Corruptibleby Brian Klaas I cannot seem to get enough of hunter-gatherer references when analyzing our modern world and writing on the variance and evolution of our lives between that time period and now. This continues to appear in many aspects of my reading and it is always a confirming perspective to see time and time …
A couple months ago I was in the legal library and a friend passed this book to me. He mentioned that he enjoyed it to the point he read it twice. Books can find their way into your life in fairly random ways and this one was no exception. With this rave review I decided …
Me Talk Pretty One Dayby David Sedaris This is going to be a brief book report as not much can be said about a series of short stories by a creative and smug author. I wanted to read the works of someone moderately well known to find my own take on what unique niche the …
Zen in the Art of Archeryby Eugen Herrigel This was a read it twice book. Sometimes you have to take it all in before you can really take it all in, ya know? A German philosopher moves to Japan for six years to subject himself to the theory and practice of Zen Buddhism and find …
By Gregory David Roberts This was one of those books that was so good I found myself overtly slowing down the pace at which I was reading, or going back to reread and fully take in the way the author so eloquently worded portions of his prose. Shantaram is based on a true story, which …
The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains by Anthony Lewis This book caught my attention in a different way than anticipated. In Yuval Noah Harari’s book “Sapiens” he has a chapter on money. How it came to be, what roles it serves in society, and the ways in which we must trust one another to make …
I felt like I needed a good beachside-esque book. I may be reading from a bunk bed in South Dakota instead of a lounge chair in the sand, but you understand the idea. A murder mystery to get lost in. Something to balance out the headiness and sublime beauty of Shantaram with the historical prowess …
Homo Deus – A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari This book was a grind in all the good ways. It’s like a can-opener circling everything you thought you knew, then popping open your mind to expose you to an entirely new perspective. The author doesn’t begin by simply telling you what tomorrow …
Mark came through with another riveting book. This story is a globe trotting memoir of John Perkins, a former “economist” with a US based consulting firm. I recently read Robert F. Kennedy’s memoir on the Cuban Missile Crisis titled “Thirteen Days.” In the book, you learn that once nuclear weapons came to be, countries were …
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The Psychology of Intuition, Influence, Decision Making and Trust by Jacob Burak This book is a compilation of studies from the field of behavioral science, viewed through a unique lens. The broader question addressed is how are we all confined by how other humans behaved in these studies? Can we all be summarized through these …