Pared down reading pace to roughly a book a week, with the loss of transit time from the new work setup and side studying — German and product courses. Highly recommend going through Vaclav Smil's books: while heavy, they bring a good dimension of numbers-and-scale-first thinking. All in all, many books in the year around general and world knowledge.
A geopolitics book written by a diplomat that reads as a distillation of someone with inside knowledge.
A numbers-first read on the present and future issues facing our world — fuel usage, food, materials and more.
Interesting book on updating your mental models.
A history of marriage — most interesting for the angle that our modern conception of it was far from the norm for most of history, and how alternative viewpoints have existed throughout.
Reads as an advice book on making others feel heard and important.
Biased as an SNL fan — but an inside look into SNL and Jost's years working with different writers and guests. Well written and funny on its own.
An interesting frame for viewing your self, choices and decisions.
Another data-first view from Vaclav Smil — this time across a wide range of different topics and questions.
Another data-first view from Vaclav Smil — all about the production and necessity of different meat products and their alternatives.
An easy read on physics and quantum mechanics, for the simpletons like me who don't want to dive into the mathematics and other complicated parts.