Nicole Maki

Fascinating parallels with the TikTok ban and Deep Seek

Revisado: 02-12-25

The writing was dry and the narrator uninspired but the story was incredibly interesting. There isn’t a conclusive position taken regarding Huawei; only a thorough deep dive into the evidence.

Hard to recommend but I am very glad I read it.

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Amazing Story!

Revisado: 04-06-24

Listened to it in one day I was so enthralled. Fantastic world building and great pacing. Highly recommend

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Fascinating twisty short

Revisado: 06-08-23

Really did not expect to like this but wow!!! It really had a lot of interesting moments.

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Just adorable

Revisado: 05-10-23

Loved this so much! All her stories are sweet and funny but this one was especially delightful.

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Still surprising.

Revisado: 01-16-23

Love how Taylor manages to continue to surprise and delight her readers this many books into the series.

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Still surprising.

Revisado: 01-16-23

Love how Taylor manages to continue to surprise and delight her readers this many books into the series.

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One of my favorites

Revisado: 01-09-23

You wouldn’t think Book Ten of a series would be fresh and interesting it this book was full of surprises and new characters. Well plotted and brilliantly executed.

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Delightful

Revisado: 04-25-21

I enjoyed The Vine Witch immensely but merely liked The Glamourist. This is a return to the highs of Vine Witch plus even more. Great plot and character development. The time flew by. Loved it!

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Not the right medium for Aphorisms

Revisado: 04-07-21

I wish I had read the comments and description more carefully as listening to two hours of aphorisms is the worst way to consume these tasty knowledge bites. I had wrongfully assumed it would be a mix of aphorisms and prose expanding on them or refuting their legitimacy.

Should have bought this in book form.

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A road map for a revival of the ethical basis of the hard center

Revisado: 02-20-19

This book’s scope is breathtaking. It covers from a detailed history of the last 50-100 years of American politics, to global international relations, to policies for individual families. Paul Collier’s prestige shows as almost every example comes from a close colleague or his own work over the last few decades and this lends additional credibility if you’re already a fan from his other books.

As for the actual contents, I have a hunch (which was explicitly called out by the author in several spots) that the detailed, local policy provisions are wrong or grossly oversimplified. But that’s not the purpose of this 10 hour / 200 page book. It’s purpose is to map out the ethical basis of a new model of critique and then vigorously sanity test the model against as many aspects of policy as possible. As a result of its pragmatic outlook, the author veers between trumpian, socialist, libertarian, and neoliberal critiques in order to form a complete view of the entire problem areas in modern capitalism. Every reader, myself included, will find objectionable and validating ideas and that is one of the great strengths of this book. It offers a new path that is sufficiently general to allow self expression in how it’s applied while still being reducible to detailed policy.

I recommend this in the strongest terms possible to anyone who is looking for a way out of the desperate extremism of modern politics.

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