| 5. A Poison Like No Other – Matt Simon | |
| What I learned: | |
| This book is just bad news. There’s no two ways about it. Micro and nanoplastics are EVERYWHERE, and you might think “Yeah, I know”, but I didn’t know how bad it was until I read this book. You are eating and breathing plastic every day, and it’s all bad for you, as you would expect. And the worst news is that there’s no stopping this any time soon because plastic is everywhere. So by the end, I ended up wondering who this book is for, and the honest answer is that I don’t know, because probably not a lot of people need to learn that much about microplastics given there is no escaping them. | |
| 4. Think Again – Adam Grant | |
| What I learned: | |
| The premise of the book is a very simple concept: to rethink your ideas and beliefs. Basically, whenever you think you are right about something, think again, because very often (or always), you don’t know what you don’t know, also known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. And that’s about it, really. Do you need to spend some seven hours reading the book to come to that conclusion? Probably not. Then again, maybe I’m wrong. | |
| 3. Ultra-Something – Brendan Leonard | |
| What I learned: | |
| Unlike other books about running I’ve read in the past, this one can probably exclusively be appreciated by people who run, especially if you run ultras, and especially if you are a fan of Semi-Rad. I can’t say there was much to learn for me, but I really enjoyed the running anecdotes and humour combined with random scientific facts and historical references. | |
| 2. The Daily Dad * – Ryan Holiday | |
| What I learned: | |
| I’ll just copy what I wrote below: I read this book every year now. It’s one page per day for 365 days. It takes about a minute a day, and a couple more if you spend a bit of time meditating on the topic you just read about. What’s not to love? What’s there to learn after having read it for like four years in a row? Well, everything, really. | |
| 1. The Daily Stoic * – Ryan Holiday | |
| What I learned: | |
| I read this book every year now. It’s one page per day for 365 days. It takes about a minute a day, and a couple more if you spend a bit of time meditating on the topic you just read about. What’s not to love? What’s there to learn after having read it for like four years in a row? Well, everything, really. | |
(*) Re-reading
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