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Elizabeth P. Stewart

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An important explanation of our times

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Revisado: 04-13-25

Everyone should read or listen to ‘Careless People,’ whether you are a Facebook-user or not. Sarah Wynn-Williams traces her journey from social media idealism to well-informed disgust as the company she worked for became increasingly cynical, numbers-oriented, and, ultimately, downright inhumane and callous in its use of its power and authority. Her story should give every social media user pause, particularly if Facebook, X, and others are your sole source of news. Chapters on the failure of internet.org, 2016 election, and genocide in Myanmar—not to mention her own sexual harassment at the company—vividly make her point that these tech boys are not to be trusted.

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Stunning story

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Revisado: 11-27-24

Monica Black’s story of spiritual crisis in postwar Germany provides fascinating insights into irrationality in what is seemingly otherwise a modern—albeit deluded—nation. A compelling story well-told, although the narrator’s overemphasized German pronunciation is sometimes distracting.

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Context is Everything!

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Revisado: 03-17-24

As a voracious reader of Beatlemania, I didn’t necessarily expect to learn anything new from this ‘Great Course.’ But Prof. Michael Shelden’s prodigious research and synthesis brings a new context to the careers of the four Liverpool musicians. Shelden emphasizes the significance of Brian Epstein and George R. Martin while not taking anything away from the ambition and musicianship of the Beatles. He does a nice job of drawing out the differences between the American and British reception of the band, with British loving the Beatles’ class subversion and the Americans appreciating their innocence and sense of fun. I thoroughly enjoyed this course and highly recommend it, even if you think you know everything.

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I cried

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Revisado: 10-05-23

At numerous points in this book, I cried. Hutchinson is so candid about the process of her “enthrallment” and inevitable disappointment with a president who refused to play by the rules and respect constitutional norms, violating her core values. Her loyalty and desire to serve—not to mention her youth—created a gut-wrenching crisis for her: to speak up about what she had witnessed and experienced or stay silent and go along, the easier course of action. Hutchinson’s story is an object lesson for everyone about how insidious politics becomes when it stand for nothing but personal ambition. While she and I would not agree about a lot of issues, in the end she did the right thing, at enormous personal cost to her. I admire and appreciate her example in dark times.

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