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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 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
Work of political economy, detailing the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of international capitalism. Rodney makes the …
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
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 …