by Bessel van der Kolk
>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693771-the-body-keeps-...
One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each – a compilation of Japanese poetry from ~800 years ago. The variety of poems in this were a great read and although the English translations can't replicate the originals perfectly, the translator's notes that go with them in the edition I own described the original techniques and wordplay used and it a lot of it is thoroughly impressive.
Russia Leaves the War, George Kennan (WW I); The Fate of Man in the Modern World, Nikolai Berdyaev; Philosophy of Logic, W.V.O. Quine; Marrow and Bone, Walter Kempowski; White Teeth, Zadie Smith; Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel; Writing and Difference, Jacques Derrida; Cartesian Meditations, Edmund Husserl (not quite to the end).
White Teeth is charming, and I will read more of Smith's work fairly soon. As for Kempowski's novel, I don't know that I'm a feminist, but the women in his novels (this and All for Nothing) seem to run to the ineffectual.
It’s describes the pro-succession movement in very negative terms, but simultaneously defends the UK political system in general.
I’m like ... if UK politics isn’t that dysfunctional, how did such a dysfunctional movement some about?
Either both UK politics and Scottish succession are “reasonableish”, or neither is “reasonableish.” Because the two are pretty closely connected.
Based exclusively on this book, I’m thinking both are “reasonableish.”
Also: The DevOps Handbook, Staff Engineer, and 20 YC Lessons
Love every page of it. Its ci-fi, climate fiction, plays 10-20years in the future and tells eye whiteness stories about what people experience during extreme weather events. Plus how the global community is failing to address the crisis. It s mixing storytelling with climate science, sustainability, economics, politics, crypto.
It's a quick read, and can be finished in a single sitting if one has the mind to. It had been on my list for a long time, and lived up to its expectations.
The narrator's description of death as, "the skeleton working its way out of the body" is accurate, for anyone who has seen one pass from life to death up close. An emotionally shattering book.
This is honestly more of a philosophy textbook than a book on Finance.
Soros, explains his interesting idea of reflexivity, an extension of the mind-body problem [0]
[0]:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_problem
That will never work - Marc Randolph. I'm also a big fan of his new podcast, same title.
The dispatcher - John Scalzi. Short, kind of weird, but a nice distraction from tech & startups
(all available on Audible)
She is a wonderful writer and her book was an eye-opening journey through the deleterious and ubiquitous effects of caste, which is distinct from class or race, on American society and other societies.
Nexus, ramez naam. Good down to earth story for more people, and topic is right on the cusp of being ethically relevant (perception tech)
McLuhan understanding media
These are both absolutely brilliant and moving; you can't go wrong with either of them.
it's great. seems to be something there for everyone.
fans. musicians. political people. artists. lovers. writers. poets. workers. NJ enthusiasts.
Stephen Fry re-tells the ancient greek myths in his own style, adding personal commentary along the way. Recommended.
Recommend it for anyone interested in the learning process and how to approach new material
- Personality (Nettle)
- Lonesome Dove
- A First-Rate Madness
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- Dune
- At the Existentialist Cafe
Currently working on "The Hot Zone."
Titanic On Trial - Nic Compton