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omega - Well this changed how I viewed history forever...
useful reference for construction, transportation, weapon tech, etc.
I bet this book could be condensed into several well constructed graphics.
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Herzog by Saul Bellow (Penguin classics)
In one of his finest achievements, Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow presents a multifaceted portrait of a modern-day hero, a …
Fred Chappell: Dagon (2002, Louisiana State University Press)
Dagon by Fred Chappell (Voices of the South)
"Yellow light filled the attic. The light locked with the dust—tons of dust up here—and the atmosphere of the place …
MONO reviewed Energy in world history by Vaclav Smil
Review of 'Energy in world history' on 'GoodReads'
5 stars
MONO rated Recollections of the Golden Triangle (Robbe-Grillet, Alain): 3 stars
MONO rated Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: 4 stars
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky
As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. …
MONO rated Unholy Fire: 3 stars
Wheelers by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen
The discovery of wheeled objects buried in the icy surface of Jupiter's eighth moon leads to the even more bizarre …
MONO reviewed Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew Mcafee: Second Machine Age (2016, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.)
A revolution is under way. In recent years, Google's autonomous cars have logged thousands of …
Review of 'Second Machine Age' on 'GoodReads'
Looked over this yesterday while cleaning out my backlog of ebooks on the to read list (apparently I completely forgot I read this.)
This book dives deeper into economics than most of its peers. Despite that I still think academic economics is the last place I'd look for any meaningful insights into anything.
It also goes into crowd sourcing a bit - (note to self to add notes)
MONO reviewed The Trouble With Testosterone by Robert M. Sapolsky
Review of 'The Trouble With Testosterone' on 'GoodReads'
3 stars
omega - I love the stories about primate behaviors, but the religious ones come off as silly - maybe because I view creationist arguments as being so willfully ignorant to the point of not warranting a response. If someone wants to keep their head in their ass, I'm too disgusted by the thought of all that piled up shit to risk an exchange of ideas.
MONO reviewed Euclid's window by Leonard Mlodinow
Review of "Euclid's window" on 'GoodReads'
3 stars
It really took til 1481 to make notation for '+'....
There was something else but I drank too much soda today...
Anyway this book had a handful of historical insights I haven't seen anywhere else - but the last half was nothing but string theory. Not that its a bad thing, I just don't think its provable & probably won't be for decades to come.
What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. …
Review of 'Range' on 'GoodReads'
4 stars
I'll lump this together with Charlie Munger's advice.
I think this is where I got info for the viability of the crowd sourcing model. Sites like Kaggle, Quirky, Innoventive & Affinnova.
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MONO reviewed But How Do It Know by J. Scott Clark
Review of 'But How Do It Know' on 'GoodReads'
4 stars
I wish I had this in high school...
MONO rated Imaginary Magnitude: 3 stars
MONO reviewed Prediction machines by Ajay Agrawal
The idea of artificial intelligence--job-killing robots, self-driving cars, and self-managing organizations--captures the imagination, evoking a …
Review of 'Prediction machines' on 'GoodReads'
alpha - bloomberg