Reviews and Comments

Greg Grossmeier Locked account

greg@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 1 month ago

Genres: Engineering Leadership/Management, Mental Health, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Leftist Politics.

Formats: Generally fiction via audiobooks and non-fiction via paper or ebook (so I can use my reMarkable to scribble on the pages), but there is some blur.

Mastodon: social.coop/@Greg

This link opens in a pop-up window

Steve Silberman: NeuroTribes (Hardcover, 2015, Avery, Penguin RandomHouse) 4 stars

What is autism? A lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin …

Having not really read any general audience books about autism (surprisingly) I found the overview of the historical context of autism helpful.

It also introduced me to a few new orgs that I hadn't heard of before, which is nice.

Dan Davies: The Unaccountability Machine (Hardcover, 2024, Profile Books Limited) 4 stars

Part-biography, part-political thriller, The Unaccountability Machine is a rousing exposé of how management failures lead …

I wanted to take a break from Neurotribes and someone on mastodon (I think on social.coop as well, but I didn't bookmark the post) recommended it.

It's well written (and read) with an interesting thesis. I think I'm only now getting into some of the more interesting bits (30%).

Annalee Newitz: The Terraformers (Paperback, en-Latn-US language, 2023, Orbit) 4 stars

From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration …

Started listening to this book because A) the author is on mastodon so yay and B) I needed another good sci-fi world building story.

Got 60% of the way through, enjoying it, but life happened and I may need to restart or go back a chapter to refresh my story state. Hope to do that before EOY.