And probably at least semi realistic? Didn't like it as much as Project Hail Mary by the same author. This sorta read as a sequence of "oh crap, another thing went wrong" problems, followed by solutions. I'm certain this is realistic - or even still overly optimistic, given what they were surviving through - but kinda made for an overly long, repetitive narrative. I suspect this is part of why they cut some of these out of the movie (and to save time, but also it got repetitive). Nevertheless, a fun read if you enjoy sci-fi that sticks close to contemporary science.
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finktank wants to read Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
Who Decides Who Decides? How to Start a Group So Everyone Can Have a Voice by Ted Rau
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finktank reviewed The Martian by Andy Weir
I’m stranded on Mars.
I have no way to communicate with Earth.
I’m in a …
Fun read.
4 stars
finktank finished reading The Martian by Andy Weir
The Martian by Andy Weir
I’m stranded on Mars.
I have no way to communicate with Earth.
I’m in a Habitat designed to last 31 …
finktank reviewed Small Arcs of Larger Circles by Nora Bateson
This is a collection of essays, reflections and poems by Nora Bateson, the noted research …
Lovely book on systems thinking
5 stars
Close echoes to Gregory Bateson and Gilles Deleuze both. Easier to understand than both, I think. Nora Bateson's prose is often lovely, compelling, poetic. It represents in form the ideas she espouses. Symmathesy and Warm Data are her concepts and she circles them, especially in the latter half of the book. A worthwhile read to those who want to think differently as they work on the problems of our world. And a different way in to understanding Deleuze than Deleuze himself. I'll return to some of the essays in here over the next years, I'm certain. Can be read in small sections.
finktank finished reading Small Arcs of Larger Circles by Nora Bateson
Small Arcs of Larger Circles by Nora Bateson
This is a collection of essays, reflections and poems by Nora Bateson, the noted research designer, film-maker, writer and lecturer. …
finktank reviewed We Make the Road by Walking by Paulo Freire
This dialogue between two of the most prominent thinkers on social change in the twentieth …
Beautiful dialogue between two heroes of experiential education and critical pedagogy
5 stars
This is at least my second reading of this book and I still love it. I see new things in it each time. This time, I see how much Paulo Freire prompted Myles Horton with questions about his work. According to the introduction, Freire wanted to introduce Horton to thinkers in Latin America. And Horton wanted to do the same with Freire, but either the editors were siding with Freire's prompting or he did more to ask the questions, because I do feel like Horton is a bit more primary in terms of representation in this dialogue. As always before, I find Horton's starting every response with a story and sticking to stories is so compelling and so clear that he lived what he practiced. I don't know that a reader walks away getting any clear sense of what Freire or Horton were up to in specifics from this book, …
This is at least my second reading of this book and I still love it. I see new things in it each time. This time, I see how much Paulo Freire prompted Myles Horton with questions about his work. According to the introduction, Freire wanted to introduce Horton to thinkers in Latin America. And Horton wanted to do the same with Freire, but either the editors were siding with Freire's prompting or he did more to ask the questions, because I do feel like Horton is a bit more primary in terms of representation in this dialogue. As always before, I find Horton's starting every response with a story and sticking to stories is so compelling and so clear that he lived what he practiced. I don't know that a reader walks away getting any clear sense of what Freire or Horton were up to in specifics from this book, but I do think they get a sense of some of the overall influences and important ideas that the two held more or less in common when it came to popular education. Horton is also very careful to highlight the influences and work of Bernice Robinson, Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, and others that were involved at Highlander and in Highlander's work. It's a quick read - and maybe would make a nice introduction to the two authors. I still love The Long Haul, written about the work of Highlander and a sort of biography of Myles Horton. It leans on his signature storytelling style and gets much more into the specifics of the kinds of work and practices they were doing and using at Highlander.
finktank reviewed Atomic Habits by James Clear
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving every day. James …
Quick, useful, but over written
4 stars
Like many self help books, this could be an article and just as usefully make all the points. I've found what was said to be true to my learning about creating and keeping productive habits. So it is useful if this is what you are trying to do - or at least would be to someone like me. I think you can probably generally just skim, dive into interesting parts, and read chapter summaries to save time.
finktank finished reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity …
A fun book, and surprisingly gentle and light for apocalyptic sci-fi.
finktank replied to Derek Caelin's status
@[email protected] sounds like I should read it. Thanks for the review. I've read Van Dijck's papers and appreciated them a lot.
finktank wants to read Technology of the Oppressed by David Nemer
finktank replied to Derek Caelin's status
@[email protected] how was it?
finktank reviewed The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s …
Fun. And..?
3 stars
Solidly in the rom-com genre, with a gay romance at the heart of the story. It seems like the real emphasis though is on the mental health struggles of both characters - and the ways they help and support each other through them. In that sense, it warps the genre some, because so few emphasize mental health almost exclusively. However, for me at least, the story started to drag about half way through and was kind of slow to the finish. Loved the idea more than the execution.