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"Eric Evans has written a fantastic book on how you can make the design of …
Honestly, I just can't be bothered to see it through. It was nice for general tips in the beginning but isn't particularly relevant to what I'm working on right now
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her.... …
I only read The Death of the Centaur. Mostly because I wanted to see the roots of Hyperion. It was a nice short story but I picked up on some weird vibes from the author again and I think it's time for me to give Dan Simmons a break for a bit....
A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her....
An old-fashioned barbershop is the …
Ecotopia Emerging (EE) by Ernest Callenbach is a fictionalized history of the events leading up …
Lots of thoughts. But it will have to be for later.
Ecotopia Emerging (EE) by Ernest Callenbach is a fictionalized history of the events leading up …
Okay. This guy just had a mild PTSD reaction and shot down a helicopter spraying cancerous pesticides because they did that to his wife and she died. They almost did it to his new lady so he had to stop them.
Now THAT'S big Luigi Mangione energy
Ecotopia Emerging (EE) by Ernest Callenbach is a fictionalized history of the events leading up …
You know l'm basically a pacifist. But frankly if there was some person I could kill and be sure it would do the world some important good, I would do it without a qualm. Uncanny, isn't it?
Big Luigi vibes. (Maybe he wasn't a pacifist.... But I can't say what I really want to say so I'm saying this.)
Ecotopia Emerging (EE) by Ernest Callenbach is a fictionalized history of the events leading up …
It isn't necessary for everyone to do the same thing. What is necessary is for everyone to do something.
Ecotopia Emerging (EE) by Ernest Callenbach is a fictionalized history of the events leading up …
Oh my so I just got to the part where the first talks of succession are happening. I understand why Vera would turn down Ben's offer but he's right, even if I'd be in favor of something less cataclysmic as a contingency plan. Those who are oppressed never get liberation by asking nicely. It's a bit symptomatic of the idealism and faith in our systems that was much more common in the time this book was written than our own. That optimism is gone and the situation is more dire. Would Vera make the same decision today? Will she stand by that decision all the way to the end of the book?
I've been doing zazen for quite some time now, but this was a good read none the less, especially since the last couple years I've been practicing alone. The first half of the book is a nice, quick read and does a good job of explaining the subtilties of sitting Zen posture in a quick, direct way and I plan to check back in with it here and there until I can rejoin a sangha. The second half is a written dharma discourse that's quite nice to read as well. All in all, a good book for beginners but still some use for non-beginners as well!
It's a quick read :)
