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Mara is on page 53 of 272 of The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
“[T]he death of expertise is more like a national bout of ill temper, a childish rejection of authority in all its forms coupled to an insistence that strongly held opinions are indistinguishable from facts.”
May 11, 2019 06:32AM Add a comment
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters

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Mara is starting The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
“The United States is now a country obsessed with the worship of its own ignorance.”
May 11, 2019 06:31AM Add a comment
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters

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Mara is 10% done with Land of Lisp
I'm going slowly bc I'm learning, but I'm also laughing my ass off!
https://github.com/batpigandme/land_o...
Aug 19, 2018 09:04AM Add a comment
Land of Lisp

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Mara is on page 328 of 592 of The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
"It was financial gang rape." dude, ease up.
Apr 05, 2018 04:58PM Add a comment
The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

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Mara is on page 287 of 322 of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Wow, I wouldn't have thought it possible to make "The Mooch" chapter boring, but, somehow, he did!
Jan 07, 2018 04:19AM Add a comment
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

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Mara is on page 150 of 322 of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Yeah, umm— if you're thinking about reading this, there are a bunch of better books (IMHO)
Jan 06, 2018 09:31AM Add a comment
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

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Mara is on page 30 of 322 of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
It's, uh, not a good book. That said, no one else seems willing to leave a burn notice at the door...
Jan 06, 2018 03:06AM Add a comment
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

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Mara is 10% done with If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer
Nothing particularly special thus far, but, if you use Audible, it's free in their "Truly Criminal" collection of their audiobook channel. So, special, in that it's free...
Jul 01, 2017 07:33AM Add a comment
If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

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Mara is on page 40 of 404 of The Prestige
FYI, if you're an Audible subscriber and/or have Amazon Prime, this one's free to listen to via Audible channels.

I have no pecuniary interest, I just like getting free stuff!
Apr 23, 2017 04:06AM Add a comment
The Prestige

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Mara is 30% done with Goebbels: A Biography
Definitely an unsettling time to be reading this...
Nov 22, 2016 03:01AM Add a comment
Goebbels: A Biography

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Mara is 20% done with The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
I might have to give up on the audio. The reader uses accents for all of the characters (mostly Danish), which makes no sense because they would just be speaking in Danish, right?!? The book was translated. Is this not how translations work? I'm so confused…
Sep 04, 2016 01:09PM Add a comment
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)

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Mara is on page 281 of 768 of Strategy: A History
For all of the brilliance thus far, the opening Mike Tyson quote remains among my favorites:
Mike Tyson on Strategy
Jan 04, 2016 06:50AM Add a comment
Strategy: A History

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Mara is 74% done with Nation of Enemies
If you've read (or started to read) this book, you'll know why it tickled me to discover that I am precisely 74% done (that one point means everything)!
Aug 19, 2015 03:26AM Add a comment
Nation of Enemies

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Mara is 10% done with Nation of Enemies
Want to really up your paranoia levels? Read this concurrently with Marc Goodman's non-fiction Future Crimes. You'll never believe the government isn't watching you again!*

* Yes, I used a double negative— I'm going rogue!
Aug 18, 2015 07:26AM Add a comment
Nation of Enemies

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Mara is on page 177 of 260 of Who Gets What ― and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
I guess they gave Roth that Nobel Prize for a reason, this book is fascinating. It's hard to pace myself, but I want to soak it all in.
Jun 18, 2015 05:11AM Add a comment
Who Gets What ― and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design

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Mara is on page 44 of 544 of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
I always like to go in for an annual Nate Silver tune up...
Jun 17, 2015 10:44AM Add a comment
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't

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Mara is on page 44 of 544 of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
I always like to go in for an annual Nate Silver tune up...
Jun 17, 2015 10:44AM Add a comment
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't

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Mara is 48% done with Seveneves
"Tekla wanted to slap her so much her hand actually twitched..." Well, glad I'm not alone in that feeling!
May 21, 2015 05:44PM Add a comment
Seveneves

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Mara is 90% done with Anathem
Quantum consciousness... Damn you Stephenson, now I need to dig out the Penrose papers I understood precisely never!
Feb 18, 2015 02:44AM Add a comment
Anathem

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Mara is on page 84 of 937 of Anathem
Just when you think your inability to comprehend 4-manifolds won't be a problem:
“ Actually they weren't milling...Each one of them represented an upper or lower index in a theorical equation involving certain tensors and a metric. As they moved to and fro, crossing over one another's paths and exchanging places while traversing in front of the high table.”
Feb 14, 2015 01:07PM Add a comment
Anathem

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Mara is 90% done with Broken Harbor
Not quite finished yet, but dang this one is Next Level Creepy!
Jan 27, 2015 03:00PM Add a comment
Broken Harbor

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