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mehluv

mehluv@books.theunseen.city

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Trying my best to get back into fiction

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David Graeber: Bullshit Jobs (Hardcover, 2018, Simon Schuster) 4 stars

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by anthropologist David Graeber that argues the …

A lot of great analysis, especially towards the end

4 stars

some pretty good analysis on the labour theory of value, and the value of focusing on care work, as opposed to production work.

Frank Herbert: Dune (Hardcover, 2021) 4 stars

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …

Do Unto Others as you would have Dune unto you

5 stars

average conversation in dune:

Ahmed: (thinking) "how could he know to scratch his nose to demonstrate superiority among the Commisars?" (shakes head)

Mark: (thinking) "He shook his head.... in the strange ways of the mahayana... could he know what I'm thinking?"