With Sophia being a rising high school junior, I am starting to wrap my head around the fact that we will have to make some plans for college soon. After almost two decades of being a university professor, “The price you pay for college” by Ron Lieber was incredibly helpful for me to see the college landscape from a student (and parent!) perspective and understand what empirical evidence we have about college choices and outcomes.

By Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, & Daniel Huttenlocher (Little, Brown and Company)

“Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all.”

A must read for anyone anxious or excited about the advent of this groundbreaking new technology!

Used our beach vacation to finish another book my friend and colleague Jorge Rivera had recently recommended: “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals” by Oliver Burkeman. This time-management book is profoundly skeptical of time-management advice while, at the same time, providing some real food for thought about life’s priorities. In a nutshell: Life is short. Most of us get on average about 4,000 weeks. So what are you going to do with that time?

Just finished reading “The extended mind: The power of thinking outside the brain” by Annie Murphy Paul. Fascinating discussion of state-of-the art research on why and how we do (and should!) use our body for thinking; how our physical surroundings impact our thought processes; and how to capitalize on our social relationships to improve our thinking. Check out Adam Grant’s podcast to hear the author provide an insightful summary of the book.