Through ch2, The Bezzle is so very different than the last fiction of Doctorow's I read, Walkaway. But I am enjoying it.
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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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Travis F W started reading The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
Travis F W commented on Attention Span by Gloria Mark
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.
Travis F W started reading Attention Span by Gloria Mark
Travis F W quoted The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
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.
Travis F W started reading The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
Travis F W wants to read How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the …
Travis F W started reading Weathering by Arline T. Geronimus
Travis F W reviewed How To Raise A Boy by Michael C. Reichert
Travis F W wants to read Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke Collection) by Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke Collection) by Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien …
Travis F W finished reading Unmasking Autism by Devon Price
Travis F W started reading Parenting Beyond Power by Jen Lumanlan
WRT intergenerational trauma, and the imperative for our species to survive the century, this book marks a critical paradigm shift our culture must undergo. Personally, I start at chapter 2.
Travis F W started reading You Deserve a Tech Union by Ethan Marcotte
Because @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io told me to.
Travis F W finished reading "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Note: All times used in this book…are solar time based on the sun's actual location in the sky which changes throughout the year. In contrast, clock time is based on an imaginary sun location that results on dividing time into equal 24 hour days throughout the year… for example solar 11am is 1 hour before solar noon.
— Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 3rd Edition by Brad Lancaster (Page 92)
Appreciate this small preaching on how inaccurate standard time is. And I find it hilarious Bezos is sponsoring a clock to keep "accurate" time for next millennia. longnow.org/clock/