Book Reviews
Debt: The First 5000 Years - David Graeber
August 8, 2014
On the origins of money, credit systems, and how debt has shaped human civilization.
The Technological Society - Jacques Ellul
August 8, 2014
How technology operates through natural selection and transforms society to accommodate its demands.
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life - Nick Lane
August 8, 2014
A wonderfully detailed exploration of mitochondria and their role in energy, aging, and evolution.
The End of Certainty - Ilya Prigogine
August 6, 2014
On how our models of physics are approximations that break down at different scales.
Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
August 6, 2014
A literary analysis of Flaubert's masterpiece and its revolutionary impact on the novel form.