Politics, tech, tech politics and some fiction (to improve)
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Libro scorrevole e interessante, che si legge in poche ore. L'autore evita catastrofismi ma racconta storie di profonde difficoltà e di come l'acqua impatta la vita delle persone in maniera concreta e determinante.
The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans …
The book is clearly not a light reading, the text is dense with notes, quotes and references. I liked the way it is organised and the clear prose of Graeber.
I think this is probably one book that should be read by anybody who is interested in politics and economics, because it helps grounding modern concepts into the roots those concepts have: money, debt but also community, sharing, slavery and so on.
In Internet for the People, leading tech writer Ben Tarnoff offers an answer. The internet is broken, he argues, because …
In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's former finance minister …
Simple prose, short and full of methaphores/analogies. The book aims to cover the most basic but also fundamental aspects of economy with in a very accessible way.
In my mind, it makes the perfect gift for a young person who is interested in politics.
The book flows really well, and it has just the right amount of technical information.
If even 30% of the book is truthful content, I don't think I will be ever able to look at Europe the same way.
Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended …
Uno zombie si aggira per l’Europa: è la sinistra di destra. Mostro bicefalo i cui due volti sono il sovranismo …
Lyons, Daniel: Lab rats (2018)
Examines how the ideas of Silicon Valley and its "new oligarchs" have changed work culture, making employees subject to constant …
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other …
