Daniel Issing2024 By The Books, Q2I wait for death with the courage I gained from living. I will not speak falsely and say to you: ‘Do not grieve for me when I go.’ I have…Sep 21Sep 21
Daniel Issing2024 By The Books, Q1We are back with another truckload of reviews of works that left me wonder whether we can ever get into the mind of a chicken, why…May 20May 20
Daniel Issing2023 By The Books, Q4Reviews for 2023 conclude with eight additional books, bringing the tally to 56. Starting 2024, I’ll retire the quarterly format and will…Jan 14Jan 14
Daniel Issing2023 By The Books: Q3A busy quarter. At this frequency, things are starting to look a little crowded (17 reviews in one article), so I’m considering moving to…Oct 15, 20231Oct 15, 20231
Daniel IssingWhy I’m Joining GiveWellAfter more than four years of working for an InsurTech company as a data scientist (a notoriously uninformative job title), I have recently…Oct 8, 20231Oct 8, 20231
Daniel Issing2023 By The Books: Q24 novels, 14 non-fiction, a lot of development literature.Jul 26, 2023Jul 26, 2023
Daniel IssingBook Review: Poor EconomicsEconomics, as it is traditionally taught, is preoccupied with analyzing processes and institutions that shape modern, industrialized…Jul 14, 2023Jul 14, 2023
Daniel IssingVia Alpina Vehentem“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best.” Ernest HemingwayJul 5, 2023Jul 5, 2023
Daniel IssingHow To Read MoreMany if not most of the articles I publish here are book reviews, and so sometimes people congratulate me on my “reading stamina” when I…May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
Daniel Issing2023 By The Books: Q1New year, new batch of reviews! 13 books from P like psychology to P like population genetics. Let’s go:Apr 16, 2023Apr 16, 2023
