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This shit feels like that scene from American Psycho where they did three different takes of Willem Dafoe and then spliced them together to portray Bateman’s paranoia

banger

it’s so poorly written, unfortunately. the author jumps from one anecdote to another, from one point to another. there is no story, no practical advice, no interesting insights, just uninteresting retellings of certain studies and anecdotes vaguely related to attention. it’s not heavy on the neuroscience, the psychology, nor the practical takeaways. definition of mid

The earlier chapters were very good. Sharp and full of content, but this chapter on love is… I don’t know. When you are describing a moderation of everything as love, which you define as “the willingness to extend oneself for spiritual growth” you are kind of letting your point degrade into common sense. I don’t know if it’s an issue of prose or conceptual, but the umbrella is too wide.

Everyone should read this, especially in this day and age.

“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.” -David Hume

the unredacted file of jeffery epstein

There was a little line that Harry says about romance (and ensuing boredom of the object of romance) making you unromantic and it was so lean and elegant. I really like the prose so far.

bushwick ahhh book. But it’s actually quite cool

Oddly little is happening for a book that doesn’t use many adjectives? Am I missing the point, or is it a slow burn, or am I just projecting my expectations? The Earthseed stuff feels a bit gimmicky.

I think the prose is interesting. Nothing very descriptive, but more focused on what is going on. Feels very conversational. The author conveys a Mad Max style, dry, arid, dystopian future, and a sense of unease and indignation at being the only one who is seeing the massive elephant in the room. Not exactly sure when this was written but the dates referenced are today, and definitely relevant. Feels clairvoyant.

I picked this up ar the airport and it’s kind of trash so far, but let’s see. Feels like just back to back “blinkist” 5 minute summaries of things. The actual points are accurate and valuable, but are very general, so you can’t really do a technical dive into it. However, the more general the point, the less it sticks when you just say the main idea in a single sentence.

This guy has good humour. Such a good writer.

Yeah this good stuff. Very thought provoking, even today. Already a lot of memes, archetypes, and quotables. Also, this is the future that democrats want 🥀🥀

The foreword and introduction were super long, but it was cool to get a glimpse of the author’s life, how his works evolved through the events of his time, and what his “algorithmically adjacent” peers like Margaret Atwood have to say about the book. As far as the actual book, it’s only been two chapters but I can already see the sprouts of a work that is more relevant today than ever.

Pretty decent, but I feel like I haven’t gotten to the meat and potatoes yet. As someone vaguely familiar with the technology and the political vibe of blockchains, it feels more like a refresher. Hope he goes more in depth later either concrete examples and use cases of why this thing can be groundbreaking.

Kind of an info dump. Not super enjoyable to read but the actual content is 10/10. Great psychology, not the best story telling