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RyanParsley@bookwyrm.social

Joined 3 months, 1 week ago

I write code and have a complicated relationship with simplicity. When not writing code, I enjoy collecting hobbies. I say "collection" but it's more of a crudely curated "hodgepodge of curiosities".

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To Read (View all 53)

Neal Stephenson, Neal Stephenson: Seveneves (Paperback, 2016, The Borough Press)
Ernest Cline, Ernest Cline: Ready Player One (Paperback, 2011, Crown Publishers)
Andy Weir: The Martian (Hardcover, 2014, Crown)

Currently Reading (View all 10)

Ryder Carroll: The Bullet Journal Method (EBook, 2018, Portfolio)
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Philip Schmidt: Black and Decker the Complete Guide to Greenhouses and Garden Projects (2011, Quarto Publishing Group USA)
Ralph Laughton: Woodshop Storage Solutions (Paperback, Popular Woodworking Books)

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Neil Postman: Amusing ourselves to death (2006, Penguin Books)
Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land (1991, Ace)
Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and loathing in Las Vegas (1998, Vintage Books)

2025 Reading Goal

16% complete! Ryan has read 2 of 12 books.

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finished reading Amusing ourselves to death by Neil Postman

Neil Postman: Amusing ourselves to death (2006, Penguin Books) 4 stars

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) is a …

Amusing Ourselves to Death is deeply fascinating to me in 2025. The parallels and progression from TV and Regan to Social Media and Trump are laid out in the margins.

Postman didn't predict the future so much as articulate the framework that made it not just possible, but likely.

There are some challenging ideas in this book (Sesame Street considered harmful!?) and it's been living in my head rent free since I opened the cover.