I ordered this book by Rutger Bregman from my library months ago and when I got back from my summer holidays, it was sitting on my kitchen bench ready to be read! My other half has already started reading it and seems to be enjoying its contents. Now it was my turn to read it…
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Reading Project 2018 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #1
I should have read this book before watching the film. But alas I knew of the film LONG before I even knew the book existed! I watched Blade Runner in the 1980’s and 1990’s and recently (last year). As I am currently reading a lot of utopian and dystopian ideas, it got me thinking how…
Reading Project 2017 – Buddhism #10; Start here now #11; How to wake up #12
After reading Yuval Harari’s books on the history and future of mankind, I got inspired to read on Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness (or as I’d like to call it, mind control!). There were plenty of material on the subject at my library’s book shelves (oh boy the Dalai Lama has taken over here) but decided…
Reading Project 2017 – Letters to a Young Writer #9
“Go to the library” and “Don’t be a dick!” are two of my favourite advice from Colum McCann‘s thoughtful book. This is not one of those books that give you technical know-how on what to write, how to create plots or writing exercises to get the creative juices going. It’s more like a literary journey…
Reading Project 2017 – Sapiens and Homo Deus #7 and #8
I’m doing a doubly whammy of a review this time – two HUGE books by the same author, Yuval Noah Harari. I first heard this amazing author (who’s also a historian) speaking on the radio about the future and how there will be two groups of human beings – the super elite and the useless…
SMARTY SQUID 