Reading
Books: on balance, I'm for them. These are most of the ones I've read since 2007 or so. The star ratings correspond more closely to "how worth my time this felt" than "how good this is."
Said, Kurban
Ali and Nino
I've finally (belatedly) finished Jason's pick for book club.
Ali and Nino is poetic, un-apologetically exotic, and (subsidiary only to those other two qualities) thought provoking in its refusal to conform to modern tropes on the relationship between East and West.
Extremely good, and worth anyone's time.
Salinger, J.D.
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
Sax, David
The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter
What a frustratingly bad book on such an interesting and important topic. Entire chapters are given over to marketers from companies like Moleskine talking about how "there's just something special the feel of paper" etc, on repeated but unsupported arguments that digital technology is inherently alienating, and on a strongly implied but unexplored (e.g. in the title) assertion that some kind of groundswell of analog technology is happening as a result. He also spends approximately one sentence defining his terms: what exactly is meant by analog and by digital? In the end he drives away from his childhood summer camp in the warm glow of nostalgia, opting for a Neil Young song on the radio in preference to streaming "digital" music, his windows down to let in the summer breeze. The irony is that the broadcast equipment, the radio in his car, and probably the car itself are all largely digital equipment. Oh and no, IDEO did not invent human centered design. Ugh.
Scholz, Susanne
Scranton, Roy
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene
I have grown to really appreciate concise, idea-packed writing. This book meets those criteria. It takes an existential view to the global climate crisis, asking... more >>
Made me think about:
- Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene
- Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Seaver, Paul S.
Seidel, Katja, (ed.)
Sennett, Richard
Seth, Seth
Shariat, Jonathan
Shilts, Randy
Sim, Dave
Simpson, Antony E.
Smith, Jeff
Srnicek, Nick
Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
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Alex Williams
Made me think about:
- The People's Republic of Walmart: How the World's Biggest Corporations Are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
Steele, Alexander
Stephenson, Eric
Stephenson, Neal
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Summers,Brandi Thompson
Black in Place
Made me think about:
- Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City
