Talking to my Daughter About the Economy, or How Capitalism Works – and How It Fails – Yanis Varoufakis
I don’t know if distilling economics gives you correct simplifications, but it does make good reading.
Parable of the Sower – Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler was a master of showing us the worst of all possible outcomes, but not letting us lose our faith on the way.
United Breaks Guitars – Dave Carroll
United Breaks Guitars went viral, proving to corporations that you can’t just step on customers.
Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake lingers around in your head like a bad house guest. That’s actually a pretty nice thing to say about it.
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.
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.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Claire North
Sometimes things are not as you expect them to be. Pleasantly so.
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Cult of the Dead Cow – Joseph Menn
Hackers: Apparently, not all of them are bad.
Carrie – Stephen King
I keep reading Stephen King and expecting bigger and better things. You would think I would learn my lesson by now?
Everything is F*cked – Mark Manson
And sometimes some books make you think “I’d rather be reading something else.”
Failures in Polymathy 