Book review: The Great Reset (Klaus Schwab & Thierry Malleret, 2020)
Sometimes I take the time to read a 'normal' book. This was one of them, prompted by some friends who wanted my opinion. The best thing I can say about…
2020 in books
2020 was a productive year in terms of book reading. I set a goal of 25 and I ended up at 54. I track my book reading at Goodreads, and…
Review: Psychological Testing: Theory and Practice (Colin Cooper)
Cooper, C. (2018). Psychological testing: theory and practice. Routledge. This is a pretty food good introduction to psychometrics (the science of psychological measurement). There is the now customary dislike for…
Digital Phenotyping and Mobile Sensing by Harald Baumeister, Christian Montag (2019, book review)
Baumeister, H., & Montag, C. (Eds.). (2019). Digital Phenotyping and Mobile Sensing: New Developments in Psychoinformatics. Springer Nature. This book offers a snapshot of cutting-edge applications of mobile sensing for…
Stereotype Accuracy: Toward Appreciating Group Differences by Yueh-Ting Lee, Lee J. Jussim, and Clark R. McCauley (1995, review)
https://twitter.com/KirkegaardEmil/status/1220992959644082176 McCauley, C. R., Jussim, L. J., & Lee, Y. T. (1995). Stereotype accuracy: Toward appreciating group differences. American Psychological Association. http://93.174.95.27/book/index.php?md5=A0B7B83B064D2C087EEBDEA8032D90EA I recently tweeted this book, but didn't read…
New paper out: Human Biodiversity for Beginners: A Review of Charles Murray’s Human Diversity
Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2020). Human Biodiversity for Beginners: A Review of Charles Murray's Human Diversity. Mankind Quarterly, 60(3). Journal (gated) Human Diversity is Charles Murray’s latest book. This review…
Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Hans Eysenck, 1995)
Eysenck, H. J. (1995). Genius: The natural history of creativity (Vol. 12). Cambridge University Press. The book is on LibGen I continue my Eysenck readings with his popular genius book…
2019 in books
I document my reading habits on Goodreads platform, so it's easy for anyone to follow along. I don't review all books I read, just when I feel like it. I…
The Psychology of Politics (1954) by Hans Eysenck (review)
Hans Eysenck. The Psychology of Politics. 1963 (first published 1954). From time to time, I like to read old books to get a sense of what people were interested in…
Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought by Jonathan Rauch (review)
Rauch, J. (1993). Kindly inquisitors: The new attacks on free thought. University of Chicago Press. There is a slightly updated 2014 version which I read. It's on Libgen. Many years…