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What have you finished reading?
Nothing. Which is kind of embarrassing tbh. I've moved on from Stardew Valley, but now I'm playing Balatro which is absolutely cutting into my reading time.
What are you currently reading?
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - Ahab has announced they're going after Moby Dick, and while some of the crew recognizes this is Bad News, it seems folks who knew this was a bad idea were caught up in joining along to their doom anyway. There's also a whole chapter on the whole racist white = good thing.
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler - After putting down Stardew, I am really back into this again. Despite, in theory, being written from the prespective of her daughter, it seems to still just continues to follow Lauren's journals. The book feels prophetic at times with the US president, Jarret, wanting to "make america great again" under a christofascist regime. I recognize Reagan was this too, but the book takes it to its logical conclusion, which is absolutely where we're at with Trump.
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal (Author), Ryan Hoover (Editor) - The work book club is back at it. It really shows how evil software design can be. There is, supposedly, a chapter on the ethics of building software that resembles slot machines, but I can't imagine its going to redeem this book for me. Still, I guess its interesting in a sad way.
Nothing. Which is kind of embarrassing tbh. I've moved on from Stardew Valley, but now I'm playing Balatro which is absolutely cutting into my reading time.
What are you currently reading?
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - Ahab has announced they're going after Moby Dick, and while some of the crew recognizes this is Bad News, it seems folks who knew this was a bad idea were caught up in joining along to their doom anyway. There's also a whole chapter on the whole racist white = good thing.
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler - After putting down Stardew, I am really back into this again. Despite, in theory, being written from the prespective of her daughter, it seems to still just continues to follow Lauren's journals. The book feels prophetic at times with the US president, Jarret, wanting to "make america great again" under a christofascist regime. I recognize Reagan was this too, but the book takes it to its logical conclusion, which is absolutely where we're at with Trump.
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal (Author), Ryan Hoover (Editor) - The work book club is back at it. It really shows how evil software design can be. There is, supposedly, a chapter on the ethics of building software that resembles slot machines, but I can't imagine its going to redeem this book for me. Still, I guess its interesting in a sad way.
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