Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language – Gretchen McCulloch
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Non-Fiction
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries – Kory Stamper
There are some books you didn’t even know you needed until you read them.
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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.
Niente di nuovo sul fronte di Rebibbia – Zerocalcare
I picked up some nostalgia bait and read it.
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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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Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science – Paul Gross and Norman Levitt
Attacks on Post-modernism are so frequently right-wing screeds. This one doesn’t even try to hide it.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin – Benjamin Franklin
A whole lot of bravado from one of America’s founders.
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You Look Like A Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place – Janelle Shane
As far as I can tell, Janelle Shane wanted to put a cute and cuddly face on Artificial Intelligence, and this is exactly what the field needs.
The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone – Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach
Intelligence is communal. I asked around, and apparently this makes sense.
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For Small Creatures Such as We – Sasha Sagan
Without it being a comment on the book itself, I have no idea why I read this.
Failures in Polymathy 