Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

A memoir by John Perkins about his work as an economic consultant advancing US interests abroad.

BookLearning & booksgeopoliticsmemoirus-foreign-policy

Recommended in 1 thread

Dutch government had hacked into Jared Kushner's phone
twitter.com · 3 days ago
Recommended for explaining the relationship between the US and the Saudis.

The Tyranny of Merit Learning & books
A book by Michael Sandel critiquing meritocracy and its role in political polarization.
1 thread
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins Learning & books
A book by Garry Kasparov on his matches against computers and on human-machine collaboration.
1 thread
Quantum Mechanics for Engineers ↗Learning & books
A free online quantum mechanics text by Leon van Dommelen aimed at engineers.
1 thread
How I Became Stupid ↗Learning & books
A novel by Martin Page about a man who deliberately tries to become less intelligent to be happier.
1 thread
Atomic Physics for Everyone Learning & books
An introduction to atomic physics, quantum mechanics and precision spectroscopy with no college prerequisites.
1 thread
Red Hot City ↗Learning & books
A UC Press book about real estate development and politics in Atlanta.
1 thread
Careless People Learning & books
A memoir by former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams about the company's leadership.
2 threads
The Art of Electronics ↗Learning & books
Horowitz and Hill's comprehensive electronics textbook and reference, with a companion lab book.
1 thread

Careless People
A memoir by former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams about the company's leadership.
2 threads
Forvo ↗
A website with crowdsourced audio recordings of how native speakers pronounce words.
2 threads
1960: The Year The Singularity Was Cancelled ↗
A 2019 Slate Star Codex essay by Scott Alexander on von Foerster's hyperbolic population model.
1 thread
A Perfect Vacuum
Stanisław Lem's collection of reviews of nonexistent books.
1 thread
ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English ↗
A controlled English standard originally developed for aerospace maintenance documentation.
1 thread
Accelerando
A Charles Stross novel about accelerating technological change and autonomous AI agents.
1 thread
Ashton Manual
A guide by Heather Ashton describing slow benzodiazepine tapering schedules, often via diazepam substitution.
1 thread
Atomic Physics for Everyone
An introduction to atomic physics, quantum mechanics and precision spectroscopy with no college prerequisites.
1 thread
Axiomatic ↗
A short story collection by Greg Egan.
1 thread
Basic Concepts of Quantum Mechanics ↗
An introductory book by L. V. Tarasov using dialogues between the author and personas.
1 thread
Big O Speedrun ↗
A website tracking successive improvements to algorithmic complexity bounds, including integer multiplication.
1 thread
Bridge of Waves
A book by W.A. Mathieu about what music is and how listening changes the world.
1 thread