BOOKS
Your Face Belongs to Us - Kashmir Hill
Kashmir Hill
Kashmir Hill takes us on a look at Clearview AI's founding and where it currently sits with it's facial recognition technology. Is it a good thing to give up privacy to catch child abusers, which act
Number Go Up - Zeke Faux
Zeke Faux
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 bu
The Climate Book - Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg
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
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson
I think the ending of this book encapsulates my feeling of the story, sometimes stories end in a sad manner because that's how things end. In fact, much of Painter's recent life has been sad due to f
Knowing What We Know - Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester
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,
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
I read the 60th Anniversary edition of the book and the biggest thing that stuck out to me is the relevance to today's world. So many people are following the "screens" and not living life, only look
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
I very much enjoyed this grumpy old man coming to terms with people that actually want to talk to him and befriend him despite how grumpy he is. The ending is sweet and made me cry. There is a tri
The Librarianist
Patrick deWitt
This excellent book by Patrick deWitt investigates the life of a solitary librarian. We meet our character at the end of his life as he befriends a number of people in an old age home. There is a maj
The Lost Metal
Brandon Sanderson
Here we meet an ageing Wax and Wayne as they try to confront another God that's encroaching on their world. This is the third book in the Wax & Wayne arc of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn world.
Radicalized
Cory Doctorow
Radicalized by Cory Doctorow is a set of 4 short stories that examine where our world is, and where it could be going if we don't take steps to intervene in the path we are currently walking. We s