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Reviews of "Journey of the Mind" and "Against the Grain"

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Release Date: 10/10/2024

Short Fiction Book Reviews- Volume 3 show art Short Fiction Book Reviews- Volume 3

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Three translations of a classic, high brow literary fiction, a great book from a friend of and mine then a whole lot of pulp. Also something that might be the beginnings of a book by Neal Stephenson.

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Audio for the keystone chapter (Chapter Zero) of the book I'm working on.

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If integration is straightforward how is it that the former East Germany is so different ideologically from the former West Germany?

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Things are changing. Hopefully in good ways.

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Books I Want to Read vs. Books I Should Read (Sanderson's Latest) show art Books I Want to Read vs. Books I Should Read (Sanderson's Latest)

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In which I decide that I am not going to read "Wind and Truth". And also that 63 hours on audio is just ridiculous.

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Reviews of Strange Religious Books Volume I show art Reviews of Strange Religious Books Volume I

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A method for making better decisions should you ever find yourself in Kathmandu, or paying for SEO, or hoping to see the Supreme Court.

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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews Volume 4 show art Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews Volume 4

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Ten Child Sex Abuse Rings in Search of a Narrative - 2025 show art Ten Child Sex Abuse Rings in Search of a Narrative - 2025

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You have probably heard about Rotherham, and the child sex abuse rings that existed there (and ). As with so many things these days, this story entered the public discussion when Musk tweeted about it. For many people I’ve talked to, this was the first they’d heard of it. I actually spoke about . At the time I felt I was late to the game, but apparently I was six years ahead of most people. Given the story's re-emergence I thought it might be worth dusting off that old piece. I think it holds up pretty well, particularly the part about the woeful lack of reporting on the topic. I have...

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  1. Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos by: Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam

  2. Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by: James C. Scott

This post represents a new feature (experiment?) I plan to occasionally write posts which take advantage of one or more books I read recently, but which aren’t actually reviews of those books. See, for example, my last post: Superminds, States, and the Domestication of Humans

Despite the fact that the books feature heavily in these posts, I assume my adoring fans still want actual reviews. But it doesn’t make sense to wait until the next book review collection for those reviews to appear, nor does it make sense to cram the reviews into the original essay which was about something else. And so I thought that instead I would have the reviews quickly follow the essay as sort of supplementary material. So that’s what this is. Let me know what you think.