Hope you've had a good start to 2025. January's been a busier one with 2 book summaries and 4 blog posts: Book summaries The Art of Logic by Eugenia Cheng (28 mins) — explains how maths and logic work using real-world examples (and very few numbers). I found the sections on the limits of logic particularly useful. The Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto (21 mins) — explains how to make non-fiction writing clearer by imposing a logical structure on it. So a rather logic-filled month with the...

My latest summary is for The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking by Barbara Minto, which explains how to make your writing clearer by imposing a logical structure on it. While the book focuses on writing in a business context, most of the principles—including the key pyramid structure—can apply to many other forms of non-fiction writing. As usual, the key takeaways are below, and you can find the full summary by clicking the link above (estimated time: 21 mins). KEY TAKEAWAYS To...

Happy New Year, everyone! Hope 2025 is going well for you so far. My first summary for the year is for The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn’t by Eugenia Cheng. The book takes ideas from math and formal logic and explains how they can be applied in the real world. As usual, the key takeaways are below, and you can find the full summary by clicking the link above (estimated time 29 mins). I've also published my criticisms of the book alongside the summary. KEY TAKEAWAYS...