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Jorgen

Jorgen@bookrastinating.com

Joined 1 year, 10 months ago

I read less than I once did but more than I used to

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Jorgen's books

Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine (2007, A.A. Knopf Canada)

An introduction to "disaster capitalism" argues that the global free market has exploited crises, violence, …

A very, very, bad time.

The book about how we let it get this bad. In a strange way, this book feels shallow because of its ambitious scope, but if you want a proper overview of horrific shit that you need to understand to get the current moment, this is probably the place to start unearthing the contents of the memory hole.

Kim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future (Paperback, 2021, Orbit)

Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the …

just because bill gates and obama like it that doesn't mean its bad, i fucking promise

This book is brave (derogatory) in that it is relentlessly unashamed to date itself. Then again, how else do you write about the ongoing end of the world as we know it? look up some CWs about the opening, it's not for the faint of heart, maybe the most harrowing section of literature I have ever read?