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I love reading any and all books that have the power to change the way I look at the world. In particular, I am a big fan of science fiction and solarpunk, as well as non-fiction books about social change, mindfulness, storytelling, altruism, philosophy, and many other topics
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Jesper rated How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: 4 stars
How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism by Cory Doctorow
OneZero, Medium's official technology publication, is thrilled to announce a print-on-demand edition of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism by Cory …
Jesper rated The Gathering Storm: 4 stars
The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of time -- 12)
In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to …
Jesper rated The Fires of Heaven: 3 stars
The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #5)
Jesper rated The Story of Us: 4 stars
Jesper rated Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1): 3 stars
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) by Ken Follett
Follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they move through the dramas of the First …
Jesper rated The Will to Battle: 5 stars
Ada Palmer: The Will to Battle (Hardcover, 2017, Tor Books)
The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- book 3)
"The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments of the past. …
Jesper rated Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!: 5 stars
Jesper rated Thinking, fast and slow: 4 stars
Thinking, fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman introduces two modes of thought - system 1, fast and intuitive, and system 2, slow and reasoned - and …
Jesper rated Teaching College: 4 stars
Jesper rated Seven Surrenders: 4 stars
Ada Palmer: Seven Surrenders (Hardcover, 2017, Tor Books)
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- book II)
"It is a world in which near-instantaneous travel from continent to continent is free to all. In which automation now …
Jesper rated Too Like the Lightning: 5 stars
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- Book 1)
"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would …
Jesper rated Children of Time: 5 stars
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when …
Jesper rated The Miracle of Mindfulness: 5 stars
Jesper rated Tales From The Loop: 4 stars
Tales From The Loop
In 1954, the Swedish government ordered the construction of the world’s largest particle accelerator. The facility was complete in 1969, …