I have waited a long time to read this book. I’ve also waited about a month since I finished reading it before writing this post. This book is a lot. It is considered the seminal work of the steampunk genre. In it, Gibson and Sterling present a world where Babbage found wide success with his… Continue reading The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Category: Reading List
Woken Furies by Richard K Morgan
This book has a lot of content and a lot of moving parts. The story is very complex. I had to read it three times before I felt like I really understood the story. The production of the audio book is completely different from the first two books. I had to take a break before… Continue reading Woken Furies by Richard K Morgan
Discussion of Conscious with Sam Harris and Annaka Harris
In this episode of his podcast, Sam Harris interviews his wife Annaka about her new book, Conscious. This book explores the current state of the art of our knowledge about the nature and purpose of consciousness. In this interview, they go over three main “interesting” questions she poses in the book, and the answers she… Continue reading Discussion of Conscious with Sam Harris and Annaka Harris
Lying by Sam Harris
Lying by Sam Harris makes the argument for radical honesty. This is an interested book which is very different from his previous books, but connects to them on the theme of reasonable and rational discussion of their topics. Religion, he seems to imply, can only exist in a world where people are comfortable lying to… Continue reading Lying by Sam Harris
Letter To A Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Letter To A Christian Nation is a very direct critique of Christianity from the perspective of rational Americans. He attacks head on the basis of Christianity and its many arguments, as well as the argument that it is a good thing for anyone. There are many very excellent arguments in this book which I am… Continue reading Letter To A Christian Nation by Sam Harris
The End of Faith by Sam Harris
The End of Faith was Sam Harris’ first book. He published it while he was still a graduate student. This book is an excellent indictment of Christianity in America and the many externalities it perpetrates on the world. I think if I had read this book twenty years ago, it would have had a dramatic… Continue reading The End of Faith by Sam Harris
Understanding Humans In The Wild with Sam Harris
There are two huge takeaways for me from this podcast interview. The first is Slot Rattling. The guest is Adam Grant, a organizational psychologist and professor from Wharton. He talks about Slot Rattling as a psychological phenomena which explains a person’s behavior when they identify themselves at a certain undesirable point on a spectrum of… Continue reading Understanding Humans In The Wild with Sam Harris
Expanse 8 – Tiamat’s Wrath
The most recent book in The Expanse series is easily one of the best so far. The last couple books have felt a little flat, and felt like they were setting up the next one. This one is what they were setting up. It’s full of action and has an ending. Many of the major… Continue reading Expanse 8 – Tiamat’s Wrath
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
I first heard about this book in a presentation given to my social justice class by another student. Then I heard about it through a book club which many of my friends attended. You can get the audio book for free here or ask me for a copy personally. This book does a great job… Continue reading White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman
The Magician’s Land is the third and final book in the Magician’s Series. It follows The Magicians and The Magician King. This book neatly ties up the loose ends left by the other two books. It takes us to a whole new level of magic and power, and it ends the series on a consonant… Continue reading The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman