panSaifedean Ammous is Professor of Economics at the Lebanese American University. This book has useful summaries of the history of money and the development of Bitcoin but his arguments as to how Bitcoin meets the definition of money are unconvincing - no matter how many times he repeats his points - and his Austrian school economic arguments about Bitcoin‘s superiority for settlement smacks of wishful thinking over the real world practicalities.
Yesterday‘s spoils from the book swap after ballet. The activity books are for the little people in my life.
pickSometimes, when you‘ve got a lot of stuff going on IRL, you just want to read a hilarious romp about “rich people problems” and this book was absolutely perfect for that! All of the characters were likable, no matter how completely out of touch they were, and it helped distract me from some intense events.
Going through my '24 reading, I do not read many “fun“ books - my story graph mood chart is heavy on the dark and dreary. but here are 6 reads from this year that I thought were a ton of fun (even if some of them tackle a bit heavier topics)
pickBig finance and big tech already control access to digital money but nothing will satisfy those in power until they have total control. Interesting book! I listened to the audiobook.
pickThis was just as good as Crazy Rich Asians.
Travelling the world one wedding at a time with the 1% crowd, who have problems I'll never have (thank F for that).
Pure escapism. 😁
