The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization

Most of the books I read are influenced by similar threads on HN. This year has not been good overall and it impacted my reading. I need to finish writing the post https://brajeshwar.com/2023/books/ “How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question” by Michael Schur is a fun book that opens with a good question, “Should I punch my friend in the face for no reason?” I have been meaning to and this year I finally read The Diary of a Young Girl. For 2024, here are some of the ones from my list (sorry for the formatting, copied Markdown from my notes); - [Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_War:_The_Fight_for_the_Wo... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_War:_The_Fight_for_the_World%27s_Most_Critical_Technology)) by [Chris Miller](https://www.christophermiller.net) - [First Principles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Principles_%28book%29) by [Thomas E. Ricks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Ricks_%28journalist%29) - [Greenlights](https://greenlights.com) by [Matthew McConaughey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McConaughey)…

2022 was a great year for my reading (in order of my favorites): The Great Demographic Reversal by Charles Goodhart - this book changed my life, but now that inflation and the retirements are in full swing it might be harder to make early moves on the knowledge. The graphs are also beginning to become outdated since the book was written in the end of 2019/early 2020? Either way, it inspired my decision to move closer to family. The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan - this book is well worth the read. Peter is a very educated and factual guy, and it's hard to disagree with the normalized vectors of change he is describing. The magnitude of these vectors however are up for much debate. Lots to think on, agree with, and disagree with. American Icon by Bryce G. Hoffman - a book on Ford's handling of the 2008 crisis. It's got some flowery parts that idolize these men too much IMO but a great book on leadership and problem solving.…

“The End of the World is Just the Beginning” by Peter Zeihan. Probably needs to be read with a grain (or two or three) of salt, but it’s pretty thought-provoking.