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The Art of Work by Jeff Goins
2.0
The book kickstarts with the story of a family whose 5 year old kid is diagnosed with a tumor that carries consequences for the kid, who will need to re-learn many things and for his family, who will re-assess the way to approach life itself.
The message of the book is then delivered through a set of similar hero-like stories threaded one after another.
While I don't argue that the author's message is valid and practical, the delivery method approaches too much that of a classic self-help book for my taste.
The message of the book is then delivered through a set of similar hero-like stories threaded one after another.
While I don't argue that the author's message is valid and practical, the delivery method approaches too much that of a classic self-help book for my taste.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
4.0
When I think of this book "overwhelming", "illuminating" or "grievous" are some adjectives that come to my mind.
The amount of data displayed by Naomi Klein on this work is astounding, to the point of driving you furious against the society in general -because it is not just a corporate problem, but a societal problem- and of course, towards politicians and industries ravaging each drop of oil, coal or gas in the soil.
I have just two criticisms to the author in the book. Briefly:
- Not a single mention to the main driver of climate change other than oil-related industries and way of consuming. As Safran Foer mentiones in "Eating Animals": factory farming and modern agriculture *are* the main drivers of climate change due to methane production as by-product of an ever-increasing factory farming model that is trying to meet the meat demand across developing and developed countries.
- The author narrows all possible solutions to a capitalist framework, not taking into account that, perhaps there *is* another way to think around it other than pleasing "the markets". Yes, in the book there is a good deal of shifting production towards more sustainable models, and yes, in the book she mentions several times this model as seeking for infinite growth. In my opinion, it is not enough and the fact that there *is* life outside capitalism should be emphasized even more.
Overall, a very good book. I would recommend it to everyone who feels lost in all this environmental wars after the 90s. It gives perspective and should put us in place.
The amount of data displayed by Naomi Klein on this work is astounding, to the point of driving you furious against the society in general -because it is not just a corporate problem, but a societal problem- and of course, towards politicians and industries ravaging each drop of oil, coal or gas in the soil.
I have just two criticisms to the author in the book. Briefly:
- Not a single mention to the main driver of climate change other than oil-related industries and way of consuming. As Safran Foer mentiones in "Eating Animals": factory farming and modern agriculture *are* the main drivers of climate change due to methane production as by-product of an ever-increasing factory farming model that is trying to meet the meat demand across developing and developed countries.
- The author narrows all possible solutions to a capitalist framework, not taking into account that, perhaps there *is* another way to think around it other than pleasing "the markets". Yes, in the book there is a good deal of shifting production towards more sustainable models, and yes, in the book she mentions several times this model as seeking for infinite growth. In my opinion, it is not enough and the fact that there *is* life outside capitalism should be emphasized even more.
Overall, a very good book. I would recommend it to everyone who feels lost in all this environmental wars after the 90s. It gives perspective and should put us in place.
A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design by Frank Wilczek
4.0
A great quest to answer the question "Does the world embody beautiful ideas?".
Some chapters seemed messy, but picked up towards the end with great explanations of symmetry, the core theory and, specifically the Higgs field (perhaps one of the best explanations I have read of it)
Overall great book and very well layered for all different types of physics connoisseurs.
Some chapters seemed messy, but picked up towards the end with great explanations of symmetry, the core theory and, specifically the Higgs field (perhaps one of the best explanations I have read of it)
Overall great book and very well layered for all different types of physics connoisseurs.
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
4.0
A begining to remember: "I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least". A little tangled in the middle and well resolved towards the end.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4.0
What a masterpiece! Go read it!, it is as contemporary as ever.
Ruby Pocket Reference by Michael J. Fitzgerald
2.0
A fairly basic pocket guide that barely scratch the surface.