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The one part of Berry's perspective of environmental and societal decay that I can't quite get behind is that we can't dig ourselves out of the hole with industry and technology (namely solar and other renewables). Otherwise I am absolutely loving this, dense ideas and powerful statements abound.

This book is genuinely hard to read. It is not the individual words, but the sum of their parts that requires re-reading to fully grasp the ideas presented within. Eloquent and wise, but DENSE.
Having a good time

By far the funnest economics book I've read. Also the nicest to look at, but I suppose it's also the first one I've read to even have illustrations that aren't B&W graphs

Getting better, I might have been too harsh about the first few chapters since I have already spent a lot of time considering games as a lens to view life.

The chapter "Transparency is Surveillance" is improving my feelings about this one quite a bit. Still A LOT to go, and the author does still seem to be fluffing out the word count a bit.

First two chapters are not very encouraging. Holy circular writing Batman!

It's been years since I read The Martian, but this is feeling like a spiritual sequel. Not a bad thing, both are very fun!

Enjoying this more than a lot of blogger-writer books!

Didn't even take half the book for Three-Body Problem to be mentioned.

Learning a lot!

Learning a lot!

This is an incredibly tough read so far, can only get through about a chapter a day.
A blurb from the back that sums my feelings well: "Every page contains a sentence or a paragraph I wanted to tear out and nail to the wall."

A nice palette cleanser after Enshittification

I thought this was going to be a scientific nonfiction book and didn't read the inside nor the back cover. Really really interesting so far, going to need some time to mull this over once I finish it.

Enamored with this book. Blending a scathing takedown of liberal falsehoods with technoptimism almost effortlessly.