Couldn't get past the relentless focus on data and the bending of humans to an obsessive and unnatural optimization mindset. But you do you :)
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jfairbairn rated Survival of the Richest: 4 stars
Survival of the Richest by Douglas Rushkoff, Douglas Rushkoff
Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 by Kirkus and Literary Hub
The tech elite have a plan …
jfairbairn rated Designs for the pluriverse: 4 stars
Designs for the pluriverse by Arturo Escobar (New ecologies for the twenty-first century)
Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory by arguing for the creation of what he calls ""autonomous design""--A …
jfairbairn rated Stolen Focus: 4 stars
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Is your ability to focus and pay attention in free fall?
You are not alone. The average office worker now …
jfairbairn reviewed Working Backwards by Colin Bryar
Review of 'Working Backwards' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
jfairbairn rated Becoming Animal An Earthly Cosmology: 4 stars
jfairbairn rated Healing Resistance: 5 stars
jfairbairn rated Community: 5 stars
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell
Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs deciding whether to …
jfairbairn rated Indirect Work: 3 stars
jfairbairn rated The World For Sale: 4 stars
jfairbairn rated How to Do Nothing: 5 stars
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by …
jfairbairn rated The World-Ending Fire: 5 stars
The World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry
In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, …
jfairbairn rated The Bright Ages: 4 stars
The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry
A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion …