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The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security by Scott Galloway
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Read it.
Who should read it? Only humans who happen to live on the modern era in a capitalist system and want some sort of economic security.
Blends the why how and what of building economic security and wealth in a broad and specific way. I will reread this. I will buy it in hardback in addition to the bought audiobook.
Who should read it? Only humans who happen to live on the modern era in a capitalist system and want some sort of economic security.
Blends the why how and what of building economic security and wealth in a broad and specific way. I will reread this. I will buy it in hardback in addition to the bought audiobook.
The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The is book is fantastic!
A disturbing but fun thriller about the prison industrial complex, the dotcom era scams, psychadelics, catalina island, corporate malfeasance and forensic accounting.
You should really give it a read!
A disturbing but fun thriller about the prison industrial complex, the dotcom era scams, psychadelics, catalina island, corporate malfeasance and forensic accounting.
You should really give it a read!
How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams To Do The Best Work of Their Lives by Helen Kupp, Sheela Subramanian, Brian Elliott
challenging
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.5
If you work in an office environment or lead people who do PLEASE read this book.
It gives the WHY combined with the HOW and WHAT to go about building a more effective way to accomplish your missions, your business goals, to take care of your team while you do so and to provide value to those u=you serve (employees, users, buyers, shareholders.)
Trust is critical and must get built
-When work gets done is the most important (hint its asynch)
-Where matters a lot too (hint it should be everywhere most of the time)
-Enough alignment and leadership from the top as the framework and foundation on which empowered teams can build.
It gives the WHY combined with the HOW and WHAT to go about building a more effective way to accomplish your missions, your business goals, to take care of your team while you do so and to provide value to those u=you serve (employees, users, buyers, shareholders.)
Trust is critical and must get built
-When work gets done is the most important (hint its asynch)
-Where matters a lot too (hint it should be everywhere most of the time)
-Enough alignment and leadership from the top as the framework and foundation on which empowered teams can build.
The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking by Roman Krznaric
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Humans that care about those that come after should read this.
Including compelling arguments for WHY to care about being a good ancestor, and many principles about HOW one can go about becoming one there is also some specific what to do directions and very practical specifics.
Think about resource overshoot day, think about the seventh generation, call on rule makers to care about future people.
Including compelling arguments for WHY to care about being a good ancestor, and many principles about HOW one can go about becoming one there is also some specific what to do directions and very practical specifics.
Think about resource overshoot day, think about the seventh generation, call on rule makers to care about future people.
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Who should read? Anyone/everyone who cares about the environment and sustainability.
It’s not as bad as it seems.
We can turn it around.
We’ve already started and there are practical ways to make progress.
1 collective over individual action
2 mostly politics
3 stop burning stuff, use nuclear and solar and wind
4 electrify everything
5 eat more plants and less beef, then lamb, then fish then poultry then dairy
6 better landfills for all nations
7 less deforestation
8 less airplane use
The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups by Erika Christakis
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
Book is meant for preschool teachers, not parents
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The Accidental Superpower: Ten Years On by Peter Zeihan
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
tense
5.0
Read this book! a sweeping set of predictions about the strategic future of the globe based in demography, geography, history, economics and politics. Often counter-intuitive and striking, made all he more so by revisiting 10 years on and evaluating areas hit, miss and not-yet predictions. Some key bullet sand things this changed my mind on to varying degrees
-the US will have it the least bad of all the nations
-China will have it the worst
-Europe wont be much better off
-Canada is likely to be torn apart
-Russia is more dangerous than I thought - its mostly the nukes.
-the drug war in the US is likely the biggest strategic threat to worry about, other than nuclear war
All this and more can be yours for the reading or listening as readby the author.
5 Stars, Loved the book, recommend it to anyone, will read again, changed my mind about something important
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Who should read? People interested in Afghanistan and its people. People with the endurance for a story full of negative emotions, darkness, pain.
CW: rape, sexual abuse, child abuse, murder, war etc
This book is not a pleasant experience. There is some redemption in it and there is value in perceiving the suffering depicted. It aligns with my understanding of the lives of many people in Afghanistan in many ways. It is well written and the audiobook is well read by the author.
I will likely not read or listen to it again.
CW: rape, sexual abuse, child abuse, murder, war etc
This book is not a pleasant experience. There is some redemption in it and there is value in perceiving the suffering depicted. It aligns with my understanding of the lives of many people in Afghanistan in many ways. It is well written and the audiobook is well read by the author.
I will likely not read or listen to it again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Medical content, Blood, and Medical trauma
Freedom™ by Daniel Suarez
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Better than the book: Daemon that comes before it. Important themes on
- corporate control
- corporate military state fusion and tyranny
-alternative societal politics and economics
- no perfect characters all flawed
-quite the antihero ultimate mastermind plot
- corporate control
- corporate military state fusion and tyranny
-alternative societal politics and economics
- no perfect characters all flawed
-quite the antihero ultimate mastermind plot
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Slavery