Excellent books to read before bed. Gentle runway in to a Sci-Fi dreamscape.
You will also get a crash course in the last 80 years or so of Chinese hiExcellent books to read before bed. Gentle runway in to a Sci-Fi dreamscape.
You will also get a crash course in the last 80 years or so of Chinese history. China makes lot more sense to me now, and have more of an empathetic connection....more
I read this as both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict praised it. It was well-deserved. If you want an insight into Israeli military history aI read this as both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict praised it. It was well-deserved. If you want an insight into Israeli military history and strategy that doesn't tell fairy tales but does show the education of the Israeli military, then this is it....more
**spoiler alert** TL;DR: The 12 Amendment means, for the foreseeable future, Republicans win the presidency if a third party runs for president.
This **spoiler alert** TL;DR: The 12 Amendment means, for the foreseeable future, Republicans win the presidency if a third party runs for president.
This book is basically why Andrew Yang won’t run as third party candidate for president. Say the electoral votes are split about evenly three ways, if no candidate gets more than 270 votes, congress (the House) holds a closed-door “contingent election” where each state gets one vote among the top three candidates (by electoral vote). As it stands, this means the Republican Electoral College advantage becomes way stronger and they’ll decide who will be president and that will the Republican.
Incidentally, the 12 Amendment also means the Senate will get to choose the vice president, which means you could have a Republican president and a Democratic vice president.
Whatever happens, it will feel like Americans didn’t really vote—though it will all be constitutional—and people will be pissed. Then who knows what happens?...more
Never go full Boomer. This is especially important if you’re a Boomer, and especially important to avoid in 2023 and the foreseeable future. In an eraNever go full Boomer. This is especially important if you’re a Boomer, and especially important to avoid in 2023 and the foreseeable future. In an era before all of the Internet was attention-whoring and people did something else than think of polemical things to post for the machine—this book would have been amazing. In the current year, as you’ll know if you’ve listened to Alex Jones for more than 10 minutes, talking book is just going to get you lumped in to his… lump. His lumpy algorithm bubble, at least.
Will give this two stars, because if you think of it as being a time-capsule to an era when there was something like counter-culture existed (as opposed to most things on the Internet trying to float or signal a “counter-culture” trend, desperately hoping it will stick) it’s inaccessible, but brilliant.
In conclusion, in 2023 everyone is the enemy—especially your friends....more
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