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I found this to be a rather enjoyable book. I have been reading up on productivity, deep work and focus, so a lot of this content wasn't new or a surprise. What I appreciated was the look back over decades on how we've changed as part of the Information Age and how we consume information - and how that's shoved at us from all angles with bright flashy blinking text boxes.

The book does take a critical look at politics at the end, which might bristle some. I do think with critical thinking, it is important to understand both sides. The approach he takes is very wholesome and properly critical, so I wouldn't recommend discounting it.

Typical style of the writer, this covers dozens of steps and things one or a family can do to get onto a path of being a millionaire. No quick solutions, these are a collection of the best things to consider doing.

Probably best for a person in their first third of their career, and reference for the rest of us.

Geared for managers, leaders, consultants and change agents. The author and her colleagues spend years with dozens of companies that implement four day work weeks. The book starts off with history of work and various legislation about work. Observations from the companies, several of which weren't successful for various reasons. Also macro aspects of four day weeks, such as less travel, less heat, etc. A solid book, chock full of observational data.

This is a practical playbook for leaders of any stage. Either as a refresher, or as it reads, probably the basis or spawned from a workshop from the author's company.

The main point is that leaders have to be flexible during certain times or moments, and do so on aspects that the author calls flexors each of which has a spectrum. The book covers over a dozen flexors with several pages to each. The end covers turning skills into habits, and making a flexible leadership organization.

The 2021 book that brought together several NYTimes stories and more. Written by two NYTimes reporters, this categorizes many of the company's questionable decisions (and indecisions) through it's existence. With an obvious "must grow" mentality, this drove many of the responses.

Kind of sad. A good management lesson for any aspiring or existing people manager.

This collection covers 7 complete texts of some of Plato's best known and perhaps most important dialogs.

This isn't the easiest to read though. My library had a $6.95 paperback copy that was an inch thick. The translations were easy to read, but overall, you are reading two or three people talking amongst themselves. For long periods of time. This was apparently the way at that time.

Overall, I did enjoy it. I did hit my max library renewals and even went longer. This is a particularly thick/dense book.

This book covers 15 or so philisophies and religions, the popular ones that readers might want to explore. Each is written by an expert, and they summarize the important points.

Each chapter is several pages. Nothing too in depth. It's a decent take on a morsel from each. Who'd benefit from this book? Someone who just realized they need to put more philosophy/religion in their life and don't know where to start.

Yeah, it's a niche. That's all I got. What I leared is that I have some altruistic tendencies among my other philosphy interests.

Really enjoyed this. Thinking critically, I have to assume that this may be a bit lopsided in it's views and takes.

However, the wealth of experiences the author brings are just overwhelming. The fact that due to legal action, the author was not permitted to promote the book says something for how the Facebook legal team sees the stories.

In many cases, just simple in-actions have grave consequences. Philosophers have struggled about the importance of doing the right thing and action as part of leadership, and it's well written over time. History is covered in inaction examples.

This should be on the reading list for any company leader or manager.

A recent book from these writers/creators. They do not take a left or right view - they sling mud both ways to both sides. They revisit government decisions and show them as short sighted and not taken in our best interests.

This book covers the United States history and potential. They do focus on several building block programs and opine on what could be done to improve the situation. They cover artificial scarcities and how those have persisted over the decades, along with the impacts of such.

All in all, it's a well thought out and honest look at some huge problems the United States has, with prescriptions that may or may not work, but are probably worth trying. For the better of all of us.

The book does say that some of the content comes from their columns; fans may feel deja vu while reading.

This is 95 pages, and almost 10" x 11". It has two short essays about Barbara Ramos, then has 60+ photos from her time in California between 1969-1973.

Most of the shots are from San Francisco; several from LA, and a few from the region. All in black and white, they are stellar shots of people going about their day and living their lives.

My favorites: * Friends in Laundromat, Leavenworth Street * Bejeweled Woman Reaching Out, Venice, California * Man Singing, North Beach (close your eyes, you might hear him sing).

A great selection of photos from this time. I'm sure there are hundreds of other shots though.

This was a great book, starting out with the Antonine Plague and perhaps subsequent infection waves, and how these affected the various economies (for instance, producing less coins or pottery). Steps through subsequent Roman emperors and summarizes details about their reigns and how they dealt with other waves brought on by trade, travel, and movement of armies.

The Antonine Plague is probably the worst disease event in human history to that point, the book dives into all things that were affected. Obviously tons of research and some rough connections are made, but it paints a vivid picture of what was actually happening during those years.

Fascinating read. This was very enjoyable as a history book, Roman book, virus outbreak/impact book. Comparing to what we went through in 2020 with COVID, it's probably a near equal comparison, factoring in that the Romans of the time had no idea how viruses spread.

While I've always known that insurance companies don't have your best interests in their actions, I was kind of surprised to read this 2010 era book and read it's stories. Even since then, I doubt there's been much change in the industry.

The author lightly goes through the history of insurance to modern day, and how consultants came through the major insurers and helped them overhaul their businesses and focus on margins and profits.

The last couple chapters deal with things one can do to challenge the insurance companies three usual tactics of delay, deny and defend. It's not much - essentially ensure you are insured properly; use a company that is known for treating their customers well; take notes; send notes in so they get attached to your record/claim and some other actions.

Well written and an easy read. About 220 pages plus notes and index.