Darya Sinusoid

Darya’s love for reading started with fantasy novels (The LOTR trilogy is still her all-time-favorite). Growing up, however, she found herself transitioning to non-fiction, psychological, and self-help books. She has a degree in Psychology and a deep passion for the subject. She likes reading research-informed books that distill the workings of the human brain/mind/consciousness and thinking of ways to apply the insights to her own life. Some of her favorites include Thinking, Fast and Slow, How We Decide, and The Wisdom of the Enneagram.

Understanding Technical Analysis: Trading 101

What is technical analysis in trading? How does technical analysis predict the price of financial assets? Which approach is superior: technical or fundamental analysis? Technical analysis looks at patterns in the price of an investment to predict how that investment’s price is likely to shift in the future. In contrast to fundamental analysis, technical analysis takes into account traders’ activity by attempting to uncover behavioral patterns. Keep reading to learn how technical analysis trading works, its pros and cons, and why it’s superior to fundamental analysis.

Behave by Robert Sapolsky: Book Overview

What is Robert Sapolsky’s Behave about? What is the key message to take away from the book? Understanding people is crucial to disciplines and careers ranging from psychology to sales. While there are countless books about how to relate to people—and sometimes how to manipulate them—few try to get to the core of human behavior in the same way that Sapolsky’s Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst does. Below is a brief overview of the key themes.

How to Start Fasting: The 4-Week Transition Period

Are you considering adopting intermittent fasting (IF) as a lifestyle? What are some things you should keep in mind when beginning your transition to the IF feeding schedule? Transitioning to intermittent fasting (IF) is a big step, especially if you’re used to following the standard three-meal feeding approach. According to Gin Stephens, the author of Fast. Feast. Repeat., the key to successfully transitioning to the IF lifestyle is to adapt your body to the IF feeding over a four-week period. Keep reading to learn how to start fasting by committing to a four-week adaptation period.

What Are the Benefits of Intermittent Fasting?

How does fasting induce fat loss? What are the benefits of intermittent fasting apart from weight loss? In the fasted state, your body converts your fat stores into ketones, a fat-based energy source. Put another way, you burn your fat as fuel (a state called ketosis). In addition to fat loss, intermittent fasting has other health benefits. Keep reading to learn about the health benefits of intermittent fasting.

The Circular Economy Model: Is It Bad for Business?

What is a circular economy? Will transitioning to the circular economy model hurt businesses? A circular economy is a model of production and consumption aimed at minimizing waste by reusing and regenerating the available resources. The shift towards a circular economy is the necessary step toward sustainability—if companies take and take from the planet without replenishing or regenerating, there will be nothing left. Here’s why shifting to the circular production model is good both for businesses and for the planet.

Robert Sapolsky: Evolution and Behavior

What is the connection between evolution and behavior? What are some examples of human behaviors that have survival value? Our brains work the way they do because of evolution: Ancestors who behaved in certain ways were more likely to survive and reproduce, passing on the genes that caused them to behave in those ways. So now, many generations later, those genes still survive in us and influence our behavior. Let’s examine the key categories of human behavior that are the product of evolution.

Fundamental Analysis in Trading: Pros & Cons

What is fundamental analysis in trading? Is it possible to predict the market based solely on what fundamental analysis says? Fundamental analysis predicts what the market will do based solely on what mathematical models say is logical. However, traders’ behavior is far from logical, which is why fundamental analysis alone is not enough to predict what happens in the market. Here’s why you can’t predict the market based on fundamental analysis alone.

The Science Behind Fasting and Weight Loss

How does fasting promote weight loss? What is the mechanism behind the weight loss effect of fasting? Your body has a powerful built-in fat-burning mechanism that’s activated by fasting. However, weight loss isn’t immediate once you start fasting. Since our bodies are used to overeating, we need to teach them to access our fat stores again. When you start fasting, your body won’t yet know how to burn fat and will instead slow your metabolism to save energy until you can eat again. Here’s a look at the science behind fasting and weight loss.

Kate Raworth: Building a Post-Growth Economy

Is constant economic growth sustainable? Is it time to end our obsession with economic growth and start transitioning to a post-growth economy? Economic growth is not a remedy to humanity’s challenges. Despite growth, we still have a large amount of poverty, food insecurity, lack of opportunity, and other problems of deprivation. According to Kate Raworth, the author of Doughnut Economics, this is the time we start thinking about and planning for a no-growth future. Here’s why economic growth does not equal prosperity and how we can start transitioning to a no-growth future.

Kin Selection Theory: Why Family Comes First

What is the kin selection theory? Why do we feel compelled to protect our family members at all costs? Kin selection is a term in evolutionary biology that means potentially sacrificing your own welfare or reproductive success in favor of your relatives’. For example, risking your life by fighting off a home intruder to protect your family. It evolved because, by definition, your relatives share many of your genes, so keeping them alive helps pass those genes on. Keep reading to learn about the psychology behind kin selection.