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It's really good. When I feel compelled to send the entire 1st page of the 1st chapter to a friend who works in a non-profit because it says in one page what his career is about, it's a pretty special thing.

It's also a nice view that doesn't pull punches about who is to blame, and the book somehow seems apolitical in the sense of American parties, because both of them are terrible.

So far, this book is the answer I've always wanted when hearing the results from yet another study on poverty by a researcher stuck in a Cassandra-like cycle of doing the same study over and over again, with the same results. This book is a bit mad, but it still has the data, and it's a bit disappointed.

Very much enjoying.

I've no idea what to call this genre of book (and I don't remember when I read it, only knowing that it was during a time in the pandemic when social distancing was still a thing visible portions of communities did and mostly people were wearing masks). In any case, it was the type of book I needed at the time.

This was great fun. Quick read. DRM-free via his website.

Excellent. Don't remember when I read (several years ago) but lovely. Reminded of it because my sister-in-law borrowed a while back, read, and also loved it.

1st page already lovely

Wonderful. Timely. Apt.

Don't actually remember when I read this the first time, but it would have been within a few months of publication. I was reminded of this again and decided I should add it here.

For context, I was reminded by this Techdirt article: www.techdirt.com/2022/11/28/contrary-to-popular-opinion-most-teens-get-real-value-out-of-social-media/

commenting on this pew research study: www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/11/16/connection-creativity-and-drama-teen-life-on-social-media-in-2022/

At any rate, they reminded me of this book, which takes the novel approach of actually talking to teens about social media use (instead of assuming things).

It's remarkably straightforward and clear.

@mairin@mastodon.social helpfully recommended this book as I'm interested in Irish and words and history and personal mysteries. Very excited to look into this. Please remind me to read this if I haven't indicated I've started reading in a bit.

Very good state-of-the-world in a variety of fields. Timely. Funny. Amusing marketing (only releasing the chapter outlining the sins of Spotify as an audiobook on Spotify; only the chapter on Amazon via Kindle).