Revolting times
I had bought Martin Gurri’s The revolt of the public some time back, but after reading the first few pages, had abandoned it. I recently picked it up and found that it is a book that picks up spectac…
Books
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Treasure Island
It’s just one of those things. I had borrowed an abridged copy of Treasure Island from the library to read at home (fwiw, didn’t go down that well, will possibly try again later, or ... perhaps it’s…
The Art of John Harris
Gorgeous, expansive, cosmic. That’s how I felt when I first discovered this book. I had seen some of these on the covers of various old sci-fi paperbacks, from long ago.…
Visual Thinking
Watching this Youtube video by the excellent Beck Tench. Cataloguing some of what she mentioned, for reference People Dave Gray Brandy Agerbeck (Twitter) Books and Mindsets Cartooning by Ivan…
A manifesto for digital minimalism
On “cells interlinked”
I just came across the connection between “Bladerunner 2049” and Vladimir Nabokov’s “Pale Fire”. Mind blown.…
On the passing of Barbara Ehrenreich
Fifteen/Twenty years ago, when it was easier to believe, I read "Nickel and Dimed" and "Bait and Switch". Catherine Liu pays a tribute…
Glorious steampunk
Reminds me of ye olde Jules Verne romantic exploration of the unknown, turned up a notch and rendered in beautiful illustrations.…
Before the end
I had previously read the “Age of …” series by Eric Hobsbawm, and though I have a mixed personal opinion of him, I found his books insightful. This book, written much after those sweeping overviews,…
On lacking good authority
Recently started reading “The Mysterious Benedict Society” with my daughter (after the show on Disney), and … it has some interesting parts. (This was written just before “the Great Recession”, fifte…
The many nostalgias of Harry Potter
I had pre-ordered the illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which arrived this week (more on that later!) and made me think about the layers of feelings related to this … w…
Books on Software Complexity
(from this HN thread) If only all posters collected their responses into a spreadsheet like this one did Here is the summary post (my preferences in bold): From my perspective, the top "must-r…