I think it made the case pretty well, but transitioned to a description of a utopia fairly quickly in what seemed like a rush overview of alternatives at the end. I can imagine how we got there, but it felt a bit out of place.
Mostly, the stories of what police and prisons do seems very different from what people feel the value is they get from them and this book does a good job of showing that.
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Dustin rated Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: 4.0 stars
Information Doesn't Want to Be Free by Cory Doctorow
Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can …
Dustin reviewed Becoming Abolitionists by Derecka Purnell
Police can not be reformed. Derecka Purnell invites us to question why we think we …
3.0 stars
I think it made the case pretty well, but transitioned to a description of a utopia fairly quickly in what seemed like a rush overview of alternatives at the end. I can imagine how we got there, but it felt a bit out of place.
Mostly, the stories of what police and prisons do seems very different from what people feel the value is they get from them and this book does a good job of showing that.
Moonbound by Robin Sloan
The book opens on Earth, eleven thousand years from now. The Anth met their end long ago. (You’ll learn how …
Dustin rated The Creative Act: A Way of Being: 4.0 stars
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
"A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts …
Dustin rated The Internet Con: 4.0 stars
The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow, Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us …
Dustin rated House of Leaves: 4.0 stars
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
This is an alternate cover edition.
Dustin rated After World: 4.0 stars
After World by Debbie Urbanski
The story of an Artificial Intelligence tasked with writing a novel—only for it to fall in love with the novel’s …
Dustin rated The Lost Cause: 3.0 stars
The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow
It’s thirty years from now. We’re making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry …
Dustin rated Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind: 4.0 stars
Dustin rated Technofeudalism: 3.0 stars
Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.
In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling …
