Non Fiction
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Book Review: Freakonomics
I loved every moment of reading this book. It is outlandish and out of the ordinary. However, there was one facet, or lack thereof that stood out. It was the lack of a cohesive theme. All the anecdotes and stories broadly and somewhat loosely fall into the category of ‘Hidden details that tell the real Read more
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Book Review: Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres
In Blink, Gladwell presented a view that in order to make an effective decision an expert’s decision is far better than market studies and statistical analysis. Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres is the perfect antithesis to this view. Ayres opens Supercrunchers with two anecdotes, one where an expert statistician outperforms wine tasting gurus as to the Read more
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Book Review and Summary: How Life imitates Chess
By Gary Kasparov Kasparov became the youngest Chess champion at 22. Today after quitting Chess, he is a politician. He presents what he calls the lessons he has learnt from the world’s ‘greatest game’. Chess is ideal for decision making as it involves quick decisions amid pressure from your opponent. It requires calculation, creativity and Read more
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Book Review and Summary: Microtrends
While Alivin Toffler’s Future Shock and John Nasbitt’s Megatrends made predictions about the coming of the information age, the global economy and other sweeping changes that would change the world as we know it, the author of this book attempts to identify smaller more subtle changes that are extremely important but may skip the naked Read more
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Book Review and Summary: Inside the Tornado
Crossing the Chasm was just the beginning. We must now find our way through the rest of the technology adoption curve. The first challenge we face when we go beyond the Chasm is the Bowling Alley. In the bowling alley, you have a proven product and thus you are ‘for real’. However, you are yet Read more
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Book Review: Veerappan, India’s Most Wanted Man
# Publisher: Ecco (September 1, 2002)Book: Veerappan, India’s Most Wanted Man (Hardcover)Author: Sunaad RaghuramPress: Harper CollinsPages: 320 The fabled, notorious “Sandalwood Veerappan” has been a source of curiosity for me since my college days in India. Some media stories even portrayed Veerappan as a modern-day Robin Hood. In “Veerappan, India’s Most Wanted Man,” Sunaad Raghuram Read more
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