prezi) and many others (see full list on the book’s website: www.europeanfoundersatwork.com) tell about how they…
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Book review: The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption
I read “Information Diet” by Clay Johnson last Christmas. Central ideas of the book: – information is like food – bad consumption habits are bad for your health – it’s too easy to get yourself into information bubble: “When we tell ourselves, and listen to, only what we want to hear, we can end up…
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“From Finland with Love”
Last time I was flying, I picked up a very good book in the airport book shop – "From Finland with Love" by Roman Schatz. The book is an absolutely brilliant, witty and fun to read collection of satirical columns about Finland. Mr.Schatz is a German-born writer who has been living in Finland for 20…
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“Not to celebrate Nabokov is a tragedy”
Read a very interesting article in Wednesday’s FT – "Not to celebrate Nabokov is a tragedy" by Nina Khrushcheva. Even if you’re not into russian literature – it is definitely a good read. Nina is a great-granddaughter of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. She also has a number of other interesting articles on Project Syndicate (translated…
