22 reviewed Twin spica by Kō Yaginuma
Review of 'Twin spica' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
So melancholic and moody and atmospheric and ethereal! I loved this first tankobon of a—gosh, a nine year run. It’s obvious that the story can go deep into mindscrew territory but strap me in for volume two.
Ahmed’s rant time. We know how to train people to be the best. [b:Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise|26312997|Peak Secrets from the New Science of Expertise|K. Anders Ericsson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1445050174s/26312997.jpg|46312952] collates all the lab studies of pro athletes, musicians, chess players, surgeons, pilots, et al., and gives us the recipe to crafting a training program for star starsailors. Brooke Allen is onto something big when he says, “My life was changed when I began caring about the people I did not hire”. Just because mindnumbingly atrocious interview/hiring/human-resources practices are universal today doesn’t mean we all can’t imagine a better way: find a few candidates, nurture them, love them, help them become elite, …
So melancholic and moody and atmospheric and ethereal! I loved this first tankobon of a—gosh, a nine year run. It’s obvious that the story can go deep into mindscrew territory but strap me in for volume two.
Ahmed’s rant time. We know how to train people to be the best. [b:Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise|26312997|Peak Secrets from the New Science of Expertise|K. Anders Ericsson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1445050174s/26312997.jpg|46312952] collates all the lab studies of pro athletes, musicians, chess players, surgeons, pilots, et al., and gives us the recipe to crafting a training program for star starsailors. Brooke Allen is onto something big when he says, “My life was changed when I began caring about the people I did not hire”. Just because mindnumbingly atrocious interview/hiring/human-resources practices are universal today doesn’t mean we all can’t imagine a better way: find a few candidates, nurture them, love them, help them become elite, watch your company and your society benefit.
Aaaaaand then you have the author of Twin Spica attributing to the Japan space agency the exact opposite scheme for selecting teenage astronauts: stress them, isolate them, give them a pointless hoop to jump through, sit back and watch the blood flow.
Obligatory.
Why… why do we tell each other, with knowing eyebrow arches, that “Ring around the rosie” is a song about the Black Death based on hearsay, and find it impossible to believe that the song originates much later than the last big European plague outbreak—until we pause to reflect upon the perversity of trying to conceal in childhood innocence a horrible tragedy (c.f., [b:Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends|410941|Word Myths Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends|David Wilton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347794587s/410941.jpg|400206]).
Love and nurture each other. Don’t harm each other for creepy kicks or plot convenience.
