Author: Maria Konnikova Maria Konnikova Reading time: 22 minutes Synopsis Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (2013) shows what makes the famous detective Sherlock Holmes so smart. It explains his scientific…
Month: December 2025
Chokepoints – How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War
Author: Edward Fishman _Edward Fishman_ Reading time: 24 minutes Synopsis Chokepoints (2025) is an interesting and detailed book. It talks about how the United States changed economic warfare in modern times. It…
The Accidental Network – How a Small Company Sparked a Global Broadband Transformation
Author: Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard & Stewart Schley _Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard & Stewart Schley_ Reading time: 22 minutes Synopsis The Accidental Network (2025) tells the story of how LANcity created the cable modem. This invention…
Der Blaue Ozean als Strategie – Wie man neue Märkte schafft, wo es keine Konkurrenz gibt
Author: W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne _W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne_ Reading time: 11 minutes Synopsis Blue Ocean Strategy (2004) changed how companies think about competition and what makes them…
Der Blaue Ozean als Strategie – Wie man neue Märkte schafft, wo es keine Konkurrenz gibt
Author: W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne _W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne_ Reading time: 11 minutes Synopsis Blue Ocean Strategy (2004) changed how companies think about competing and what makes them…
This Is for Everyone – The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
Author: Tim Berners-Lee Tim Berners-Lee Reading time: 22 minutes Synopsis This Is for Everyone (2025) explains how one man’s simple idea at CERN became the World Wide Web that connects us all…
Strategie des Managements komplexer Systeme – Ein Beitrag zur Management-Kybernetik evolutionärer Systeme
Author: Fredmund Malik _Fredmund Malik_ Reading time: 24 minutes Synopsis Strategie des Managements komplexer Systeme (2015) looks at how to lead companies in a world that is more connected and always changing….
The Art of Spending Money – Simple Choices for a Richer Life
Author: Morgan Housel _Morgan Housel_ Reading time: 17 minutes Synopsis The Art of Spending Money (2025) looks at the difficult, emotional connection between money and happiness. It goes past simple money plans….
Die Idee der Phänomenologie – Ein Grundlagentext der phänomenologischen Methode
Author: Edmund Husserl _Edmund Husserl_ Reading time: 15 minutes Synopsis The Idea of Phenomenology (1907) is Husserl’s book that explains the method of phenomenology. It is mainly about how we can understand…
Unsterblich – Die Sehnsucht nach dem ewigen Leben als Triebkraft unserer Zivilisation
Author: Stephen Cave _Stephen Cave_ Reading time: 18 minutes Synopsis The desire for eternal life has always been very strong for people. These Blinks about Stephen Cave’s book Unsterblich (2012) show the…