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An interesting trip

Revisado: 01-26-22

Jamie Wheal does a great job of identifying our current existential problems. He does a good job exploring the science of brain chemistry and means of altering it. His solutions are esoteric, not easily scalable, and those who need his recommended interventions the most, are the ones that would resist his prescribed path the most.
It’s a good book, an impressive catalog of the science of mysticism, and it may push some into some truly liberating experiences, but I wouldn’t call it a clear path forward.

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This should be required reading in schools

Revisado: 04-19-21

“How Fascism Works” is an excellent deconstruction of the means and methods fascist use to control people and gain power. Jason Stanley does a great job bringing to light the elusive obvious elements of fascism. Everyone should read this.

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Who knew?

Revisado: 04-01-21

This is a wonderful book that highlights the amazing things our government does, and the risks associated with allowing those intent on destroying it with keys to the place.

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A mind altering big history of humanity

Revisado: 12-15-20

Sapiens is a mind altering big history of humanity. It will get you to see things in a different perspective. If you read to expand your mind, it would be hard to pick a better book.

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The ignorant do not create bliss

Revisado: 12-09-20

This book is to the topic of ignorance as The Origin of Species was to the topic of Biology.

Much like The Origin of the Species, the examples are a bit exhaustive. That said, the content is good and Carl Sagan was a gift to the human race.

This book is a forceful defense of science and the need for widespread scientific literacy.

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Jump start your brain

Revisado: 02-25-20

Good book, well narrated.
It's the things that seem intuitive that we often struggle to improve upon because we lack the framework to think about it properly.
Some of this content may seem trite, but it's not. The book reveals elusive obvious concepts, that will benefit anyone who embraces them.

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Earth Shattering (literally)

Revisado: 02-04-20

I feel like the 2D square lifted into the 3D world of the sphere. I'm disordered and scared but I feel that if I can spend the time to understand this new expanded world view that I will come away enlighten and better for the experience. As yet, I'm still processing and in a state of ambivalent shock.

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Religion will be the death of humanity

Revisado: 01-12-20

This book does a good job of analyzing the three major faiths, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The fact that Jews's messiah has never materialized, Christian's messiah is a mythological person, and Islam's messiah was an actual king who had worldly rules has, and continues to have an important impact on how the faithful think about their faith and its place in the world. Beyond the decent overview of these faiths, Sam Harris does a good job making the point that training people to have faith (belief beyond reason) in fairy tales is dangerous. His book was written in the shadow of multiple Muslim terrorist acts, but with American Evangelicals having taken over many levers of power in the U.S. his premise that religion will be the death of us all is likely valid, but I'm betting the white supremist Evangelicals will do more damage in the years to come than any other religious actors.

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Thinking you are great will guarantee you are not

Revisado: 01-12-20

Those who believe in "American Exceptionalism" need to read this book. If you hold up the foam #1 hand and think you have nothing to learn from others, you will guaranteed your slide into ignorance and irrelevance. This is the general premise of "What Went Wrong." The Arab world 1,000-years ago was open and a place of learning. They were so advanced in relative terms to their peers in the West that they felt they had nothing to gain from learning from them. They rejected Western knowledge and understanding for so long that they fell behind.

There are likely other explanations, like a slide into religious fundamentalism, the curse of oil, etc., but this book looks back further and the parallels for personal or cultural understanding are valid. If you want to be the best, you can't have an ego that gets bruised when you are wrong. After all, the more willing you are to be wrong, the more right you will be in the future.

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War is possible because we love

Revisado: 01-12-20

War is possible because we love? Apparently yes, and it makes sense on reflection. Also, war is fun, right up until your buddy gets killed. The extreme situations and emotions form an addition. This book is an interesting read written from a war correspondent who experienced war first hand.

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