Category Archives for Review
Reviews of products and books for the future by Shlok Vaidya.
Review: Adapt by Tim Harford
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure In the tradition of others such as Thomas Homer-Dixon, John Kay (who he mentions as an influence), and Nassim Taleb, Tim takes a look at the complex systems that underpin the world today, … Continue reading
Review: Stop Saying You’re Fine
Stop Saying You’re Fine: Discover a More Powerful You I don’t normally read this kind of thing. Got it a review copy (free, had a three hour drive to kill). Lots of gimmicks, un-cited academic studies, and a gaggle of … Continue reading
A Spattering of What I’ve Read
Along with a lot about Mondragon, I’ve read: The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris, Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis, and The Year’s Best SF 15, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. (I’ve been reading a lot more since … Continue reading
Review: Only Forward
Only Forward is funny but also dark, and the protagonist breaks the fourth wall – so I was hooked from the get go. (I’m a sucker for Deadpool if you read comics, and this book was reminiscent of that fellow.) … Continue reading
Review: Metropia and Code 46
Metropia. ‘Slow’ does not begin to describe the stupid snail’s pace that this flick struggles to keep up with. Really cool visuals, and a skin deep dystopian world, but… seriously, this was like watching oil form from dinosaur bones over the … Continue reading