I’d list this thread if I ever made a list of things worth reading.
The point on normal distributions is fascinating. I’ve heard Jordan Peterson mention this phenomenon to explain why males populate the prisons even though they are only slightly more aggressive than women on average, but I think the finland vs india example is even better.
Also—the point on how to read a book. I’ve never heard of that breakdown. I think I’ll use it when digesting information in the future.
Btw, why did you put log(popularity) in the denominator?
The log(popularity) is to discourage me from populating this list with lots of insightful but really well-known or easy to find stuff—I think this would make it less interesting or useful. Then “log” was arbitrarily chosen to weaken the penalty on popularity (compared to if I just divided by it). I’m not doing any of this quantitatively anyway, so it’s really just me rationalizing including “Doing Good Better” but not the n other good popular things I ‘should’ similarly recommend.
Really great summaries!
I’d list this thread if I ever made a list of things worth reading.
The point on normal distributions is fascinating. I’ve heard Jordan Peterson mention this phenomenon to explain why males populate the prisons even though they are only slightly more aggressive than women on average, but I think the finland vs india example is even better.
Also—the point on how to read a book. I’ve never heard of that breakdown. I think I’ll use it when digesting information in the future.
Btw, why did you put log(popularity) in the denominator?
Glad to hear I pointed you to some helpful stuff!
The log(popularity) is to discourage me from populating this list with lots of insightful but really well-known or easy to find stuff—I think this would make it less interesting or useful. Then “log” was arbitrarily chosen to weaken the penalty on popularity (compared to if I just divided by it). I’m not doing any of this quantitatively anyway, so it’s really just me rationalizing including “Doing Good Better” but not the n other good popular things I ‘should’ similarly recommend.