By George Saunders
I want to enjoy great literature, yet I struggle to maintain interest in great books and great authors. This was a great book to help me explore more.
Saunders discusses six short stories written buy the Russian greats. I appreciated the depths, this history, the callbacks, along the way he discuss the hard work of writing.
"It's seams that much of the time we spend worrying would be better spent working though the problems. Don't worry, work."
By Foucault
How did we get from being a society that publicly punishes, hangs, flogs its criminals, to a society that quietly hides them away? We become more efficient. The tools of that efficiency can be used to guide society as a whole.
Now we all live in a Carceral society where control is exercised, not through the threat of punishment, but through surveillance, ranking and the gentle pervasive insistence of the norm. Society has became more effective at standardizing its values.
"Power and knowledge directly imply one another. "
By Matthew J Sullivan
A fun read. A thriller/mystery about a decades long conspiracy/organized-crimes in Soap Lake.
I've been to Soap Lake. It's an interesting place to stop over if you are doing a road trip around easter Washington.
The novel has two story lines, the story of the victim and the story of the detective.
I've been reading Agatha Christie of late. Her characters are decidedly upper class. Sullivan populates his mysteries with junkies, ag workers, the poor and others living their lives of the margins. This is a refreshing change.
By William J Bernstein
Covers the theory, history, psychology and business of investing.
No one can reliably predict or time the market. Invest with Index funds. Broadly diversify, including bonds, U.S Stocks, International Stock, small and large caps. Keep your expenses and taxes low Your stock mix depends on your risk tolerance.
