Style: Non-fiction
The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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This is supposed to be some all fired amazing book about randomness. The title is derived from the idea that Europeans thought all swans were black until they visited Australia and suddenly found a black swan. They had no way of knowing that what they thought was true was untrue until confronted by the evidence.…
Courage is Calling – Ryan Holiday
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On my shelf remains unread.
Democracy at Work – Richard Wolff
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The biggest idea was intrigued by here was radical democracy, which in this context means that only workers have any say in the ways they work and the ways that any surplus (profits) from their work are spent at their place of work. There are no boards, no shareholders, no owners unless you are doing…
Decluttered – Jenny Albertini
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Decluttered is a different book that I imagined it would be. I expected a book about strategies to reduce the clutter in my home, but I got a bunch more discussion about the systems that bring clutter into our homes and the trauma that may have caused these systems as valid coping mechanisms. Albertini has…
Supercharge Your Reading – Maneetpaul Singh
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This is a short guide showing you how to maximize your reading if you own an e-reader, specifically focusing on the features that come with a Kindle. While there is some good advice here I take exception with his advice on note-taking in books. Singh says that taking notes in a notebook is way too…
Just One More Chapter – Maneetpaul Singh
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This is a short motivational guide with practical advice to help you set up a reading practice. You can feel the strong influence of Atomic Habits in Singh’s writing with his habit tips, which he acknowledges in the paragraph after I had that thought. If you’ve steeped in habits, you don’t need to read this.…
A Better Place on Earth – Andrew MacLeod
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I’ve read a number of books about basic income or scarcity and poverty but they’ve all been in the US context and aren’t entirely applicable to the political climate found in Canada. A Better Place on Earth takes a look at equality, poverty, and homelessness in my home province of British Columbia. MacLeod provides stark…
Raising Empowered Daughters – Mike Adamick
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This is a book directed at dads that want to be parents who break out of misogynistic stereotypes and empower their daughters. From addressing the emotional damage done to men when we put each other down by calling each other “pussies” which equates the worst thing a man can be to being a woman, to…
Atomic Habits – James Clear
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This is my second read through Atomic Habits (my original review) and I didn’t come into it thinking it would be all that great. I expected that all these years later I’d look at it like many productivity books I read, simplistic and missing so much context for anyone that wasn’t a white dude. I’m…
More Human – Steve Hilton
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In More Human former UK government insider attempts to propose a way to make life more suitable to the humans who have to live it instead of the corporations who seemingly dictate so much of the life humans live. While Steve hits some good notes, he also widely misses the mark on many others. Hilton…
