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February 2020

The Rabbit Hole is written by Blas Moros. To support, sign up for the newsletter, become a patron, and/or join The Latticework. Original Design by Thilo Konzok.

                       The monthly newsletter covers the books I’ve read over the course of the month, any essays I wrote or challenges I undertook, and some other interesting articles, interviews, etc.    Books The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams The Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger […]

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March 2020

The Rabbit Hole is written by Blas Moros. To support, sign up for the newsletter, become a patron, and/or join The Latticework. Original Design by Thilo Konzok.

                       First, an enormous thank you to all those who are serving others and helping to make the world safe again. It is inspiring  (and important) to see who steps up in times like these and who retreats. Secondly, while these are uncertain times, they […]

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The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew

The Rabbit Hole is written by Blas Moros. To support, sign up for the newsletter, become a patron, and/or join The Latticework. Original Design by Thilo Konzok.

Summary A collection of quotes from LKY on a whole host of subjects Key Takeaways Lee’s pragmatism and unwillingness to be influenced by external pressures characterized his leadership style: “I was never a prisoner of any theory. What guided me were reason and reality. The acid test I applied to every theory or scheme was, […]

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Beautiful Evidence by Edward Tufte

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Summary Evidence that bears on questions of any complexity typically involves multiple forms of discourse. Evidence is evidence, whether words, numbers, images, diagrams, still, or moving. The intellectual task remains constant regardless of the mode of evidence: to understand and to reason about the materials at hand, and to appraise their quality, relevance, and integrity. […]

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General Fox Conner: Pershing’s Chief of Operations and Eisenhower’s Mentor by Steven Rabalais

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Summary Rabalais uncovers the details behind Fox Conner’s background and his influence on military history, including General Pershing and Dwight Eisenhower. “The legacy of this quintessential man-behind-the-scenes indeed endures. As Black Jack Pershing’s chief of operations and Dwight Eisenhower’s mentor, Fox Conner left an unmistakable imprint upon his nation’s military history. Were they alive today, […]

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Draft No. 4 by John McPhee

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Summary John McPhee walks us through some lessons he has learned as a prolific writer and professor of writing at Princeton Key Takeaways Progression That is no way to start a writing project, let me tell you. You begin with a subject, gather material, and work your way to structure from there. You pile up […]

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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner

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Summary “This book is about innovation—about how it happens, why it happens, and who makes it happen. It is likewise about why innovation matters, not just to scientists, engineers, and corporate executives but to all of us. That the story is about Bell Labs, and even more specifically about life at the Labs between the […]

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How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff

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Summary The many ways that data and statistics can be manipulated depending on the story the author wants to tell and how to guard against this chicanery Key Takeaways Overview So it is with much that you read and hear. Averages and relationships and trends and graphs are not always what they seem. There may […]

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My Forty Years With Ford by Charles Sorensen

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Charles Sorsensen worked with Henry Ford longer than anyone else and, in this book, he recounts how it was to work with Ford and how life at the company evolved over the decades.

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How Life Imitates Chess by Gary Kasparov

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Summary World chess grand master Gary Kasparov discusses his entrance, rise, and dominance of the chess world Key Takeaways What makes chess such an ideal laboratory for the decision-making process? To play chess on a truly high level requires a constant stream of exact, informed decisions, made in real time and under pressure from your […]