Jaylen Manley
I found it was poorly written at times and his use of exclamation marks was unnecessary. To me it just came off as cheesy, I did learn a few new things about Dahmer but nothing too crazy that the Wikipedia article can't provide.
Amazing storytelling and incredibly fascinating material make this podcast one you will never forget
even if you don't agree with a lot of her viewpoints, it's worth seeing how a campaign is run, especially the 2016 election. Overall the events that occurred in the 2016 election changed the world and shaped the near future, seeing everything unfold from an outside perspective instead of hearing some crazy headline every morning was very interesting.
Of course everyone's going to be reading this, but honestly Bourdain is such an incredible and inspiring figure that I couldn't resist. I loved his shows and his personality, and reading the work that got him to where he was was worth the read.
Very interesting read into a real life Uncharted game. Keeps you enthralled the entire time.
Actually a really entertaining book especially if it is in audio format. Read by the author herself, it's full of personality and is a good biography on one of the most influential writers in television.
Classic take on loneliness and solitude and how we tend to deal with these crushing emotions
A very well put insight of Wall Street in the 1980s, specifically with how the culture and communication between the traders operated. I'd recommend to anyone who is interested in Wall Street and or how the people behave in there.
I enjoyed it, was very interesting considering you are rooting against the protagonist the whole book. I hope to re read in the future and understand the clues that Nabokov leads throughout the book leading to Quincy's reveal. Overall I can see how this book impacted America greatly.
I feel as if this book could've been shortened in a few paragraphs, but it was still an interesting read to see what will be the motivation for the next generation in the workforce.
Life is tough, but I'd say life now is much better than being a hunter gatherer. Slaving away at a mundane, low-paying job could be seen as a personal hell, but self awareness is possible with some luck. Harari talks about a modern Chinese citizen working at a sweatshop, and compares it to life as a hunter gatherer, saying that the hunter gatherer's life is more fulfilling. How would it be possible to know how that life is better without having the perspective that we do now as a modern society? I mean, I'm typing this as a citizen in one of the most powerful and prosperous nations to ever exist, and I can thank my farming ancestors for allowing me to do this. “We didn't domesticate wheat, wheat domesticated us.”
I liked the first chapters of the book and the ideas of our development as the top dog, but it just felt so redundant and preachy toward the end. It didn't feel super insightful and as I kept reading I only felt like I wanted to read more in depth works (which is a good thing the book has brought me). It didn't feel like there were any new ideas and it felt very watered down. I guess what can I expect from a 400 page book on all of human history.
I feel like the last section could be summed:“Capitalism and imperialism bad, but without it there are no scientific improvements”. He teeters back and forth between if we are really happy in our day and age or not, constantly retracting his main thesis of our revolutions being bad for the individual human. I agree that we are more complicated individually, but I believe that we can have a more fulfilling life if we so choose.
Overall, it was a good book to refresh my memory about parts of human history and why we are the way we are currently. It's always good to think about our species objectively as I don't think we get enough of that day to day when we're constantly in our bubbles and stuck in our stimulation loops. Hunter gatherers couldn't afford to lay in bed for 6 hours doom scrolling on instagram shorts...
Medium defining piece of art that really shows the power that a graphic novel can hold. Intricate characters and phenomenal design set this book apart from other comics. Also an amazing plot that really makes you question the “antagonist's” purpose and if it was justified. It's made to be read again and again to fully understand
Interesting look on the online dating scene and how people are finding their companions now a days.