I will give it a read, I'm picking it up from the library today. But I'll have to say, any of these books that solely focuses on "They", "evil plan", "us-vs-them" without recognizing & acknowleging the sociological and psychological emergent phenomena of human relationships, social organization, and market forces that naturally lead to inequality and satisfaction of some wants/needs and subsequent dissatisfaction of others....is at best lacking, at worst just fearmongering and fostering/cemeting discontent & conflict. Here's hoping it's not a conspiracy theory book....
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You might find this book interesting, then:
Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
Status Anxiety This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that rarely gets mentioned directly: an anxiety about what others think of us; about whether we’re judged a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety. We care about our status for a simple...
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It is a deeply depressing, profoundly unsettling, horribly well researched, and ultimately, rather thought-provoking, book.
Not a "they", "them", "us-v-them" tome, unless off shore tax havens, weakly (or non) regulated financial sectors, and the lamentable existence of greedy (and ethics-free) professional bodies can be classed as 'conspiracies'.
well, I only have so much time to read, in the middle of massive writing project now, let me put them in queue...You might find this book interesting, then:
Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
Status Anxiety This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that rarely gets mentioned directly: an anxiety about what others think of us; about whether we’re judged a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. This is a book about status anxiety. We care about our status for a simple...www.alaindebotton.com
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Just finished Linesman by S.K. Sunstall. Interesting premise, but I found the narrative and structure to be a bit amateur. It was their first book, so there's that. Just started Stars Uncharted also by Sunstall, but I'll toss that aside for the reservation that just came in: The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown.
scepticalscribe, you asked what I thought of Old Man's War. I'll tell you that Scalzi is quickly becoming one of my favorites. He has this mastery of character that makes them feel...normal. Even in the most extraordinary plot lines, the people are relatable, vulnerable. Yah, I have a few more of his books on my list.
scepticalscribe, you asked what I thought of Old Man's War. I'll tell you that Scalzi is quickly becoming one of my favorites. He has this mastery of character that makes them feel...normal. Even in the most extraordinary plot lines, the people are relatable, vulnerable. Yah, I have a few more of his books on my list.
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Boom and Bust : A Global History of Financial Bubbles - William Quinn.
This book was waiting for me in the library on Friday (I have had it reserved for a few weeks) and I am looking forward to immersing myself in it.
This book was waiting for me in the library on Friday (I have had it reserved for a few weeks) and I am looking forward to immersing myself in it.
Let me know what you think of the book; as it happens, I am also a fan of his writing.
I needed something fun and interested this weekend in between paper writing, so I got this from the library. I don't like everything Neal Stephenson has written, but I remember having fun with this:
