The goal of the companies who run AIs is to
1. get us all to use AI until the point where
2. we're dependent on AI, then
3. remove all access to AI and
4. grant the privilege of use only to those who pay a monthly fee,
5. which will periodically rise
6. while the service becomes worse and worse.
It'll be enshittification of enshittification.
enshittiception
Chicago got a Pope before they got a QB
Adam Hochschild - King Leopold’s Ghost
History - 4/5 Stars
Details the atrocities by the King of Belgium in the Congo. Power moves the same way today. Just different faces.
It’s hard to read, as in it will anger you.
Annalee Newitz - Four Lost Cities
History, anthropology - 3/5 stars
Almost like an urban planning manual, but detailing 4 ancient locations: Catalhayuk, Angkor, Pompeii, and Cahokia
Interesting
Cristina Rivera Garza - Liliana’s Invincible Summer
Memoir - 3/5 stars
Author visits Mexico City to locate files for a cold case - her sister’s murder
Part memoir detailing a sister’s grief, part feminist essay on signs of abuse.
Did not like authors writing style, would otherwise rate higher
Christina Thompson - Sea People
History, anthropology - 4/5 stars
Study of Polynesia, its history and cultures. Learned a lot, and writer went in depth, debunking the Eurocentric view
Patrick Hutchison - Cabin
Memoir - 4/5 stars
Many quits office job and buys cabin in the woods to live in. Good story about change of pace, growing as a person. Humorous.
Julian Baggini - The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten
Non-Fiction, Philosophy - 4/5 Stars
100 philosophical scenarios written in brief, witty and funny quips. It was a blast to read. A great primer for those who want to learn or a refresher
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