Hello World – Hannah Fry
I bet you’ve tossed around words like ‘algorithm’ before, and you’ve not really known what it’s meant.
Book Review
How Language Began – Daniel Everett
Daniel Everett’s ‘How Language Began’ might as well be called ‘why Chomsky is wrong.’ It’s also a very compelling argument.
Children of Time – Adrian Tchaikovsky
Some books are just so good you want to start reading them a new right as you finish.
City of a Hundred Fires – Richard Blanco
Reading ‘City of a Hundred Fires’ mostly brought to my attention how ill-equipped I am to really read poetry intelligibly.
Nemesis Games – James S.A. Corey
Sometimes persistence pays off in the form of a series you didn’t really like starting to be enjoyable finally.
The War on Normal People – Andrew Yang
I’ve been concerned about the problem of automation for years, and considered a universal basic income a solution. This book is a much larger look at the issue.
American Gods – Neil Gaiman
Sometimes giving an author a second chance really pays off.
Influx – Daniel Suarez
If nothing else, this book wins all the internet points for putting in a “Leroy Jenkins” reference.
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure – Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
“The Coddling of the American Mind” might be the next book in the series of doom-saying prophecy, or it may have some actual valid points.
Redshirts – John Scalzi
I was initially concerned that, not knowing anything about Star Trek, much of the point of this book would be lost. That wasn’t the case.
Failures in Polymathy 