Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier – Edward Glasser
Cities are great. I will die on this hill.
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Rancore – Gianrico Carofiglio
After some of his non-fiction, I read a detective story by Carofiglio
Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It – Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow should be required reading for anyone living through the tragedy that is modern times.
Crime and Guilt – Ferdinand von Schirach
Two excellent collections of crime fiction, revolving around the lawyer who involved with them.
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning – Justin E. H. Smith
An argument that we should look at the internet in a slightly different way.
Dragonfired – J. Zachary Pike
It’s not so much that I had forgotten about this series, but 2024 was a year I took off from
Dracula [Daily] – Bram Stoker
This is not a review of Dracula. It’s a review of Dracula Daily
The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? – Michael J. Sandel
Despite the title, the book really highlights a massive and widespread problem in our modern society.
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Word Perfect – Susie Dent
A less coffee table-ish book from Susie Dent
Universal Love – Alexander Weinstein
The best short story collection I have read in some time. Probably since that last one I read by this same author.
Failures in Polymathy 