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Review: Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?
Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? Johan Harstad’s writing (translated from the Norwegian) is intimate, beautiful, almost a form of poetry, and it demands that you sit back and let it wash over you, slowly. But … Continue reading
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: 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: Super Sad True Love Story
This is a pretty entertaining read about falling in love while the world goes mad and consequently falls down around you. In that sense, it’s a novel of a generation, one that will speak to many. Some interesting ideas re: what … Continue reading
Review: Too Big To Fail
Just finished Andrew Sorkin’s Too Big to Fail. Sorkin does a pretty good job covering the event as it happened, with minimal commentary and analysis. On the one hand, that makes it easy and quick to read. It does mean … Continue reading