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Part of this account is documenting what I'm reading for school/my dissertation.
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Crash finished reading Obfuscation by Finn Brunton
Obfuscation by Finn Brunton, Helen Nissenbaum
With Obfuscation, Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum mean to start a revolution. They are calling us not to the barricades …
Crash started reading The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us …
Crash rated Queercore : How to Punk a Revolution: 4 stars
Queercore : How to Punk a Revolution by Lynn Breedlove, Walter Crasshole, Yony Leyser, and 2 others
Crash reviewed Queercore by Curran Nault
Enjoyed
5 stars
Crash finished reading Queercore : How to Punk a Revolution by Lynn Breedlove
Queercore : How to Punk a Revolution by Lynn Breedlove, Walter Crasshole, Yony Leyser, and 2 others
Crash started reading Weaving the Dark Web by Robert W. Gehl
Overall good I think
4 stars
This book wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it was more of a 'self help' style book but instead its more cultural commentary with a lot of connections to psychological studies. It felt a bit half and half as to if a certain chapter landed with me or not. I started to get a bit bored with her writing style and chapter structure of "share personal experience, connect it to pop culture, reference term and psychological study, end on a witty note back to her personal experience" I don't know if I needed each chapter to have a psychological study to back it up as it just all felt very monotonous and expected.
Nonetheless, the fact that this was a book that I was drawn to finishing and reading for long periods of time (which, as a person with ADHD, is a rarity), I think, says something generally positive …
This book wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it was more of a 'self help' style book but instead its more cultural commentary with a lot of connections to psychological studies. It felt a bit half and half as to if a certain chapter landed with me or not. I started to get a bit bored with her writing style and chapter structure of "share personal experience, connect it to pop culture, reference term and psychological study, end on a witty note back to her personal experience" I don't know if I needed each chapter to have a psychological study to back it up as it just all felt very monotonous and expected.
Nonetheless, the fact that this was a book that I was drawn to finishing and reading for long periods of time (which, as a person with ADHD, is a rarity), I think, says something generally positive about the book.
My favorite chapter is probably the last one.
Crash finished reading The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
Crash wants to read Beyond Hope by Adam Greenfield
Beyond Hope by Adam Greenfield
We are living through a long emergency - a near-continuous train of pandemics, heatwaves, droughts, resource wars and other climate-driven …
Crash started reading The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
Crash finished reading Snowden's Box by Jessica Bruder
Crash finished reading Social Movements, 1768-2004 by Charles Tilly
Crash replied to peoplelikedogs's status
@peoplelikedogs@bookwyrm.social I just finished it and yeah I feel similarly! I enjoyed reading it but wouldn't say it did something huge for me intellectually.
Crash finished reading Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …