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21 May 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
This is the third Matt Haig book I read this year, so his writing prowess has got to count for something. He wrote this - a delightfully eclectic mish-mash of lists and reflections - to help himself cope when he was depressed. It’s an easy book to...
19 May 2023 3 minute read 8 comments ⚡ Daniela ⚡
Recently finished the book called "Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money" written by Bitcoin evangelist, developer, educator & author, Jimmy Song, that was published back in 2019 and wanted to share my thoughts on it...
7 May 2023 2 minute read 6 comments ⚡ Daniela ⚡
"The Bitcoin Standard" by Saifedean Ammous is a highly recommended book within the Bitcoin community. It explores the history, economics, and potential implications of Bitcoin as a decentralized digital currency. The book delves into topics such as t...
4 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Yes, I know that I’m a fast and hard worker and bring an unprecedented level of professionalism to the workplace. But I’m always keen to read such books because teachers are in a unique situation, I reckon. Our timetable is different every day, so I...
26 Apr 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
Tbh, this isn’t the easiest book to read. I mean, I have been teaching English professionally all my life but there were many words that I didn’t know such as aphrodisiac, prurient, profligate, parsimony, libidinal pleasure, obsequiously, niggardly,...
19 Apr 2023 10 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Ask not what your state can do for you but what you can do for the state. In my post on Monday, the 17th of April, I explored the relationship between knowledge and Power as identified by Foucault; specifically, learned knowledge or categorical knowl...
17 Apr 2023 8 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
When some of us hear the name Foucault, we let out a sigh, others ask “Who,” and some even say, “What did you say to me?”. For a time in my life, I was of the first variety. I had heard of Foucault vicariously and, through osmosis, I’d acquired some...
10 Apr 2023 15 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
As soon as I finished the works by Burnham I could get my hands on, I immediately turned to another mid-20th-century political scientist: Bertrand de Jouvenel. His work On Power: The Natural History of its Growth is monumental. Its lofty aims are mad...
9 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Started “The Housekeeper and the Professor” last December and finished it today. If I had concentrated fully on it, I could have finished it much earlier but you know, life happens. It’s a testimony to the power of Yoko Ogawa’s storytelling that I kn...
7 Apr 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
‘A Simple Act of Gratitude’ has a fascinating premise that catches me by the horns. John Kralik was down on his luck - no matter how you look at it - and he thought he had nothing to lose by starting a 365-day project in which he wrote a thank-yo...
