March 2, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Social Networks in the History of Innovation and Invention” by Francis Moon

February 18, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism 1850-1940” by Daniel R. Headrick

February 12, 2020November 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History” by Ian Morris

February 11, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Most Things Fail” by Paul Ormerod

February 10, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Violence and Social Orders” by North, Wallis and Weingast

February 7, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “War: What is It Good for?” by Ian Morris

February 6, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: People’s Motivations are Changing” by Ronald Inglehart

February 3, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology” by Nolan and Lenski

February 3, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Ecological-Evolutionary Theory” by Gerhard Lenski

January 31, 2020May 7, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution” by Richerson and Boyd

January 25, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Dictator’s Handbook” by Mesquita and Smith

January 24, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Europe?: The Medieval Origins of Its Special Path” by Michael Mitteraur

January 23, 2020April 13, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Wisdom of Crowds” by James Surowiecki

January 22, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Learning by Doing” by James Bessen

January 13, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Unbound: How Eight Technologies Made Us Human” by Richard L. Currier

January 10, 2020April 19, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Nature of Technology” by W. Brian Arthur

January 9, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Nations Fail” by Acemoglu and Robinson

January 8, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond

January 7, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Information Grows” by Cesar Hidalgo

January 6, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels” by Ian Morris

January 3, 2020December 7, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Progress” by Johan Norberg

January 2, 2020May 7, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Secret of Our Success” by Joseph Henrich

January 1, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Creating the Twentieth Century” by Vaclav Smil