Book Riffs

Notes: Energy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil

Janky, unedited, written to help myself retain and understand better. What follows are a bunch of random riffs I wrote down while reading the book, but…

Aug 5 •

Notes: Symbolic Species by Terrence Deacon

Janky, unedited, written to help myself retain and understand better. Trenton Bricken (good friend and former podcast guest) was the one who recommended…

Jun 27 •

Notes: The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker

What exactly is mentalese

Jun 24 •

Notes: The Prize by Daniel Yergin (Part 1)

"the best histories on any one topic are often histories of basically everything"

Mar 4 •

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