Baek Se-Hee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she …
An uncoomon look at mild depression
3 stars
The beginning of this book was very relatable as a member of this world without absolutes. It touches on a lot of the issues with finding meaning with all of the moral ambiguities of living. After the first third, it switches focus more to struggles with self-esteem in largely a complain-heavy way, yielding minimal growth and learning. Still an interesting and raw look into someone trying to deal with everyday depression and anxiety though.
From the author of the “original and electric” Braised Pork (Time), An Yu’s enchanting and …
A beautiful and strange read
5 stars
A fascinating and strange story about a woman struggling with finding meaning in her life. I loved the fixed perspective surrounding the main character showing only what she sees and feels, whether or not that exists in others' reality. The pacing is also quite nice, with twists and turns coming at a proportional pace to the level of chaos in the main character's life.
An excellent read I'd highly recommend as long as you can deal with the uncertainty of not knowing what exactly is "real".
Baek Se-Hee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she …
Started this book recently. It's a very transparent look at someone's struggles with mild depression and anxiety. It was very relatable at the beginning and is becoming less so, but an interesting read nonetheless.
The essential road map for understanding―and defending―your right to privacy in the twenty-first century.
Privacy …
A great overview of privacy violations and what to do
4 stars
This book starts off really strong with a very broad enumeration of the personal and social impact privacy violations can have as well as the many different ways our privacy is being systematically and ruthlessly violated. The beginning third of the book was wonderful. However, it then spends a lot of time tip-toeing around definitions and legal minutiae before getting to the crux of her argument, saying privacy needs to be treated as a basic human right. She does a great job again talking about all the various ways we need to be addressing privacy from a societal perspective, law, law enforcement, culture, education.
The biggest qualm I have with this book is that it doesn't seem to have an audience in mind. Her tone is addressing the average woman with no connection to privacy, and that would be fine if she didn't get so hung up on legal details …
This book starts off really strong with a very broad enumeration of the personal and social impact privacy violations can have as well as the many different ways our privacy is being systematically and ruthlessly violated. The beginning third of the book was wonderful. However, it then spends a lot of time tip-toeing around definitions and legal minutiae before getting to the crux of her argument, saying privacy needs to be treated as a basic human right. She does a great job again talking about all the various ways we need to be addressing privacy from a societal perspective, law, law enforcement, culture, education.
The biggest qualm I have with this book is that it doesn't seem to have an audience in mind. Her tone is addressing the average woman with no connection to privacy, and that would be fine if she didn't get so hung up on legal details whether it be precedent or how to craft the perfect law going forward.
For those privacy focused, I'd highly recommending reading at least the first few chapters. The single greatest highlight of this book was in it's ability to show why privacy is important for everyone, not just those "with something to hide". I really appreciated the focus on how devastating certain privacy violations can impact someone's life and that it cannot possibly be each person's responsibility to have perfect digital hygiene.
