Four Stars

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Books

Cover for Bad Blood

Fascinating look at the story of Theranos, absolutely appalling how far Holmes and co were willing to go.

Cover for Bowling Alone

Convinced my inner introvert to socialize more

Cover for Catch and Kill

Astounding to read all the gory details about Weinstein’s behaviors and everyone who enabled it. Ronan Farrow is a fantastic writer.

Cover for CIRCE

Fun, modern take on the backstory of characters from Greek Mythology

Cover for Empire of Pain

This book does a great job of laying out just how much the Sackler family laid the groundwork for the opioid crisis and then managed to evade accountability for it. Depressing, but well-written.

Cover for If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

A moderately accessible introduction about the very real risks of superintelligent AI. more »

Cover for Jurassic Park

This is one of only two English-language books I had during a year abroad, and the only good one. I read it at least six times.

This book really helped my mental health

Cover for Understanding Comics

One of the best design books ever written