EB Christen
233 ratings (4.29 avg)
6 reviews

#45 most followed

EB Christen

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about EB.

https://islandeudaimonia.blogspot.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/ebchristen

Ahsoka
EB Christen is currently reading
by E.K. Johnston (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Steve Jobs
EB Christen is currently reading
by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Ontology of C...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
See all 7 books that EB is reading…
Loading...
George Orwell
“At any rate that year of reading novels was the only real education, in the sense of book–learning, that I've ever had. It did certain things to my mind. It gave me an attitude, a kind of questioning attitude, which I probably wouldn't have had if I'd gone through life in a normal sensible way.”
George Orwell, Coming Up For Air

George Orwell
“There’s always a fascination in watching anybody do a job which he really understands. Watch a woman—a woman who really knows how to cook, I mean—rolling dough. She’s got a peculiar, solemn, indrawn air, a satisfied kind of air, like a priestess celebrating a sacred rite.”
George Orwell, Coming Up for Air

George Orwell
“Is it gone for ever? I’m not certain. But I tell you it was a good world to live in. I belong to it. So do you.”
George Orwell, Coming Up for Air

Ivan Krastev
“Paradoxically, it is the “convertible competencies” of the present elites, the fact that they are equally fit to run a bank in Bulgaria or in Bangladesh or to teach in Athens or Tokyo, that makes people so suspicious of them. People fear that in times of trouble, the meritocrats will opt to leave instead of sharing the cost of staying.

In this sense, meritocratic elites contrast with land-owning aristocratic elites, who are devoted to their estates and cannot take their estates with them in case they want to run away. They also contrast with communist elites, who always had better goods, better health care, and better education. But what they did not have was the power to leave; it was always easier for an ordinary person to emigrate.”
Ivan Krastev, After Europe

“Mr. President,” Milley said, “there are two hundred seventy-six cities in America with over one hundred thousand people in them. We track this all the time.” In the last twenty-four hours, Milley said, there were only two cities with violent protests so large that local authorities might have needed reinforcements. Otherwise, he said, “there was some vandalism and some rioting, but they were handled by local police.” Then he turned back to Miller. “Stephen, that’s not burning the country down,” he said.”
Carol Leonnig, I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year

year in books
Adrian
1,219 books | 71 friends

Leonie ...
138 books | 37 friends

Sofia
372 books | 35 friends

Samantha
321 books | 33 friends

Tony Du...
198 books | 1,085 friends

Elizabe...
429 books | 50 friends

Soraya ...
111 books | 1,550 friends

Alexand...
373 books | 14 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by EB

Lists liked by EB