There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone
An honest look at the lives of the homeless. A really important read.
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Politics
A People’s History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation – Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, Paul Buhle
Howard Zinn’s work is for the most part not too well known. Hopefully it will work
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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Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World – Parmy Olson
Parmy Olson is talented, but not even she can make the AI race interesting to me.
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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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Preti: Il mistero della fede – Astutillo Smeriglia
More satire from Smeriglia, but this time just pointed at the church
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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.
Niente di nuovo sul fronte di Rebibbia – Zerocalcare
I picked up some nostalgia bait and read it.
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Failures in Polymathy 