Amusing ourselves to death – Neil Postman
The end might be nigh, but at least it will be entertaining.
Non-Fiction
On Tyranny – Timothy D. Snyder
A thin volume that tries to speak as objectively as possible to what is going on without once ever nominating Donald J Trump
Ten Arguments for Deleting your Social Media Accounts Right Now – Jaron Lanier
Social Media is making all of our lives significantly and obviously worse. Did we need ten reasons to get rid of social media?
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Talking Back, Talking Black – John McWhorter
Few topics are as controversial as the state of AAVE in the USA.
A Higher Loyalty – James Comey
Guided by principles of what duty to an office really means, this book illuminates the reasoning behind recent events.
The Drunkard’s Walk – Leonard Mlodinow
Statistics themselves can be rather boring, but this slim’s book story of how they affect our day to day life is rather captivating.
The Book of Disquiet – Fernando Pessoa
Life for the Portuguese poet certainly is not peachy…
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free – Cory Doctorow
The arts in this new internet based economy do not work as we would think.
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The Filter Bubble – Eli Pariser
The internet is no longer a wide field of free information. It’s being given to you mediated, and the mediators are starting to have an effect on us..
Future Crimes – Marc Goodman
Its a great time to be alive. That is, unless you know what is going on. Then its kind of scary.
Failures in Polymathy 