Digging Up Mother – Doug Stanhope
The temptation to abandon something you are not initially enjoying is not always something to heed. If you do, you may miss out on some pretty great things.
Non-Fiction
Unfu*k Yourself – Gary John Bishop
I decided to see if living by the principles of a self-help book for one calander year would make a difference in my life.
Everything is F*cked – Mark Manson
And sometimes some books make you think “I’d rather be reading something else.”
Hello World – Hannah Fry
I bet you’ve tossed around words like ‘algorithm’ before, and you’ve not really known what it’s meant.
How Language Began – Daniel Everett
Daniel Everett’s ‘How Language Began’ might as well be called ‘why Chomsky is wrong.’ It’s also a very compelling argument.
City of a Hundred Fires – Richard Blanco
Reading ‘City of a Hundred Fires’ mostly brought to my attention how ill-equipped I am to really read poetry intelligibly.
The War on Normal People – Andrew Yang
I’ve been concerned about the problem of automation for years, and considered a universal basic income a solution. This book is a much larger look at the issue.
Walden – Henry David Thoreau
Some ‘classics’ just aren’t worth anyone’s time.
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure – Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
“The Coddling of the American Mind” might be the next book in the series of doom-saying prophecy, or it may have some actual valid points.
Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
There is a very little I can say about this short of ‘please go read it’
Failures in Polymathy 