Ich muss immer mein Deutsch verbessern

(comment on Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit)

Time to jump into more queer German history

(comment on Sex and the Weimar Republic)

Better than expected, I’m going to reach out of this book

(comment on Transgender History)

I’m reading this to see if it’s worth recommending. I’ll be happy to learn something new, however.

(comment on Transgender History)

Wow. I need to sit with this book for a while. This was fantastic and layered. Modern Library #97 complete.

(comment on Sheltering Sky)

On to #97 on the Modern Library list.

(comment on Sheltering Sky)

A nifty and digestible little introduction. It’s a nice tool for the toolbox.

(comment on How to Make Sense of Any Mess)

I’ve been meaning to read this ever since seeing it mentioned in my colleague Tiankai’s book. Should be a good quick airplane read.

(comment on How to Make Sense of Any Mess)

There will be a day that this book serves as an explainer; today it is a warning

(comment on Wild Faith)

A book-length poem on many future visions of what Asia could be, it commands introspection

(comment on In Short, Future Now)

Diving into Talia’s next book, which is all too relevant for our times

(comment on Wild Faith)

Ultimately this is a personal story, which is fine, but it leaves the broader treatment of a view in AI ethics underserved, and engages with issues that here in 2025 feel downstream of the material on the wrong branch

(comment on Unmasking AI)

I’ll be surprised if this book covers much nee ground for me, but I feel like I should give it a read anyways to see if it’s something to recommend to folks.

(comment on Unmasking AI)

This is a book I wish I wrote, and also I long for more depth in this analysis. A good companion to Dan McQuillan’s book.

(comment on Mechanic and the Luddite)

I went to an AI conference in Silicon Valley so I need to balance out my soul.

(comment on Mechanic and the Luddite)

#8 on the Modern Library list. Relevant for today, but also fuck Stalinism

(comment on Darkness at Noon)

Onto #8 of the Modern Library list. This book may be the most relevant piece of fiction I’ll read given our current times.

(comment on Darkness at Noon)

I forgot how fast this book goes. First I’m taking off on a plane. Then I’m falling asleep. Next I know another 100 pages are behind me. That seems fitting. ML #18 done.

(comment on Slaughterhouse-Five)

On to #18 on the Modern Library list. I read this book many years ago, but I made a mistake and I read it and Catch 22 back to back, which is a bad idea. Almost as bad an idea as when I watched Donnie Darko and Requiem for a Dream on the same weekend.

(comment on Slaughterhouse-Five)