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#9 Technopoly

Sat 01 June 2019 By Andrew McConachie

It's probably a bit odd for someone whose life revolves around computers as much as mine does that none of the books on this list so far have been computer books. This is not to say I have not read any good computer books. Some that stand out are Structured …
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#2 An Interventionist Pairing

Wed 02 January 2019 By Andrew McConachie

Use of Weapons, by Iain M Banks

The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government, by David Talbot

Our next pairing features a work of fiction and a biography.

Use of Weapons is set in Banks' Culture universe and features a protagonist hired by …
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#1 A Metaphorical Pairing

Thu 27 December 2018 By Andrew McConachie

Metaphors We Live By (1980) & Philosophy in the Flesh (1999)

Both by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson

I've written enough on this blog about my experiences with metaphors. I've even written on this blog how these two books have influenced me. We're not going to rehash any of that.

Instead …
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The Books that Most Influenced Me

Thu 27 December 2018 By Andrew McConachie

2018 is winding down and coming to an end, and like I did at the end of 2017 I thought it would be interesting to revisit some the media I consumed in 2018 and list some of the best bits. That was the plan. Then a friend of mine nominated …
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Favorite Discoveries of 2017

Thu 28 December 2017 By Andrew McConachie

This post will list some of my favorite discoveries of 2017, mostly writing. It's partly to share and partly to to remind myself years from now what I was into in 2017. This does not necessarily mean the media was created this year, or their author became famous this year …
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