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Knowing What We Know
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Simon Winchester examines information transmission through time. From oral traditions, to computers, how do we know what we know? One of the most interesting questions is that of digital amnesia, where information is easy to gather from the internet so it has little value to us and thus we forget it easily. We explored similar…
Not with a Bug but with a Sticker
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The authors show us just how dumb AI systems are and how overblown the claims of computer vision investors, and LLM producers really are. Don’t believe the AI hype, the systems are brittle and not that smart, everyone invested in them just wants you to think the opposite. Purchase Not with a Bug but with…
Number Go Up
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Number Go Up is a look at the crypto currency “industry” though by the end readers are left with the distinct impression that crypto is more about scamming people and a very few people earning big bucks on the backs of the losses of many. Ostensibly the author is looking for the real world US…
The Climate Book
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The Climate Book is a stark awakening on the climate crisis that we’re in. My biggest takeaway is how little the Global North (North American and Europe) are truly doing to make a dent in the climate crises. They’ve done a good job at making it look like they’re doing stuff, but mostly off-loaded emissions…
Book Wars
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John B Thompson covers the rise of the ebook and what it meant for publishing. From the dominance of Amazon, to the metoric rise, then slow dwindle of ebook readers…there is something here for anyone that is interested in the industry of writing and books. Read my longer review of Book Wars Purchase Book Wars…
The Black Cauldron
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Some books I read to test them out for the kids and this is one of those titles. It’s a decent book, but it’s not geared towards adults. If you’re looking for another story that has knights, magic, and battles for your kids I’d recommend it. If you’re looking for a teenager, this isn’t it.…
Why Don’t Students Like School?
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Students don’t like school because of the range of difficulties that must be presented in class which means some students get the information right away and then are stuck repeating work that is boring, while others are struggling to keep up. They also aren’t that into school because of some of the technology that is…
Sideways – The City Google Couldn’t Buy
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This is a book about the hubris of Google thinking that despite what all levels of government told them about the Toronto Waterfront project, they would not be able to simply assume their way into more land and more tracking of people. It’s a good look at how Big Tech companies get us to believe…
The Wild and Free Family
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Ainsley Arment spends this book encouraging you to drop your family out of much of the rat-race of modern life to live a calm life that prioritizes your children having time to run free and play without structure. She also strongly emphasizes you dropping out of the rat-race so that you have more time to…
The Case for Books
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In this book Robert Darnton tries to explore the impact of Google’s Project Gutenberg on the book industry. While we may have a different perspective on the impact of that project from our perspective years after it happened, Darnton does a good job of laying out the possible impacts if Google was successful with it.…
