I am reading Deschooling Society [1] by Ivan Illich, published in the early 1970s. Even though I do not agree with everything he says, he does make some compelling arguments.
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#112Xenophon’s Hellenica!
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#113Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
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#114Do not read any of the books that came out after
Stieg Larsson died.
If you must read the first one, partially, allegedly based on notes left my Stieg Larsson
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#115Blindsight by Peter Watts and I’ve just finished the sea of rust by C. Robert Cargil.
Both are good, sea of rust was a quick read, informative on the world building with a fast enough plot that kicked in early enough to keep me read more.
Blindsight, is a bit unique so far. Definitely interesting but it’s the two parter firefall im reading which combines the second book too.
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#116"Elixir in Action" by Saša Jurić. The first and second chapters are excellent. However the third chapter (on Control Flow and Pattern Matching) isn't as well written, apparently it is important to know that Elixir doesn't assign values to variables but rather 'binds' the values to the variable. It feels a bit like having 11 on a volume knob.
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#117Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh. I really like it. There are lots of popular science books out there, but very few popular math ones. I am grateful that this exists. Read the author's Code Book before. Liked that one, too. I was also taking Cryptography and Cybersecurity as one of my Master's electives. This book does not cover the journey of solving the Fermat's Last Theorem narrowly, but broadly covers a lot o…
That reminds me that I have enjoyed all of Singh's books. But I recall he was sued for his last one and has not published in over 10 years?
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#118Last week I finished "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig, it's about having regrets for the things you did or didn't do in your life and how those things could have turned out if you made different choices, pretty good book.
Currently I read "Healing back pain" by John E. Sarno I'm halfway through and think it's interesting so far, yesterday I also started "Eversion" by Alastair Reynolds, can't say much about it because I only read 10 pages, but Reynolds' books are mostly pretty good.
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#119Do not read any of the books that came out after Stieg Larsson died. If you must read the first one, partially, allegedly based on notes left my Stieg Larsson
The Millenium triology was published after his death. He never got to know how successful he would become.
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#120I am reading Deschooling Society [1] by Ivan Illich, published in the early 1970s. Even though I do not agree with everything he says, he does make some compelling arguments. [1] https://archive.org/details/DeschoolingSociety
Took a glance and it seems very interesting. Thanks for sharing! The first paragraph speaks with such truth as to universal education being an impossible but at the same time mentions some clearly far-left thinkers. Can't wait to read how he reconciles such seemingly opposite ideals.
Also, I know a story of someone persecuted by McCarthyism in the US went to live to Cuernavaca, Mexico. Did not know this was part of a broader pattern...