From Here to Eternity – Caitlin Doughty
How do you feel about the dead? Would you like to have them a little more around? That actually is an option of sorts…
Non-Fiction
Data and Goliath – Bruce Schneier
People keep telling us that we are being spied on, but what does that really mean, anyway?
Insane Clown President – Matt Taibbi
Matt Taibbi followed the last election. It was like watching the world’s slowest possible train wreck.
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…
Dawn of the New Everything – Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier is a man wearing many hats, and this makes him a very interesting subject for a memoir.
The Organized Mind – Daniel J. Levitin
Ownership of a brain does not necessarily mean you know how it works. Or for that matter, how to get the best use out of it.
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.
Amusing ourselves to death – Neil Postman
The end might be nigh, but at least it will be entertaining.
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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Failures in Polymathy 