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TJ reviewed Utopia by Thomas More (Penguin classics)
TJ rated On Practice and Contradiction (Revolutions): 3 stars
TJ rated Breaking Things at Work: 4 stars

Breaking Things at Work by Gavin Mueller
"In the nineteenth century, English textile workers responded to the introduction of new technologies on the factory floor by smashing …
TJ reviewed Why Marx Was Right by Terry Eagleton
Review of 'The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Good history, awful conclusions with a plethora of theoretical contradictions. Might have something to do with the flawed foundation of social contract theory and social/political evolution being similar to physical evolution.
TJ rated The Great Mental Models: 4 stars
TJ rated How Big Things Get Done: 4 stars

How Big Things Get Done by Dan Gardner, Bent Flyvbjerg
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert …
TJ rated How Europe underdeveloped Africa: 4 stars

How Europe underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
"This book derives from a concern with the contemporary African situation. It delves into the past only because otherwise it …
TJ rated New Dark Age: 4 stars

New Dark Age by James Bridle
As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single …
TJ rated What is communist anarchism?: 4 stars

Alexander Berkman: What is communist anarchism? (1989, Phoenix Press, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)
What is communist anarchism? by Alexander Berkman
Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism is an introduction to the principles of anarchism and anarchist communism written …
TJ rated Weapons of Math Destruction: 4 stars

Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to …