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.
Non-Fiction
Essentialism – Greg McKeown
Feeling crushed by modern life? Here is a solution for you. Do more by doing less.
What is this thing called Knowledge? – Duncan Pritchard
If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that Epistemology is a little pet topic of mine.
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On Writing – Stephen King
I keep giving Stephen King a shot, and I keep learning that he may not deserve it.
I Can’t Breathe – Matt Taibbi
Eric Garner’s death was one of the most startling events of 2014
Age of the Spiritual Machine – Ray Kurzweil
How we come to categorize books like this is sometimes more interesting than the books themselves.
Godless – Dan Barker
This book is part memoir, part counter apologetics, and a pretty good tool to understand why atheists don’t believe.
Culture Counts – Roger Scruton
Do you remember the good old days? Roger Scruton does, and his memory of the good old days will save western civilization.
Not really…
The Strange Death of Europe – Douglas Murray
As you read this book you can hear the sound of someone folding tin foil into a hat.
The Body Keeps The Score – Bessel van der Kolk
Most of us are silly enough to believe that were WE to suffer from Trauma, we would know what to do.
Failures in Polymathy 