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Timely & Incisive

Revisado: 01-27-23

Before listening to this book, I only knew of him as the son of fames scholar Leland and the current president of Wheaton College (a Solomon figure in his own right within the Evangelical community).

However, I think he hits the nail on the head, especially for young, rich, and educated Christians facing all the attendant temptations of 21st century America. Will we follow Jesus to the end, or get seduced by money, sex, and power?

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Be an Entrepreneur 1st, CPA 2nd

Revisado: 12-28-22

Work smarter, not harder. Build your system for maximum efficiency and consistency. Delegate and outsource everything someone else can do better/cheaper. Focus on big picture, not putting out fires.

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Super Repetitive Book by a Big Hipocrite

Revisado: 12-13-22

I really liked the original “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” book that came out in the 1990s. I also think his warning is timely concerning runaway inflation due to governments firing up the money press and ditching the gold standard. Complex Derivatives also tanked the stock market in 2008 (CDO, Default Swaps, etc). HOWEVER, this book should have been much shorter. I’m also skeptical about his obsession with stockpiling precious metals as the only safe way. Finally, his financial wellness company just went bankrupt in 2022 due to a judgement that they should have weathered just fine. Let that one sink in. https://thecollegeinvestor.com/4726/ultimate-hypocrite-robert-kiyosaki-companys-bankruptcy/

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The life & teaching St. Jack of Bogle

Revisado: 10-03-22

Excellent distillation of the virtues, foibles, and legacy of the father of index investing, the terror of AUM advising, the scourge of high fees, doubting Thomas of ETFs, the mutual-mutual man of the people, and the Admiral of Vanguard.

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Arguably the best military novel ever written.

Revisado: 08-29-21

Humanity vs. Ambition, service or self-promotion. Greed or selflessness. Fear and cowardice. The lives and choices of Sam Damon and Courtney Masingale illustrate the full arc of a man’s life, especially that of the military man.

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Looooong Boom

Revisado: 04-18-21

This book is like Don Quixote. You can read it and chew on it for the rest of your mortal life. Philosophy, psychology, and theology throughout.

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Excellent Spanish Art intro, but only somewhat “Woke”

Revisado: 03-22-21

It was published in 1967, so Juan’s portrayal might be overly accommodating to the institution of black slavery. That said, it’s a quite human book about a clever yet sensitive man trying to make the best of a very unfair life that also has some very silver linings.

But if you want an intro to Piquaresque literature, Spanish history, and Siglo de Oro art — it’s crazy good.

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A truly great book for a polarized time

Revisado: 01-25-21

Key ideas:

Elephant vs. Rider
90% Primate, 10% Bee
Homo Duplex
Darwin vs Durkheim
The Moral Palette (Loyalty, Sanctity, Harm, Fairness, etc.)

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For Moderate Evangelicals Wondering WTF happened

Revisado: 12-15-20

Written by an insider and filled with keen observation regarding the Graham/Falwell/Dobson/Reagan/Bush/Duggar complex. Homeschooling, purity rings, Veggietales, “boys bibles” from Tommy Nelson ... all the way to the baffling rise of Trump.

This is the story of our consumerist, militarist, and nationalist idolatry reaching its logical consequences. While most of these things were never bad in themselves, loving them over and above honoring God’s word, the humanity of our non-Christian neighbors, and objective truth has brought us to some shockingly low places.

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A Peak of Christian Intellectualism

Revisado: 09-08-20

The Great Divorce is Lewis’ more layman-friendly text, an allegory that meditates upon the idea that Hell is not necessarily a place of “fire and brimstone”, but rather persons living out their pride and self-absorption, without eventual recognition (and submission) to the authority and blessing of timeless moral truths. In other words, God saying to sinners “okay then, THY will be done.”

Abolition of Man is less the Narnia side of Lewis, and more the Oxford lecturer. In it, he discusses the necessity of timeless truths (the “Tao”, to use the Asian term) as the basis for all scientific and moral reasoning — without it, no ethical duty can be imposed and no leader can be honestly held to account. A healthy man man honestly considers adopting a vegetarian diet, but an arrogant man snobbishly refuses to accept the biological necessity of ingesting H2O.

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