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
This link opens in a pop-up window
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you …
THIS is the antidote for toxic productivity culture. Everyone should read this. Everyone.
Not bad. Personal account from an Autistic adult YouTuber. Not an expert at anything, and some of what he said seemed random, personal, or even questionable. But as an Autistic adult, myself, I identified with a lot of his stories.
"Superb."—Oliver Burkeman
A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our …
I finished enough of it.
Research-based parenting educator Jen Lumanlan provides a simple yet revolutionary framework for rethinking our relationship …
I wish I could give Lumanlan more stars, but with one kid and seemingly little direct input from families with many, I found a whole lot of distance between my daily challenges and the narrative. In my experience 2 kids is a different category of parenting than an only child. I got a vasectomy for my very survival. And I must say, you will not find a book on parenting written by an author with three kids close in age. Such is flatly impossible. But with that significant caveat, Jen Lumanlan's experience and research IS extensive and deep and as an expression of strife for a better future for humanity, I wholeheartedly commend this book as a necessary voice in the conversation about what parenting can be, and how we can side step some of the intergenerational trauma that is so ubiquitous that it is most often invisible within us.
Research-based parenting educator Jen Lumanlan provides a simple yet revolutionary framework for rethinking our relationship with our children and getting …
Applies the latest findings in psychology and brain research to the wisdom of the ancients …
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.
Applies the latest findings in psychology and brain research to the wisdom of the ancients to define what makes people …
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us …
Travis F W
boosted
Content warning Discusses the book as a whole
This is a fine exploration of some of the false win-win mentality for extractive technology, but I suspect this could've been effectively written as an article instead of a book and still been effective at getting the point across.
I believe they discuss a real and meaningful issue, I just don't know if they needed so many words to do so!
This is an important book for me right now.
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their …
Basically the full picture. Critical reading for #decentralization, #DWeb, #privacy, and most of all #BigTech. ♥️
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their …
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.
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.
