Writing on books I have read, newest first.
- A Hundred Proofs That Earth is Not a Globe William Carpenter’s 1885 work, “One Hundred Proofs That the Earth is Not a Globe,” should be examined not as a text on geography or physics, but as a perfect example of a flawed argument architecture and a belief system built against evidence-based reality.
- Happiness is the Wrong Metric, A (Slightly) Liberal Communitarian Response to Populism Amitai Etzioni’s “Happiness is the Wrong Metric: A Liberal Communitarian Response to Populism” offers a diagnosis of the populist challenge facing modern liberal democracies.
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline Right Diagnosis, Wrong Solution Andreas Malm’s provocative manifesto, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” makes a bold diagnosis regarding the inadequacy of the climate movement’s current pacifist stance.
- Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry The Birth of a Master Narrative Architect Yuval Noah Harari’s work “Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550,” adapted from his doctoral thesis, is an early herald of the intellectual courage and narrative genius that would later enchant millions of readers with works like “Sapiens.” By taking a modern military concept and skil...
- An Anecdote on the Domestication of HorsesAnecdote: According to David W. Anthony, horses were initially domesticated to benefit from their meat.
- Turkish Village - Paul StirlingPaul Stirling was an anthropologist who lived in the villages of Sakaltutan and Elbaşı in Kayseri between 1949 and 1951 for his scientific studies.
