wesleypill reading list Public
Created by Wesley Aptekar-Cassels
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Two Cheers for Anarchism by James C. Scott
4 stars
James Scott taught us what’s wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to …
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Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching by Ursula K. Le Guin, Laozi
4 stars
No other English translation of this greatest of the Chinese classics can match Ursula Le Guin's striking new version. Le …
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The Xenofeminist Manifesto by Laboria Cuboniks
4 stars
Injustice should not simply be accepted as “the way things are.” This is the starting point for The Xenofeminist Manifesto, …
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
4 stars
The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans have lived in societies divided …
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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber
4 stars
The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy is a 2015 book by anthropologist David …
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
5 stars
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
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Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott (Yale Agrarian Studies)
4 stars
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian high-modernist planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased resources for the state or …
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
4 stars
"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the …
