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Gruesome420

Gruesome420@bookwyrm.social

Joined 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Books are neat and I read them!! Also if you couldn't tell I hung out with the kitchen BOH a lot so you get to see me reading about drugs and food a lot lol. Yes we were all mentally unwell. Good times.

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Jaron Lanier: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (2018, Holt & Company, Henry)

Jaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer who first alerted us to the dangers of …

Tbh I liked it. He made many good points but I can see how this whole book can come across as alarmist to someone who just doesn't see things as dire as Jaron and myself do.

Jon Ronson: Them (2002, Simon & Schuster)

Bro I am OBSESSED with this fuckin book. I love anything that just describes a wild time without anything too deep around it tbh. I mean, you can get all deep about it if you want to, but you can also just be like, "wow, alex jones is a weirdo and I can't believe he's like a real guy who sucks" and have a fun ride

Jon Ronson: So You've Been Publicly Shamed (2015, Riverhead Books, A member of Penguin Group (USA))

"From the internationally bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of …

I still think about this one and how it reminds me of a theist upbringing. I really do recommend all this guy's stuff that I've read so far.