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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…

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.

Haidt draws on ancient texts to teach modern positive psychology.

Haidt's work may be passed over, only to our detriment.

Cellular impacts of chronic stress and structural violence.

Although very few of Reichert's facts and assertions are surprising (to me), the compilation is enlightening, and the guidance is overdue. I don't know how not to understate it. I wish for everyone to read this book.