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Book Meme, Day 24
Sep. 24th, 2011 05:23 pmDay 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Capital by Karl Marx, of course. Although given its immense density, and the difficulty of actually understanding it on first read-through, without the support of a class or at least a discussion group or something, I'd settle for The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. Both of these lay out theories about economics that are desperately important to understand in our current geopolitical climate -- the former broad, the latter, specific.
I, um, include myself in that 'more people' as well, incidentally. Both of these are books that I've started, and read most of, but never quite finished. Then again, they are both also written in the sort of structure that lays out its theories succinctly at the beginning, then spends the rest of the time justifying them from various angles. Though I do intend to finish both eventually... I skimmed to the end of Capital, but without the reading group with whom I'd read the first 2/3, I found it much less edifying.
( Upcoming Days )
For some reason there's a party every night this weekend, and there's some event that means a lot of nerdy-interest buildings are open to the public, and it's been a beautiful day and would have been a great one for going out and looking at buildings and going up to the bike station to figure out what's wrong with my crankset ... but I am just too tired. For no good reason, really, except that I've been staving off a sort of low-level cold all week, and I guess maybe it is stealing all my energy?
I am still trying to figure out whether I'll have enough of said energy to go to the party tonight. I'd thought that by skipping all the daytime fun stuff/bicycle maintenance chores, I might feel rested enough to go out tonight -- and I might yet, but right now I'm still feeling pretty damn groggy. And it's 4.5 miles of all uphill, all busy roads to get there. And it's a joint birthday party for an acquaintance and someone I don't know at all. On the other hand, both of these people are good friends with a lot of people who I am much closer to, and haven't seen nearly enough of all summer.
Capital by Karl Marx, of course. Although given its immense density, and the difficulty of actually understanding it on first read-through, without the support of a class or at least a discussion group or something, I'd settle for The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. Both of these lay out theories about economics that are desperately important to understand in our current geopolitical climate -- the former broad, the latter, specific.
I, um, include myself in that 'more people' as well, incidentally. Both of these are books that I've started, and read most of, but never quite finished. Then again, they are both also written in the sort of structure that lays out its theories succinctly at the beginning, then spends the rest of the time justifying them from various angles. Though I do intend to finish both eventually... I skimmed to the end of Capital, but without the reading group with whom I'd read the first 2/3, I found it much less edifying.
( Upcoming Days )
For some reason there's a party every night this weekend, and there's some event that means a lot of nerdy-interest buildings are open to the public, and it's been a beautiful day and would have been a great one for going out and looking at buildings and going up to the bike station to figure out what's wrong with my crankset ... but I am just too tired. For no good reason, really, except that I've been staving off a sort of low-level cold all week, and I guess maybe it is stealing all my energy?
I am still trying to figure out whether I'll have enough of said energy to go to the party tonight. I'd thought that by skipping all the daytime fun stuff/bicycle maintenance chores, I might feel rested enough to go out tonight -- and I might yet, but right now I'm still feeling pretty damn groggy. And it's 4.5 miles of all uphill, all busy roads to get there. And it's a joint birthday party for an acquaintance and someone I don't know at all. On the other hand, both of these people are good friends with a lot of people who I am much closer to, and haven't seen nearly enough of all summer.
