Dev Tang

The Real World Read Me Delivering Couriers in Beijing

Original link: https://blog.devtang.com/2023/06/25/my-19-jobs/ 1. Preface I recently finished reading an interesting book called “I Deliver Express in Beijing”. The author described a total of 19 jobs he experienced. These jobs are very rich, including gas station/hotel/fast printing shop/supermarket/bicycle shop/bakery waiter, offline/online clothing store/lo-mei shop manager, and of course courier delivery experience in Beijing. The special …

The Real World Read Me Delivering Couriers in Beijing Read More »

Everything has a cause and effect – read The Journey of Humanity

Original link: https://blog.devtang.com/2022/08/14/human-travel-book-summary/ 1. Sequence Mr. Mingyue from CITIC Publishing House quietly sent me a copy of “The Journey of Humanity – The Origin of Wealth and Inequality” by Odd Geller of Israel. Geller, a professor of economics at Brown University, is considered a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize for his “unified growth theory”. …

Everything has a cause and effect – read The Journey of Humanity Read More »

Possibilities of Political Governance – Read The Art of Possibility

Original link: https://blog.devtang.com/2022/07/27/politics-is-the-art-of-the-possible-book-summary/ 1. Preface I recently finished reading a popular popular science book about politics: The Art of Possibilities . The author of this book, Dr. Liu Yu, graduated from Columbia University and is an associate professor at the School of Social Sciences of Tsinghua University. This book selects different governance structures of various …

Possibilities of Political Governance – Read The Art of Possibility Read More »

Excessive prosperity and decline, too much – read “Reversal”

Original link: https://blog.devtang.com/2022/07/24/reverse-book-summary/ The article was written on 2015.8.22 and updated on 2022.7.24. 1. Preface Zigong asked, “Who is the wise teacher and the merchant?” The master said, “The master has passed, but the merchant is not as good.” He said, “However, the master will get better and better?” —— “The Analects of Confucius Advanced” …

Excessive prosperity and decline, too much – read “Reversal” Read More »

Building a Lean Enterprise – Read the Comic Toyota Production System

Original link: https://blog.devtang.com/2022/06/19/toyota-tps-system-book-summary/ I. Introduction At home this past weekend, I finished reading the comic Toyota Production System, a book about supply chain optimization. Toyota has long been among the top three automakers in terms of market capitalization, largely thanks to effective improvements in the way it makes production. The industry calls Toyota’s improvement method: …

Building a Lean Enterprise – Read the Comic Toyota Production System Read More »

The Chronicle of Statistics – Read “Lady Tasting Tea”

Original link: https://blog.devtang.com/2022/06/08/the-lady-tasting-tea-book-summary/ I recently finished reading “Women Tasting Tea – How Statistics Changed Science and Life”. This is a chronicle of the development of statistics in the nature of popular science. In addition to letting everyone understand the development of statistics, this book also gossips about the life stories of statisticians such as Fisher, …

The Chronicle of Statistics – Read “Lady Tasting Tea” Read More »

The Economic Cycle and the Rise of China – Read Principle 2: Responding to a Changing World Order

1. Sequence I recently read a book called “Principle 2: Dealing with a Changing World Order” by Dario, founder of Bridgewater. After reading this book, my biggest impressions are: Understand some fundamental differences between Chinese and Americans in cognition. From Dario’s perspective, learn how to analyze the overall development of China and the United States. …

The Economic Cycle and the Rise of China – Read Principle 2: Responding to a Changing World Order Read More »