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What then must we do? by Gar Alperovitz
"Never before have so many Americans been more frustrated with our economic system, more fearful that it is failing, or …
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"Never before have so many Americans been more frustrated with our economic system, more fearful that it is failing, or …
Woher kommt unsere Liebe zum Meer und die ewige Sehnsucht nach einer Insel?
Die Fähre braucht vom Festland eine Stunde …
I had to force myself to keep reading this book for a while. The beginning seemed to drag, and I was not really emotionally invested in any of the characters.
However, the last third of the book is an absolute page turner, and I found myself saving quote after quote. I am not a fan of books or movies that have a pervasive sense of doom about them, and this one definitely does. It is, much like life, a lesson in hopefulness in spite of the horrors.
I’m not quite sure how I feel about this book right now to be honest, having just finished it moments ago. That doesn’t happen often to me, and I think that speaks to the complexity of it. I look forward to mulling it over for the next few days, and also to reading more of this series.
**50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS
Ursula K. Le …
I feel like if someone who had never seen a leftbook meme in their lives were to read this book it would be very eye opening for them. Unfortunately (?) I have already been looking at memes about urban planning and the evils of capitalism for well over a decade, so there was not really any new information in this book for me except for a few fun historical facts here and there.
Once again, I find myself frustrated by authors who spend a great deal of time bemoaning how terrible the state of the world is and very little time talking about how to actually achieve any alternative.
Most of the examples in this book aren’t indigenous, pre-capitalist societies like I would expect. Instead, most of the examples are from relatively modern Western society. Many of them are just religious sects and most of them were either short-lived or …
I feel like if someone who had never seen a leftbook meme in their lives were to read this book it would be very eye opening for them. Unfortunately (?) I have already been looking at memes about urban planning and the evils of capitalism for well over a decade, so there was not really any new information in this book for me except for a few fun historical facts here and there.
Once again, I find myself frustrated by authors who spend a great deal of time bemoaning how terrible the state of the world is and very little time talking about how to actually achieve any alternative.
Most of the examples in this book aren’t indigenous, pre-capitalist societies like I would expect. Instead, most of the examples are from relatively modern Western society. Many of them are just religious sects and most of them were either short-lived or are not scalable to society as a whole.
This book had been on my radar for a while, so I’m glad I read it, but it was honestly pretty disappointing.
Throughout history and around the world today, forward-thinking communities have pioneered alternative ways of living together, sharing property and raising …
Historia del saqueo de America Latina que muestra como funcionan los mecanismos actuales del despojo: los tecnocratas en jet, herederos …
**50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS
Ursula K. Le …
Throughout history and around the world today, forward-thinking communities have pioneered alternative ways of living together, sharing property and raising …
As someone who went down the rabbit hole of not eating processed foods or factory farmed meat for several years, I really thought I knew all there was to know about the way America produces its food. But wow was I wrong.
This book continually astounded me with the facts and figures of just how silly our food chain really is. Also I learned so much more about eating seasonally and locally than I was expecting. I could not stop sharing quotes with people as I was reading and I would consider this a must read for anyone who lives in a society that doesn’t live off the land.
Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national …
This book was very eye-opening for me to read at the suggestion of my counselor. It described things I had been feeling and struggling with so accurately that it was a very emotional and validating experience for me. This then made me advocate for myself in trying to get a diagnosis and treatment despite being brushed off by several providers.
To say my life has improved since managing my adhd would be a severe understatement. It is like night and day. A lot of the tips in this book do not really apply to me since I have the inattentive type, not the hyperactive type. But the few things that I have picked up from this book are habits that I still incorporate in my daily life even a year later.
Despite having several witchy friends, I have never pulled my birth chart or held astrology for anything but made up woo. But a very close friend (who does not own a single crystal and whose book recs I always trust) loaned me their personal copy and told me I had to read it.
This involved first going to the author's website and entering your exact date, time, and city of birth, which gives me the ick knowing how secure any data we put on the internet is (not). Which meant I had to text my mother and ask what time I was born. With my sensitive personal data entered, I was emailed my birth chart to print. Printout in hand, I sat down to analyze it with this book.
I quickly realized that the chart I printed out did not correspond to the explanations included in my email. The Sun …
Despite having several witchy friends, I have never pulled my birth chart or held astrology for anything but made up woo. But a very close friend (who does not own a single crystal and whose book recs I always trust) loaned me their personal copy and told me I had to read it.
This involved first going to the author's website and entering your exact date, time, and city of birth, which gives me the ick knowing how secure any data we put on the internet is (not). Which meant I had to text my mother and ask what time I was born. With my sensitive personal data entered, I was emailed my birth chart to print. Printout in hand, I sat down to analyze it with this book.
I quickly realized that the chart I printed out did not correspond to the explanations included in my email. The Sun was in the wrong sign in the picture but was described correctly in the chart underneath. So I had to text one of my astrology expert friends who directed me to yet another website to enter my information, which then printed an accurate and easier to read chart and corresponding info.
As a first timer analyzing a birth chart, I felt like I was back in my high school math classes, most of which I flunked out of. But once I got past all these considerable hurdles (I really do love the person who lent me this book), it became pretty enjoyable.
It was actually uncanny how accurate a lot of it was. And, as for anyone who sometimes struggles though life, it is very cathartic to read a self-help book that identifies a problem you have always had and validates your struggles. Most of the book does not pertain to your birth chart, so in each chapter, you only read the small section about the particular planet/house/sign permutations that apply to you and skip the rest.
By the end, Chani has guided you to create a map to self-fulfillment: What you need to achieve in life to be happy, what your strengths are, and what aspects of your self may hinder you in reaching that goal.
The rest is left up to you. I pondered on the prompts throughout the book and I do feel like I got something out of it. If anything else, I now know that I apparently have the planet Saturn to blame/thank for much of my life, both the good and the bad. I feel like Saturn might become my new mascot. We've been through some sh*t.
Do I believe in horoscopes now? No. But this was a fun way to spend a few hours self-reflecting on some affirmations. And I may finally prioritize getting over some of my hang-ups that I had not really thought about confronting just yet. Plus now I have a new Space Comrade 🪐