Ed Yong is good.
Valuable resource and jumping off point. Well researched and makes a great case.
A positive outlook on conscious consumption.
A good take on buying our way out of global warming. This ran in the print issue with the cover text “WARMING IS OVER if we pay for it.”
I loved this take on what it means to be a tourist in this modern age.
More China scaries. Truly mind-bending stuff, especially if you have an appreciation for the technology behind GPS.
As if global warming wasn’t enough to worry about.
I devoured this book in about a day. It was a very cathartic read. I’ve never met Anna, but we know some of the same people, and it turns out I even worked in an office two floors above her at one point. It’s weird to have what feels like shared memories with someone you’ve never met.
There’s perhaps too much self-loathing and negativity for me to recommend this to anyone who hasn’t lived in SF and/or worked in tech, but Anna’s criticisms are all spot on. The late-00s/early-10s felt like a special time in tech, and this memoir really captures what it was like, albeit in a deeply cynical way.
I only made it about halfway through this book before it got too complicated for me to understand - I don’t really get wavefunctions yet.
I plan to return to it at some point - I really enjoyed the writing style and historical context.