Style: Non-fiction
The Web Beneath the Waves – Samanth Subramanian
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Samanth Subramanian gives readers a look at the relatively obscure world of undersea internet infrastructure which has remained largely the same since they started laying cables for telegraph traffic. In many cases it’s still the same companies contracted to lay the cables as did the job for the last 50 years. What struck me was
The Affluent Society – John Kenneth Galbraith
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In progress review to come.
On Revision – William Germano
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If you want to write non-fiction then William Germano’s book is one you should put on your list to read. Germano walks us through what it means to revise. It’s not fixing spelling, or doing a final polish, revising is all about understanding what your writing actually does instead of what you think it does.
At the Trough – Laurent Carbonneau
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At The Trough continues my curiosity at Canadian focused looks at the economy, and ties in with Corporate Control from a few weeks back. Here Laurent Carbonneau looks at the Canadian corporate welfare industry that was started with the founding of our country as we gave money to build railroads that mostly profited the investors
Enshittificaton – Cory Doctorow
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If you’ve heard Cory Doctorow talk or read his site before none of this is going to be a surprise. He’s covered all these bases many times before in blog posts and podcast interviews. I agree with much of what Doctorow writes, but have always had a hard time getting past his strident writing style.
Rogers v Rogers – Alexandra Posadzki
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This is a story of one of the biggest telecom companies in Canada, Rogers Communications, and the family behind it. While the subtitle leads you to believe that we’re going to hear about the sordid drama between family members during a merger with Shaw Communications and a CEO ousting, that’s a very small part of
Autocracy Inc – Anne Applebaum
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This is November 2025’s book club book. Applebaum walks readers through how autocratic states operate, and how they peddle their influence through the world. China subsidizes StarTimes for news so it’s a cheaper option than Western media thus Chinese ideals are spread. China, and other autocracies, don’t differentiate between government policy and business so they
Corporate Control – Nora Loreto
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Much like Dark PR I see in this government subsidizing industries that really aren’t good for the people that live in the country, the people that government is supposed to be serving. From choosing free trade over the protected economy in the late 80’s to selling off the Crown Corporations to business that now make
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution – Louise Perry
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This is October’s book club book. Join the free email list to get all the content. Perry’s main argument is that while the sexual revolution liberated women from some of the taboo’s of sex outside of marriage, it also brought many issues for women participating in sex. She argues, convincingly to me, that the sexual
Beneath Dark Waters – Eve Lazarus
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While the Titanic sinking may be one of the most famous Maritime disasters, it’s not the biggest or the one that touches Canada the most. A few years after the Titanic had it’s ill-fated meeting with an iceberg The Empress of Ireland had a collision with another ship on the St Lawrence in Canada where
