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Jason is 7% done with All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
Do I really want to listen to an 80 minute critique of Marie Kondo? It doesn't spark joy.
Aug 10, 2025 08:37AM Add a comment
All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess

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Jason is 50% done with The Federalist Papers
Real talk- the Madison essays are better than the Hamilton essays.
Aug 04, 2023 05:20PM Add a comment
The Federalist Papers

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Jason is on page 102 of 202 of The Importance of What We Care About
I don't care about this book and therefore it's not important.
May 25, 2023 08:54AM Add a comment
The Importance of What We Care About

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Jason is on page 99 of 202 of The Importance of What We Care About
This is a great book if you're interested in repeatedly distinguishing 'necessary' and 'sufficient' conditions.
May 25, 2023 07:43AM Add a comment
The Importance of What We Care About

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Jason is on page 80 of 202 of The Importance of What We Care About
Suppose person A writes book B on subject C. We can refer to this event as D. Now, we might imagine that a particular D might be interesting depending on the values of A,B,C. Those events D which are interesting we can call type E. This book is not type E.
May 24, 2023 06:33AM Add a comment
The Importance of What We Care About

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Jason is 50% done with Confessions
I confess - this stinks
Mar 04, 2023 07:26AM Add a comment
Confessions

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Jason is starting Dune (Dune, #1)
This boring child is in fact, the bliz blorp glib glorp, destined to save the universe on a trope heavy adventure.
Jan 10, 2023 10:01AM Add a comment
Dune (Dune, #1)

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Jason is 75% done with The Life of the Mind
I *think* that I *will* finish this even though I'm sick of it.
Aug 09, 2022 06:25PM Add a comment
The Life of the Mind

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Jason is 50% done with The Life of the Mind
I didn't understand the first part and I'm feeling too lazy to start the second.
Jul 31, 2022 07:17AM Add a comment
The Life of the Mind

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Jason is on page 50 of 528 of Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
Rambling mess of a book, supposedly about "unity". Kabong
Mar 08, 2022 05:01AM Add a comment
Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals

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Jason is 50% done with Moscow, December 25, 1991: The Last Day Of The Soviet Union
First it started collapsing. Then it collapsed.
Nov 03, 2021 04:43AM Add a comment
Moscow, December 25, 1991: The Last Day Of The Soviet Union

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Jason is on page 200 of 470 of Law's Empire
Renegade cop John Law will.do whatever it takes to stop the notorious HLA Hart before he murders again.
Oct 30, 2021 07:49PM Add a comment
Law's Empire

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Jason is on page 50 of 720 of Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
The only thing I have to fear is 500 more pages of quotes about "fear."
Mar 19, 2013 07:17AM Add a comment
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

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