BOOKS
The Skin We're In - Desmond Cole
Desmond Cole
Desmond Cole takes a look at a year of black activism in Toronto. He covers the colonial roots of Canada, how many of the institutions were built to remove rights from Indigenous peoples, and police
Designing Your Life - Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
Dave Evans, Bill Burnett
If you're looking for a bunch of exercises to help design your life, this is a decent book.
Mans Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl
Viktor Frankl
This is a classic book, that feels to me like it has so much weight behind it that it's hard to say most anything about the book but praise. I have the second edition where Frankl goes into his Logo
Raising Empowered Daughters - Mike Adamick
Mike Adamick
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
A Brief History of Misogyny - Jack Holland
Jack Holland
Well researched and written walk through misogyny. One of the big notes relating to recent history is that we often fear Communism more than misogyny. We allow countries (like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan)
Barking Up The Wrong Tree - Eric Barker
Eric Barker
Eric Barker is going to be the new guru that saves us from all the other gurus that purport to know how to achieve success, by turning to science to tell us what matters in our quest for success.
BiblioTech - John Palfrey
John Palfrey
The author talks about the future of libraries and the problems they're facing with having a future. I think he relies to much on a digital future, which inherently costs more as book publishers char
The Case Against Education - Bryan Caplan
Bryan Caplan
Bryan Caplan argues that education much past early high school is mainly to signal to employers that you'll sit and listen like a good replaceable robot. Unless you're going to teach, when was the la
The Second Mountain - David Brooks
David Brooks
David Brooks takes a look at what you should do when you've met your goals in life. What goal would take you beyond just focusing on yourself?
How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell
Jenny Odell spends the first half of this book looking at how to disengage from the attention economy and the second half trying to give us the tools to engage with something worthwhile in our live.