Nonfiction audio is my main thing. Autobiographies, parenting, science, social issues, and some business or anything educational.
I consider nonfiction to be a healthier and more useful view of the world than the news.
I have a few Mastodon accounts, like @travisfw@fosstodon.org
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When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their …
Required reading (IMO) for anyone serious about #dweb, #decentralization, #libreSoftware, and the general resistance of #bigTech.
Did not finish but I think I'm done. I do not regret the read, but I'm moving on.
I wanted to believe, but found the author seemingly wanting harder than me. Key takeaway: modern medicine has fallen behind where you should rightly expect it to be regarding your lungs.
There is a growing movement of people with a different vision for their local communities. …
Begins with the ethos of #anticapitalism in a nutshell!
New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the …
I am always profoundly grateful for Doctorow's works, and this one is, as usual, wonderful. He puts so much work into it, handing you essentially multiple books in one, including a tour of corruption in government, culture, and business, tips for privacy with regard to surveillance (both government and capitalistic), and, of course, an entertaining story. Everyone should read everything Doctorow writes. I doubt I'm Corey's biggest fan; I just happen to hold all the same convictions. Leaving that title for you.
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you …
The tension of work/life balance is rooted in a systemic misunderstanding of both.
Fascinating. Nobody talks about breathing much.
As #1 New York Times bestselling author David Brooks observes, "There is one skill that …
Good stuff, so far! We'll see if the middle matches the beginning…
New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the …
Through ch2, The Bezzle is so very different than the last fiction of Doctorow's I read, Walkaway. But I am enjoying it.
Just 3% in and I can tell this is a significant work. Mark's book is about #HCI. Everyone is a cyborg today: we live life in tandem with ubiquitous silicon-based processes. (My words) We need to be aware of what is happening to ourselves, so everyone should read this. But if you are in HCI, #psychology, #sociology, #business, or #management, this knowledge will directly inform your work.
I have been able to watch and imperically track this pattern of attention switching, and with it, stress and exhaustion build-up, over the last 20 years as we became more reliant on our devices.
Applies the latest findings in psychology and brain research to the wisdom of the ancients …
Happiness comes from within, AND happiness comes from without. We need the guidance of both ancient wisdom and modern science to get the balance right.
— The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt (1%)
Haidt draws on ancient texts to teach modern positive psychology.
Applies the latest findings in psychology and brain research to the wisdom of the ancients …
Haidt's work may be passed over, only to our detriment.
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the …
Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an …
Cellular impacts of chronic stress and structural violence.
