gabe. finished reading Pure Colour by Sheila Heti
Favourite read of the year so far. Story about life, the universe, and everything. Touching and emotional.
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gabe. finished reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells’s Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New …
Fast, fun, and good. Love catching up on what the murderbot is up to.
gabe. finished reading Agency by William Gibson
They call Verity 'the app-whisperer,' and she's just been hired to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called …
Fun read. There were a lot of distractions while I was reading this, which made it a bit hard to keep track of all the characters, but that's not the books fault. Next time, I need to read it in a less distracting environment. Read this one after watching the 1st season of "the peripheral" but w/out having read that book. I'll get to that one as soon as it's available at the local library.
gabe. started reading Agency by William Gibson
They call Verity 'the app-whisperer,' and she's just been hired to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called …
Been a long time since I picked up a Gibson.
gabe. finished reading The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Makes the argument that kids shouldn't have smartphones until they are 16 and social media companies are mostly to blame for the sharp rise in anxiety amongst kids over the past several years, comparing them to big tobacco, they both know their products are hurtful to kids, yet continue to work to get even more and younger kids addicted to their products.
gabe. reviewed 1 & 2 Samuel for Normal People by Aaron Higashi
A guide to prophets, kings, and some pretty terrible men
Accessible and enjoyable!
5 stars
Such and engaging and enjoyable read. Really helps make biblical scholarship accessible to mere mortals.
gabe. finished reading Pragmatic thinking and learning by Andy Hunt (Pragmatic programmers)
Lots of useful tips for improving "how" you think about things.
gabe. rated Corporate Bullsh*t: 3 stars
Corporate Bullsh*t by Nick Hanauer, Joan Walsh, Donald Cohen
From praising the health benefits of cigarettes to moralizing on the character-building qualities of child labor, rich corporate overlords have …
gabe. finished reading Corporate Bullsh*t by Joan Walsh
From praising the health benefits of cigarettes to moralizing on the character-building qualities of child …
It's a good book, enumerating all the various ways corporations and those with power have attempted to convince the rest of us that all regulations are bad, and that improving people's lives will kill the economy. Wish there was more in the "what can we do about this" section, but what was there does seem useful.
gabe. rated YHWH'S DIVINE IMAGES: 4 stars
YHWH'S DIVINE IMAGES by Daniel O. McClellan
In YHWH’s Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach, Daniel O. McClellan addresses the longstanding question of how it is that divine …
gabe. finished reading YHWH'S DIVINE IMAGES by Daniel O. McClellan
In YHWH’s Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach, Daniel O. McClellan addresses the longstanding question of …
Dense but so fascinating. A deep dive into the concept of divinity and divine images as relates to the Hebrew Bible and YHWH.
gabe. finished reading Die with Zero by Bill Perkins
A common-sense guide to living rich . . . instead of dying rich
Imagine if …
Quick read on how to determine if you're saving "too much." While I didn't 100% agree with the author's take, I did find a lot of useful ideas for how to value experiences as well as consider ageing as a factor in your future planning.
gabe. commented on Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris
Palo Alto’s weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually …
Slowly making progress. Good read overall, gives a nice picture of the economic and political forces that enabled and shaped the development of Silicon Valley.
gabe. commented on Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris
Palo Alto’s weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually …
Off to a good start.
gabe. started reading Dune: Dune #1 by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #1)
La mayor epopeya de todos los tiempos, en nueva edición con la traducción corregida en …
I read this once when I was a kid, but I don't remember anything. Just finished watching the latest Dune II movie so figured it was a good time to re-read the thing.