Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari
To have read this a decade ago…
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The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism – Thomas Frank
It is once again time for another round of the political blame game. Let’s blame the people once again.
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Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism – Yanis Varoufakis
The Economist you love to hate, Varoufakis has lured me back with his latest book.
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Word On The Street: Debunking The Myth Of A “Pure” Standard English – John McWhorter
Wherein I don’t so much review a book as I review John McWhorter.
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon – Kim Zetter
This book is truly excellent journalism. Just try to go into it without spoilers.
The Revolt of the Public: And The Crisis of Authority in the New Millenium – Martin Gurri
Another book that tried to explain why everything feels wrong now-a-days.
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Della gentilezza e del coraggio – Gianrico Carofiglio
If you still think that some of the problems of the past 6 years are things that can be worked through with conversation, then this is the book for you.
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Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody – Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay
This book is meant to be a critique of the newest form of post-modern philosophy, and what it ultimately morphed into.
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.
Failures in Polymathy 