Reviews and Comments

Good book exploring the metaphor of an elephant and rider, acknowledging that we are not in full control, nor even very much in control, of our bodies and lives, and why happiness evades us. Haidt's breadth of research includes modern religious texts, and I find it refreshing to see an academic speaking to world culture instead of just his immediate peers.

This is an important book for me right now.

Basically the full picture. Critical reading for #decentralization, #DWeb, #privacy, and most of all #BigTech. ♥️

Doctorow's The Internet Con is a fantastic encapsulation of why Big Tech pisses people off so much. At least, me. And I hope you're not lulled into unconditional wealth worship, either.

Ripley begins by untroducing a new definition for the term "high conflict" and contrasting it with "good conflict".

So now I know the rest of the book will be written with the agenda of illustrating usage of the term. Fucking authors. Oh well, even if their usage of language is bullshit, Ripley probably has good insights.

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.

Begins with the ethos of #anticapitalism in a nutshell!

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 tension of work/life balance is rooted in a systemic misunderstanding of both.

Fascinating. Nobody talks about breathing much.

Good stuff, so far! We'll see if the middle matches the beginning…