slamr started reading The Wager by David Grann
The Wager by David Grann
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside …
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On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside …
The philosophy of science between the two world wars, 1920s-1930s.
His writing style reminded me somewhat of Naomi Klein with the way he used a historical narrative approach rather than just sprouting facts and figures. I really enjoyed it although I feel he missed the whole AI impact on energy use which is massive and would have been known at the time of writing
The Earth has reached a tipping point. Runaway climate change, the sixth great extinction of planetary life, the acidification of …