2 Posts found for Author: Ben Casnocha

Taken from “Book Review: But What If We’re Wrong?” by Ben Casnocha

I suspect most conventionally intelligent people are naïve realists, and I think it might be the defining intellectual quality of this era. The straightforward definition of naïve realism doesn’t seem that outlandish: It’s a theory that suggests the world is exactly as it appears.

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Any time you talk to police (or … [ Read more ]

Authors: Ben Casnocha, Chuck Klosterman

Notes taken from “Book Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Ben Casnocha

How many young college graduates have taken demanding jobs in high-powered firms, vowing that they will work hard to earn money that will enable them to retire and pursue their real interests when they are thirty-five? But by the time they reach that age, they have large mortgages, children … [ Read more ]

Authors: Ben Casnocha, Yuval Noah Harari | Subjects: History, Life & Society, Religion