Same as Ever - A Guide to What Never Changes

Author: Morgan Housel Publication Date: November 2023

2024-05-24 3 min read Sincheenz

Like in his other book, “The Psychology of Money,” Morgan Housel has once again managed to both educate and entertain. This book contains 23 “short” stories that will leave you in deep thought for a “long” time. Morgan Housel has presented his thoughts concisely and eloquently. He shows how things have always been the same over decades and reading more history will make you more relaxed about the future. Be it financial crisis or pandemics or wars or climate catastrophes we as humankind have always managed to bounce back and move on. Continue reading

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Scarcity - Why Having Too Little Means So Much

Author: Sendhil Mullainathan Publication Date: September 2013

2022-05-12 1 min read Sincheenz

I purchased this book after listening to the the author’s interview on “PIMA” podcast The primary focus of the book is how scarcity, whether it’s in terms of money, time, social contact, or other resources, influences our behavior. What we sometimes perceive as incompetence, laziness, indifference, or any other negative traits used to describe someone’s behavior could be a consequence of their limited bandwidth due to scarcity. Another way of looking at people and situations. Continue reading

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