Politics/World Affairs:

Sapiens - Best seller, particularly cool section on how agriculture domesticated us and not the other way around (5 stars).

Sandworm – Incredible journey into the Russia hacking of the US elections, Ukraine, Georgia, and South Korea. Proves how fragile our tech infrastructure really is (5 stars).

The Rational Optimist – the world is doing just fine – and a lot of it is due to our propensity to specialize and trade. Also an interesting take on climate change (5 stars).

Factfulness - An insightful and data-driven take to the current state of the world. We’re doing a lot better than most people think. Also explains how to implement mental models to not fall into typical data traps (5 stars).

From Third World to First World – Lee Kuan Yew’s story on how he turned Singapore into what it is today (5 stars).

The Coddling of the American Mind - A deep look into why we’re seeing a rise of fragility and cancel culture on Western campuses, and how over-parenting and social media play a big part (3 stars)

Prisoners of Geography - A quick read and a good primer on geopolitics, but it doesn’t get too detailed into any topic (3 stars).

Lee Kuan Yew - The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the US, and the Word: You can learn a lot from LKY views of the world, and the book is a quick read (3 stars).

Win Bigly, Persuasion in a world where facts don’t matter - A fun book if you want to understand the “two screens” of American politics – but take it all with a pinch of salt (3 stars).

The Billionaire Raj – How a handful of families wield power and influence in the world’s largest democracy (3 stars).

The Precipice – A look inside humanity’s odds of survival. Turns out we have good odds against natural calamities, but poor odds against man-made ones (3 stars).