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Essays, Medicine, Neurology, Non-Fiction  1 Comment

March 20, 2020October 2, 2019

The Mind’s Eye – Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks books are always interesting, but there is little new to say about one versus another.

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Essays, Humour, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

March 6, 2020September 21, 2019

The Portable Curmudgeon – Jon Winokur

The Portable Curmudgeon is a book of vignettes held together by the slightest of threads

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Essays, Humour, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

February 7, 2020September 18, 2019

How to travel with a Salmon – Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco’s ‘How to travel with a Salmon’ and other essays show a different side of him – well, to most of us.

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Essays, Neurology, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

June 28, 2019January 22, 2019

An Anthropologist on Mars – Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks’ “An Anthropologist on Mars” handles a terrifying subject matter in a way that is nothing but fascinating.

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Essays, Literary Criticism, Literary Semiotcs, Semiotics  0 Comments

March 8, 2019November 30, 2018

Interpretation and Overinterpretation – Umberto Eco

Are all interpretations created equal? Some would say so, and some would test the idea further.

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AI, Artificial Intelligence, Current Events, Cyberpunk, Essays, Future, Humanism, Internet, Non-Fiction, Science  0 Comments

December 28, 2018August 24, 2018

What to think about Machines that think – John Brockman

You could take a bunch of classes to find out the philosophy behind AI. This is a much cheaper shortcut

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Art History, Essays, Non-Fiction, Politics, Uncategorized  0 Comments

September 7, 2018June 29, 2018

Ways of Seeing – John Berger

This slim Art History book has little history in it. It has lots of politics, and some pretty strong opinions about where art and politics intersect…

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Essays, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

July 27, 2018June 14, 2018

Mortality – Christopher Hitchens

In the last days of his life Christopher Hitchens bravely attempted to chronicle his battle with cancer, up until he no longer could.

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