En koskaan päässyt selvyyteen, miksi osa hahmoista oli historiallisia, osa fiktiivisiä ja osa historiallisia pseudonyymeillä.
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jonne finished reading Kesämaa by Hannu Rajaniemi
jonne finished reading Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
It's been twenty years and two election cycles since "Information," a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring …
jonne commented on Kesämaa by Hannu Rajaniemi
Kirjassa vilisee tunnettuja historiallisia hahmoja, mutta osa heistä on saanut salanimen. Miksi Russell esiintyy omalla nimellään, mutta Wittgenstein ei? En ole vielä keksinyt, mihin valinta perustuu.
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mouse quoted Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser
The classic chronicle of the impact disease and plagues have had on history and society …
…it has often been claimed that since so many brilliant men had syphilis, much of the world’s greatest achievement was evidently formulated in brains stimulated by the cerebral irritation of an early general paresis. We omit reference to specific instances of this among our contemporaries only to avoid, for our publishers, the vulgar embarrassment of libel suits.
jonne finished reading Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds
-- the ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.
— The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber (Page 89)
jonne finished reading Aurora rising by Alastair Reynolds
jonne finished reading Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% …
jonne quoted Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered …
In our society there seems to be a general rule that the more obviously one's work benefits other people the less one is likely to be paid for it.
jonne finished reading Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve …
Jos joskus tuntuu siltä, että ei saa tarpeeksi aikaan elämässä, voi ainakin lohduttautua, ettei koskaan saa aikaiseksi näin paljon haittaa.
jonne finished reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #1)
Margaret Atwood's classic novel The Handmaid's Tale is about the future. Now, in Oryx and Crake, the future has changed. …
jonne quoted Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #1)
Margaret Atwood's classic novel The Handmaid's Tale is about the future. Now, in Oryx and …
All that wasted time, and he didn't even know who'd wasted it.
— Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #1) (Page 3,357 - 357)
En ole lukenut aiemmin Atwoodia ja ainakin tämä kirja on kyllä erinomainen. Aina säännöllisesti kirjassa on tällaisia yksinkertaisen brutaaleja eletyn elämän kokemuksia.
jonne finished reading Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #2)
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #2)
Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of Radchai soldiers, …
jonne commented on Toinen sukupuoli I by Simone de Beauvoir
2009 julkaistiin eka kertaa tämä lyhentämätön versio. Ekasta käännöksestä oli jätetty pois jotain kohtia moraalisen paheksunnan takia (esim. luku lesboudesta), mutta suuren osa leikatuista osista voi kyllä jättää huoletta lukematta. Esimerkiksi yksityiskohtainen analyysi Beauvoirin aikalaiskirjallisuudesta ei kauheasti aukene näin vajaa vuosisata myöhemmin toisella kielellä luettuna.
Moni asia kirjassa sen sijaan ei ole vanhentunut lainkaan, mikä on joko uskomaton saavutus Beauvoirilta tai uskomaton epäonnistuminen meiltä muilta.