I learned quite a lot from the financial models of modern capitalism. I always found these models to be severely lacking in common sense (not that it’s a good reason to ditch them), and to be used in a malicious way, imposing laws and lowering protections for no good reason. A model is only as good as the assumptions that it makes. Any decision made based on the model results without considering them is ridiculous.

And I knew that politicians imposed some of these laws after a shock. We can see that after the terrorist attacks in Europe in the last decade, but I didn’t realise that their security laws were actually entirely part of the neoliberalism doctrine. Enters this book.

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Climate change is a problem that we have to solve for our children’s sake. The problem is how. When Bill Gates is talking about addressing the issue, it’s interesting because he is part of the problem and he is known to prefer doing things on his own without care about the political aspects. Is it a good thing for climate change or not?

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I started CrossFit some time before the pandemic, and I read lots of people saying that exercising is good for your health, that our ancestors were fitter than we are and all sorts of dogmas. When I heard about this book, it looked like it was about finding a balance and shedding the light on what our ancestors really were. When we try to find the truth about some dogmas, I’m always interested.

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