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Byung Chul Han is everywhere

i hope my first impression is not lying and that this is going to be so worth it...

this is too good and too difficult to read quickly, and why do i feel traumatised... i hate this book

was getting concerned that won't like it, but can't stop reading yet again.

I am not sure I am ready for this... but once you start, you can't stop

"we consummated"... just...idk what is happening at this point

the fact that this doesn't feel dystopian is deeply concerning

it is starting to get a little creepy. i do not like annie

seems quite like what we live in today…

i should have continued with my german classes because this wordplay would be making so much more sense

how is it legal to put that many quotes?
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also, getting really frustrated with how the writing is not getting any better.

we get it, no one should expect service from this guy...
this is becoming repetitive in a tedious way. this book "rubs me the wrong way" indeed.

at this point, instead of trying to identify my understanding, i embrace the transformative oscillations of confusions and eurekas.

so far thought-provoking, but i can see it getting repetitive/circular in arguments. very intrigued to see the concept of wu wei illuminated here. the writing feels clunky at times, some paragraphs end abruptly, and ideas re-emerge inorganically. but some challenging questions posed, which i like, gives my mind an equivalent of a complicated yoga pose exercise to master.

i am living a second life in a small Polish village

why has this turned so devastating

these people need marie kondo in their life

did not expect takt's pov to be included, but it gives a different view of sara, so ig it works... what does *not* work is these ai snippets, they feel simply pasted in and not particularly insightful or important for the story.

loved the beginning about anglification issue, but now worry that these ai bot convos will make up half of the book :/

ciao Italy, we are now in India. this was going quite well, all zoned in on the benefits of meditation being dumbed down for me, but then my mind had to turn into a monkey, and tell me, why did i have to read the recent guardian article?? yes, the same Liz who was ommming in India when I was nearing my 1-year-old birthday is now telling us she wanted to murder her wife and how both were addicts and now idk what to do

not sure what I think about this

i might dnf this

it's amazing that the book tackles such an intimate, carnal part of Ukrainian history. just finding that there is nothing...new? the primary sources are fascinating, but it feels like i have heard all of this before. also, the conclusions in each chapter are repetitive and unnecessary as there's not that much info to recap.

i can't believe we are having this conversation