Monthly Archives: December 2020

Master Of None

Posted on December 31, 2020 by nathanalbright

There is a widespread expression that points out in vivid detail the fate of those who try to do too much with too little focus, and that is the saying that someone is a jack of all trades and a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

Posted on December 31, 2020 by nathanalbright

Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives: The Book Of The BBC Series, by Terry Jones and Alan Ereira In many ways, this book is an entertaining volume, even though it seeks to present itself as something more than mere entertainment. As any … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Struggle For Mastery

Posted on December 31, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Struggle For Mastery: The Penguin History Of Britain 1066-1284, by David Carpenter Between 1066 and 1284 there was a great deal of conflict within the British Isles over mastery. Through England had long been more powerful than the other … Continue reading →

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Lessons In Life

Posted on December 30, 2020 by nathanalbright

One of the things that people tend to learn, at least implicitly, very early, is just about any activity can provide some sort of learning. If education is expensive business, learning itself is something that is a universal human tendency … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Life Lessons Learned While Shopping

Posted on December 30, 2020 by nathanalbright

Life Lessons Learned While Shopping, by Amanda Ford Like many books, this one is aimed at women, because the author appears to assume that only women would be interested in books dealing with the mentality of shopping. And to be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Little Green Book Of Shopping

Posted on December 30, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Little Green Book Of Shopping: 250 Tips For An Eco Lifestyle, by Diane Millis This book could have been an insufferably self-righteous disaster, as is not uncommon in this segment of books, but the book ended up being at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Better World Shipping Guide

Posted on December 30, 2020 by nathanalbright

Better World Shopping Guide, by Ellis Jones It is easy to figure out how this book could have been a lot better. For one, the author seems to adopt shopping with particular and irritating biases that make this book unreliable … Continue reading →

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The Athlete’s Dilemma

Posted on December 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

In game theory there is a classic game known as the prisoner’s dilemma where two people are faced with the choice of cooperating or defecting. The classic form of the game is a one-round game where both parties cooperating is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Covert Cows And Chick-Fil-A

Posted on December 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

Covert Cows And Chick-Fil-A: How Faith, Cows, And chicken Build An Iconic Brand, by Steve Robinson The author is, perhaps not surprisingly, the former CMO of Chick-Fil-A. I happen to admit that reading this book was a lot more interesting … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Meditations With Cows

Posted on December 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

Meditations With Cows: What I’ve Learned From Daisy, The Dairy Cow Who Changed My Life, by Shreve Stockton In reading this book I felt a strong degree of ambivalence towards the author. On the one hand, there is much to … Continue reading →

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