Human
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Are you really alive, or just existing? Zenith, an irritable cleaner from India, has been 'dead'...
Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Checking, Scrolling, Clicking and Watching
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"Truly addictive". (Malcolm Gladwell). "Brilliant". (Susan Cain). "Essential". (Charles Duhigg). How...
Rebecca Billcliff (2409 KP) rated Ready Player One (2018) in Movies
Feb 16, 2021
A film that takes a very interesting look at a possible future where VR is king. Not going to lie, I would be totally up for this future (-evil corperations, but what are the odds we can get rid of them). It is interesting, since this came out the year before the pandemic, how amazing would it be to meet up with all the people we have not seen in a year, in a virtual cafe, or game together. All we have now is Zoom and Among Us.
I digress, this film had me hooked from the first moment. The characters are compelling, though J suspect they have been "Hollywooded" a little bit, and the story is really good.
You know what I have to do now, don't you?
Read the books. And wouldn't you know it, some very considerate person put them in my Amazon shopping basket....
ClareR (5721 KP) rated Back to Nature: How to love life - and save it. in Books
Jul 20, 2021
This book talks about how we can preserve nature, and how important it is to do so. It talks about how it’s not just up to the individual to put a stop to Climate Change, but it’s also the responsibility of big business and governments globally. It shows the mistakes that have been made, and how local groups are trying to do their bit to save nature.
Chris’ sections look at the big picture, and Megans look at more detailed aspects of nature - which are linked to the wider considerations.
It’s a really interesting, well-written and accessible book.
This is a really engaging, easy to read book, with some great examples. Bregman looks at studies and experiments that all types of scientists have done, and also looks at some real life examples.
This book left me feeling very positive about the state of humanity, and I hope that the good people in our societies will always outnumber the bad.
I really do highly recommend this if you’re prevaricating over whether to read it or not. It’s a great read.
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole and Rutger Bregman for reading along!
David McK (3425 KP) rated How to Survive the End of the World (When It's In Your Own Head) in Books
May 26, 2020
Written by a comedian - Aaron Gillies - I came across this when a friend recommended it in one of my WhatsApp group chats. I'm not sure why: we hadn't been discussing the subject matter, but none-the-less (and for 99p) I thought I would give it a shot. And I'm glad I did.
Whilst there are parts that were completely alien to me (and I'm not a fan of the swearing: it's not funny, it's not clever, and it's not smart), there were other parts where it felt like the author had, essentially, been riding around in my brain for the day: almost as if he and I had inhabited the same little part of this space-time continuum.
An easy read (if not an easy subject matter) and Aaron Gillies doesn't claim to hold all the answers, simply providing his experiences and what has worked for him, alongside some dark humour that actually had me laughing out loud at one or two moments in the narrative (is that the right word?).
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The End of October
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Many Different Kinds of Love: A Story of Life, Death and The NHS
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In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in...
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A witty and thought-provoking YA love story set during the COVID-19 quarantine, written by two NYT...
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