Sarah Wynn-Williams - Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
I'm not a Facebook fan but the more I read the book the more I dislike them.
The author seems well-intentioned but I the overall feeling is that she was part of the system. I know it's difficult but she followed along enabling what the Facebook leadership wanted to do.
I found that book very interesting. The author doesn't come out of it looking well. That made the book feel more credible to me, although considering that it's by and about a group of people that isn't at all trustworthy, I still take the details with a large grain of salt.
Just finished ‘On the law of speaking freely’ Adam Tomkins - an excellent survey covering the US, UK and EU. In the middle of: Adventurers, David Howarth, an account of the beginnings of the East India Company, and Witch Wood, a delightful historical novel by John Buchan set in c16th Scotland. Just started: The House of War, the struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate, Simon Mayall. All good so far!
Sarah Wynn-Williams - Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
I'm not a Facebook fan but the more I read the book the more I dislike them. The author seems well-intentioned but I the overall feeling is that she was part of the system. I know it's difficult but she followed along enabling what the Facebook leadership wanted to do.
I found that book very interesting. The author doesn't come out of it looking well. That made the book feel more credible to me, although considering that it's by and about a group of people that isn't at all trustworthy, I still take the details with a large grain of salt.
I finished 'The Golden Ass' by Apuleius yesterday, a very funny book.
Hoping to do a reread of Baudolino (Umberto Eco) next.
Just finished ‘On the law of speaking freely’ Adam Tomkins - an excellent survey covering the US, UK and EU. In the middle of: Adventurers, David Howarth, an account of the beginnings of the East India Company, and Witch Wood, a delightful historical novel by John Buchan set in c16th Scotland. Just started: The House of War, the struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate, Simon Mayall. All good so far!
The Hobbit in Gaelic and a whole series of Jon Ronson books I was given for Christmas.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells, and I’m listening to the audio book The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson.
The complete works of Washington Irving.
the deutscher stalin bio and misc fiction
Why Nations Fail, by Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson