May monthly round-up


In May, I only published one summary, and one (rather long) blog post. But I did some work behind the scenes — I moved the site to a new server and tidied up the Blog Archive page so that it's easier to navigate.

Book summaries

Blog posts

  • Criticisms of The Righteous Mind - while I generally enjoyed Haidt's book, I had three main criticisms of the book:
    • More is not necessarily better when it comes to moral foundations, despite what Haidt suggests.
    • Haidt dismisses rationalism unfairly, and was too defeatist about our ability to become more rational.
    • Haidt overemphasises the differences between Conservatives and Liberals, and paints them as being more fundamental than they actually are.

My next summary will be for Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the World, which I expect to post early next month. But I'll be travelling soon so June may be yet another one-summary month.

Thanks and until next time,

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