Claudius Link rated Whoops!: 4 stars
Whoops! by John Lanchester
We are, to use a technical economic term, screwed. The cowboy capitalists had a party with everyone's money and now …
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We are, to use a technical economic term, screwed. The cowboy capitalists had a party with everyone's money and now …
As the book is from 2009 it deserves some slack for some of the content. For the age it contains a surprising (or disappointing) amount of still current statement and correct predictions.
But unsurprisingly nothing new.
Sadly the book is lacking a common thread. I feels like the author just duped his thoughts on a variety of topics. While many chapters provide an insightful view or at least an interesting perspective, the last few chapters, often only one page each, are just unreflected and carelessly stated opinions.
E.g. the chapters on privacy and anonymity are each less than a page, both more or less state "customers don't car, why bother. If you have nothing to hid you don't need to care"
Which is especially irritation as the closest thing to a common threat in the book was "users don't care about security. We need to make/help them care more"
The …
As the book is from 2009 it deserves some slack for some of the content. For the age it contains a surprising (or disappointing) amount of still current statement and correct predictions.
But unsurprisingly nothing new.
Sadly the book is lacking a common thread. I feels like the author just duped his thoughts on a variety of topics. While many chapters provide an insightful view or at least an interesting perspective, the last few chapters, often only one page each, are just unreflected and carelessly stated opinions.
E.g. the chapters on privacy and anonymity are each less than a page, both more or less state "customers don't car, why bother. If you have nothing to hid you don't need to care"
Which is especially irritation as the closest thing to a common threat in the book was "users don't care about security. We need to make/help them care more"
The "nothing to hide" take quickly breaks if you think about cameras on you home. The current cameras in Airbnb scandal ist an instance of this.
To find users for whom privacy and anonymity is a matter of life and death you can look at journalist, activists and dissidents in many countries including the "west". It's not restricted to governments, also companies and organised crime utilise lacking privacy and anonymity.
But you don't need to go this far. Abusive partners are a threat generally overlooked.
The last few chapters really devalued the whole book and making me questioning if it's worthwhile to read other stuff by the author.
@taarion@buecher.pnpde.social 😁 Dein Review stimmt mich positive Habe das orginal gelesen und war begeistert. Da die Sprachpoesie mich aber doch an die Grenzen meiner Englischkenntnisse gebracht hat, habe ich mir gerade die Übersetzung gekauft. Hatte etwas Andy das sie vielleicht nicht so gut ist, die hat so aber ausgeräumt 😁🙏🏻
Ich habe die englische Originalausgabe (This Is How You Lose the Time War) gelesen und ich war begeistert. Allerdings bin ich dabei an die Grenzen meiner Englischkenntnisse gekommen. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass ich nicht die gesamte Poesie der Sprache verstehen konnte. Deshalb habe ich es jetzt noch Mal auf Deutsch auf meiner Leseliste. Ich hoffe sie Übersetzung ist gut 🤞🏻😁
Interesting book explaining many financial products and looking at what's behind them. Good for a general understanding of the banking crisis of 2008 and the still ongoing problems.
I found the middle part rather repetitive and war sightly bored.
The end again is much better. The author even a fan of our liberal (democratic) capitalism doesn't hold back on criticism of capitalism
I haven't started reading it, but I already have the feeling it is the usual unscientific advice book. It is just not possible for everyone to move develop a dorm room blog into an 8-figure-a-year company. This means that all the advice is anecdotal, not scientific, and probably not generally applicable.
The If Books Could Kill podcast (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Books_Could_Kill) hasn't talked about this book but generally reviews books like this
@secretGeek Do you have a link to "the" video :-)?
Struggled at first. It is written in an unique style which took me some getting used too. Contains a lot of helpful insights which are directly useful for me (even or specially in #Cybersecurity)
#TIL I learned about the Zeigarnik Effect.
The brain keeps "background processes" running for uncompleted or interrupted tasks. Unsurprisingly these users cognitive resources which then aren't available for other tasks. Luckily a task can be "completed" by "delegating" it. E.g. writing it down.
Thai explains so much. Why #WIP is important, how #Kaban works, and generally why writing stuff down helps
@RenkeSiems@openbiblio.social Deutsch ist kein Problem :-)
@RenkeSiems@openbiblio.social I had stumbled on it some time ago. But forgot about it. Thanks for the recommendation. Now on my wishlist
The gripping, behind-the scenes story of one of the most sophisticated surveillance weapons ever created – and an existential threat …
Not a book driving into the technical details, but covering the organisation of the discovery and the stories behind the victims. It is a well written page turner leaving you frustrated about the suvielance industry, the misuse and the lacking regulation.
The gripping, behind-the scenes story of one of the most sophisticated surveillance weapons ever created – and an existential threat …