Really fun combination personal memoir/history of the tech world with thoughtful and often fascinating insights on many of its important figures.
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John McChesney-Young finished reading Burn Book by Kara Swisher
John McChesney-Young finished reading Jesus the Eternal Son by Michael F. Bird
I found this study of the New Testament and post-biblical texts convincing. His argument is essentially that although it's true that certain packages (in particular, in Mark, Acts, and Romans) can be interpreted as adoptionist, in the context of the theology of the authors as displayed elsewhere the case for an adoptionist view is severely weakened.
John McChesney-Young finished reading The death of Bernadette Lefthand by Ronald B. Querry
John McChesney-Young finished reading Number Go Up by Zeke Faux
I read this book in the hope of understanding cryptocurrency, NFTs, and the blockchain and although I still find them - and their appeal - somewhat mysterious, the book was a remarkably lively and enjoyable account of crypto and its villains (some now repentant).
John McChesney-Young finished reading The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
John McChesney-Young finished reading Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare (Sword Catcher, #1)
Sword and sorcery done very well. Since it's not obvious in ebook format, the book is really long! So if you check it out from the library, be aware of your progress and the due date. Also be warned that it ends on a cliffhanger and the sequel isn't due out until either 2024 or 2025 so you might consider waiting.
John McChesney-Young rated Sword Catcher: 4 stars
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare (Sword Catcher, #1)
In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in …
John McChesney-Young finished reading Starter Villain by John Scalzi
John McChesney-Young finished reading Fire Weather by John Vaillant
Fascinating, informative, but extremely depressing book on contemporary fires, concentrating on the 2016 Fort McMurray fire in Alberta, but with long sections on the history of the petroleum industry and climate science and discussing other fires in Canada and in California and Australia. The book concludes with some small hopeful signs (e.g., between its peak in 2017 and 2022, the number of US petroleum engineering graduates dropped by 80%) but will the required changes come quickly enough? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554938/fire-weather-by-john-vaillant/
John McChesney-Young finished reading Finding the Right Words by Cindy Weinstein
John McChesney-Young commented on Blight by Emily Monosson
John McChesney-Young reviewed Blight by Emily Monosson
John McChesney-Young finished reading Blight by Emily Monosson
John McChesney-Young finished reading The Wandering Mind by Jamie Kreiner
Not really a practical guide, although with a very few tips, but an excellent and wide-ranging survey of monastic spiritually, geographically, culturally, and temporally remarkably diverse, with a great deal of Syriac source material cited.