I like to complain, learn new things & read. My favorite things to learn are related to the fantasy-genre or to computers/programming. My favorite things to complain about are when I don't understand something I'm learning & when the humidity levels change.
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“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is …
I recognize I'm not the target audience. I just don't really appreciate randomly finding myself in a porn scene sitting in the living room with my kids or when pushing a buggy down the grocery store aisle. Other than that, I really liked spending my time in this world.
“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us …
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human way to live” (Cal Newport, …
Return to the Scholomance - and face an even deadlier graduation - in the stunning sequel to the ground-breaking, Sunday …
You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You …
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to …
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, …
Pretty good. Would've been more useful if I'd read it when I first got diagnosed.
You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job …
On the one hand, very good advice for sincere decent folks. On the other hand very good advice for malicious manipulative people (think: used car salesman.) And on the other other hand, a big fuck you to Autistics not interested in roleplaying as a bubbly and effervescent neurotypical.
Return to the Scholomance - and face an even deadlier graduation - in the stunning …
Despite feeling like the whole gym was elided from the first book, I like this one even more that the first one. I'm torn on the last page.
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human …
The first chapter or two are well done but then for the rest of the book I found myself going, "yeah, those are the facts" and then disagreeing with Price's conclusions or proposals. For example, using gamified educational tools to learn coding or second languages is good. For some people, any gamified system is dangerous, but that's not a reason to bad mouth these educational tools or the use of them.
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human …
I've independently come to the conclusion that laziness does not exist, so I'm curious about how this will compare to my current thoughts.
So trippy. Making dream babies and horse hauntings and merging with yourself to battle extrauniversal entities.
Carolyn's not so different from the other human beings around her. She's sure of it. …
This was very well done and I'm very glad I knew nothing about the book before I started it.
"A noted Dutch journalist and economist proposes an outline for a new worldwide Utopia, with …
There are three main ideas covered, surrounded with an introduction where the author states there's little difference between the left and right, and an epilogue that claims leftists are losing because they're boring. I'm inclined to think the author is a libertarian who thinks he's a liberal, but that's applying US labels to a Dane.
The three big ideas are: UBI, a 15 hr work week, and open borders. At this point, the only reason to not implement UBI is religion. I'm more conflicted about the 15hr work week. I think that a significant portion of the population would choose the take a second job. At least in America, we're simply too infected with the Puritan work ethic (meaning, you're evil if you aren't working.) And the third is unfeasible until we rid humanity of not just religion but religious impulses. (I, simplistically, think that nationalism is a religious impulses.) …
There are three main ideas covered, surrounded with an introduction where the author states there's little difference between the left and right, and an epilogue that claims leftists are losing because they're boring. I'm inclined to think the author is a libertarian who thinks he's a liberal, but that's applying US labels to a Dane.
The three big ideas are: UBI, a 15 hr work week, and open borders. At this point, the only reason to not implement UBI is religion. I'm more conflicted about the 15hr work week. I think that a significant portion of the population would choose the take a second job. At least in America, we're simply too infected with the Puritan work ethic (meaning, you're evil if you aren't working.) And the third is unfeasible until we rid humanity of not just religion but religious impulses. (I, simplistically, think that nationalism is a religious impulses.)
Overall, I think that the author makes the exact same mistake that I do, by arguing about what is good by touting what is productive and efficient. In his defense, I don't think the title was Utopia for Idealists.
"A noted Dutch journalist and economist proposes an outline for a new worldwide Utopia, with …
Just starting. I had a lot of thoughts about chapter one. I'm not sure how much I found absurdly wrong is a factor translation and how because I'm listening from a different national perspective.