pickSweeping, provocative, and timely historical analysis of how information flow—from ancient myths to modern AI—has shaped human societies. The book is highly praised for its ability to connect vast historical themes with the urgent, existential threats posed by artificial intelligence and misinformation.
pickJapanese award winning writer Jun'ichiro Tanizaki pens a classic series of essays that is reprinted reflecting the culture post World War 2. Commenting on Japanese life after a natural disaster, he examines the transformation of western modernization of traditional versus cultural values, art, food, and architecture of the Baby Boom period. An interesting perspective of a hidden society of that time!
pickThis was good. It was mostly surface level, but some good stuff: favorites were the justice system & why it doesn‘t want people who can evaluate evidence or where he discusses how biases in data were used to perpetuate racism by analyzing the data to roast white people. didn‘t need to be written rehashing old viral tweets & the chapter that was “this (famous disabled) person has these specific accomplishments are they really disabled?” What? Yes.
"My name is Otto Ringling, ( no circus jokes, please) and I have a strange story to tell."
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One of my reads from last year, this ponders on zen and motorcycle maintenance over the course of the protagonist‘s #Journey across America by motorbike with his son.
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1) sunset this evening
2) New Year‘s Day dinner cooked by my husband with ham, mac & cheese,& collard greens & hoppin‘ John for a year of good luck
3) January hopefuls 😂😂
4) Trip to NYC via train to Morgan Library & Museum for Renoir exhibit
5) special golden spoon for stirring that first coffee of the day 3x clockwise while stating my positive intentions for the day
My library haul today minus The Repair Shop: Behind the Scenes which the hubs promptly grabbed. Some fluff evened out by the meaty Ernest Becker.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is explaining the danger of confirmation bias however this book is not very challenging and I am fully listening for nothing but confirmation bias. 🧢
