weirder.earth/@sunstone | he/him | tech worker | USA | 30s | Reading interests: speculative fic, pop-science & history, tech-related & software, social justice, and Buddhism & Hinduism.
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The Overstory is a novel by Richard Powers published in 2018 by W. W. Norton …
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The ending left a lot to be desired but I suppose there’s no way to end a plot that has such high aims.
"Howard Zinn began work on his first book for his friends at Seven Stories Press …
Impassioned, spanning multiple decades. Plea for pacifism. Maybe not really practical but valuable nonetheless.
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches …
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I guess I get it a little bit, but I don’t really get it. Felt a little bit like a YA novel and not just because main characters where kids. It’s told from the POV of someone who only partially understands what she observes but is very observant nonetheless.
The ending could’ve swung for the fences a little more, I feel.
The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus- hallucination, the representation of …
It took a long time to read because it’s so dense and a little abstract the whole way through. Some noir plots in the beginning with an action movie ending, which is all well and good, but the characters don’t have much depth to them.
It’s a absolutely an important piece of sci-fi pop culture but as a novel it’s not memorable for me.
Discover the Celtic Circle of BelongingJohn O'Donohue, poet, philosopher, and scholar, guides you through the …
Every sentence deserves your time. It read very slowly for me because I had to pause and consider every little thing. Whenever I sat down to read it I was put into a lovely headspace and way of seeing the world.
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth …
I should have read this in one sitting for maximum effect. It’s very pretty.
Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care …
I don't know if I'll ever go into management but this was still a useful read. I don't think I've ever had a great manager. At least now I know what a great manager looks like.