This is a summary of what I read recently. 1.) Anthony Bourdain - A Cook's Tour : This is a biased review: Make no mistake about it. I'm a fan of Anthony Bourdain and have watched all of his shows. But I can see his brilliance in his writing, and every word written I imagine him saying. Therefore, I find this to be one of his best books: he articulates the places he's visited and how the food…
If you look at tech broadly as it stands today and you listen to a "loud majority" of voices coming from X, reddit, and other media, you'd get the impression that there are some ground truths that if you don't follow them you're going to fall behind. Not only is this wrong, it's dangerous advice. Their incentives are misaligned: they want engagement and they masquerade it with content that is…
This is a summary of what I read recently. 1.) C. Robert Cargill - Sea of Rust : Set in a reality after machines have defeated and outlasted humans, this was an interesting story to continue my sci-fi trek, but I found it depressing. It is well written and accurately conveys the despair of its robot main character, which is to say she is trying to survive. To me, it paints humans as stupid…
This is me describing what I've read recently in short sentences, take it as you will. 1.) Neil Stephenson - Seveneves : Of all the sci-fi I've read, I didn't expect the ending. Humanity survives a near species ending experience in space, thousands of years later almost kills themselves, but thrives. When I started I hoped that there would be some logical conclusion to open it up for a sequel, but…