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Apr 18, 2021
Utopia For Realists by Rutger Bregman
Utopia for Realists sets out the case for three things which I also endorse.
* Universal basic income
* A shorter workweek
* Open borders
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://athenareads.home.blog/2021/04/18/utopia-for-realists-by-rutger-bregman/
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Mar 10, 2021
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll
Quantum mechanics is probably the most fascinating part of physics, and it has faced deep controversies and debates since its origin. It is an interesting subject, even though there are many things that are highly confusing about it. I am just an honest autodidactic who wants to study quantum mechanics from textbooks and eventually to learn enough to think deeply about the foundations of quantum physics. I do not understand all the subtleties about it, but any lack of understanding it can be forgiven, as–to quote Richard Feynman- no one understands quantum mechanics.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://athenareads.home.blog/2021/03/10/something-deeply-hidden-quantum-worlds-and-the-emergence-of-spacetime-by-sean-carroll/
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Mar 4, 2021
Vivian by Christina Hesselholdt
I was really exciting about the subject of this book. I like novels based on the lives of real people and this novel is based on the life of the eccentric American photographer Vivian Maier.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://athenareads.home.blog/2019/07/03/vivian-by-christina-hesselholdt/
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Mar 4, 2021
To be a Man by Nicole Krauss
To Be a Man is a collection of ten unusual, emotional and beautifully written short stories about the paradoxes of what is to be a man and what is to be a woman between men.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://athenareads.home.blog/2021/03/03/to-be-a-man-by-nicole-krauss/
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Feb 25, 2021
Eunice Foote: A fascinating tale of feminism and climate change
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://athenareads.home.blog/2020/06/19/eunice-foote-a-fascinating-tale-of-feminism-and-climate-change/
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Feb 25, 2021
Epidemics and Society by Frank M. Snowden
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://athenareads.home.blog/2021/01/26/epidemics-and-society-by-frank-m-snowden/
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Feb 25, 2021
Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order by Philip Coggan
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://athenareads.home.blog/2021/02/25/paper-promises-money-debt-and-the-new-world-order-by-philip-coggan/
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Feb 22, 2021
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
For most of us fungus is a drug, a pizza topping, or perhaps an infection. For Merlin Sheldrake, a biologist who worked on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, fungus is an entire kingdom of life as diverse as plants and animals. Fungi are indeed the largest and oldest group of living organisms.
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Feb 22, 2021
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://athenareads.home.blog/2021/02/22/metamorphosis-and-other-stories-by-franz-kafka/
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