2019 Resolutions

Things to Learn/ Get Better At

1. Causal Inference (PO and Graph Frameworks and the difference)
2. Population Genetics and how the same theory applies to Cultural Evolution
3. Information Theory
4. Bayesian Model Fitting and Checking

Books to (Re)Read (⁴⁄₂₉)

On Culture, Anthropology, History

[ ] Hierarchy in the Forest: The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior by Christopher Boehm
[ ] The Netsilik Eskimo by Asen Balikci
[ ] Demography and Evolutionary Ecology of Hadza Hunter-Gatherers by Nicholas Blurton Jones
[ ] Portuguese Sea Battles - Volume II - Christianity, Commerce and Corso 1522–1538 by Monteiro, Saturnino
[ ] Portuguese Sea Battles - Volume I - The First World Sea Power 1139–1521 by Monteiro, Saturnino
[ ] A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Volume I: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire by Christian, David
[ ] Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society by Wilson, David Sloan
[ ] Ages of Discord by Turchin, Peter
[ ] Mathematical Models of Social Evolution: A Guide for the Perplexed by McElreath, Richard
[ ] The Byzantine Turks, 1204–1461 by Shukurov, Rustam
[x] This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution by David Sloan Wilson

On Causality, Data, Genetics

[x] The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect by Pearl, Judea
[ ] Causal Inference for Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences: An Introduction by Imbens, Guido W
[x] Causal Inference Part I. by Miguel A. Hernán, James M. Robins
[x] Causal Inference Part II. by Miguel A. Hernán, James M. Robins
[ ] Causal Inference Part III. by Miguel A. Hernán, James M. Robins
[ ] Advanced Data Analysis from an Elementary Point of View by Cosma Rohilla Shalizi
[ ] Causation, Prediction, and Search by Peter Spirtes
[ ] Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation bu Barry S. Kogan
[ ] Elements of Causal Inference by Jonas Peters
[ ] Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction by Healy, Kieran
[ ] Molecular Population Genetics by Hahn, Matthew William
[ ] Spatiotemporal Data Analysis by Gidon Eshel
[ ] Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan by Richard McElreath

On Diet and Nutritient

[x] The Paleo Diet Revised by Cordain, Loren
[x] Perfect Health Diet by Shou Ching Jaminet, Ph.D.

Fiction

[x] The Spy Who Came in From The Cold/ The Looking Glass War by Le Carre, John

Comics to Read

[ ] The Incal by Jodorowsky, Alejandro
[ ] Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt
[ ] Alien 3
[ ] Sandman Universe
[ ] Gideon Falls
[ ] Cemetery Beach
[ ] Moonshine
[ ] Lucifer
[ ] Nikipol Trilogy

Articles Read So Far

• Philosophy and the practice of Bayesian statistics by Andrew Gelman and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi
  
• Data science is science’s second chance to get causal inference right: A classification of data science tasks by Miguel A. Hernán, John Hsu, Brian Healy
  
• Does obesity shorten life? The importance of well-defined interventions to answer causal questions by Hernan and Taubman
  
• Does Obesity Shorten Life? Or is it the Soda? On Non-manipulable Causes by Judea Pearl
  

Others

• Stick to a Paleo diet as much as possible
• High intensity workout 1–2 times a week