Scott

I am digging how nobody is any kind of hero in this series.

Beat me over the head, at times, to drive home the point.... But apparently is what I was in the mood to hear this evening. I powered through the last half of the book in one sitting.

What was the not-so subtle point?
- attention (outrage or adoration) is a commodity
- there are way too many entities that participate in this “attention” economy / market
- it's hard to change minds or break with established routines

What were some of the other things it made me think of?
- keep an eye on Toxoplasmosis as it creeps over the world
- circa 2019-ish social media botnets were kinda easy to sus out, in a post ChatGPT world who knows.
- Wonder what changes a 2023 version of this book would have made

The looping stories and characters reminded me of “Cloud Atlas” for some reason.

Is interesting to remember (in retrospect) other media that was inspired by this.

Kinda is slipping into ultra-weird towards the end here.

Growing up in Texas really did skew my view of American history. This and works from Howard Zinn are helping me patch those major holes in my understanding.

Pretty sure this is public knowledge from Ben already, just the book gives detailed pictures of what each exercise should look like, including the regressions.

10 mins ROKP
Tibialis Raise 25 x 2 up & 2 down
FHL Calf Raise 25 x left & right SLOW
Tibialis Raise 25 x 2 up & 2 down
KOT Calf Raise 25 x left & right SLOW
Patrick Steps 25 x left & right SLOW
ATG Split Squat 5 sets of 5 for each side alternating (6 on weak)
Elephant Walk 30 reps each side
L-SIT 60 sec alternating L&R hold for 2 secs
Couch Stretch 60 sec each side

heartwarming...

“Talent Is Universal, But Opportunities Are Not” Indeed.

Think a print version of this would have been more actionable/memorable.

Good set of 500 introductory checkmating problems to work through and build up from.

Nice romp through the play style/history of D&D.

I enjoyed the 30 year time jump, didn't expect I would initially.

The way it was wrapped up at the end seemed odd to me.

Gearing up to re-play Dragon Age series, and liked the idea of getting more lore.

Comics from 2007
book written in 2012, not sure if that was enough time to reflect... but is comics about video games not sure they need a lot of reflection.
Was fun to revisit Gabe and Tycho.

Fun to re-read web comics from 15 years ago. :)

I hope there is a bit more character development later in the series. Also the scale of the armies seemed off, but the author [is working on has ] post-graduate degrees in related histories so I trust they got it right.

Was a slow boil.

Not what I was expecting.

I don't think I would want to live in Plato's Republic.

Like the character of Alex, will be interesting to see where this series goes.

The last parts were a bit of a slog based on my personal experience.

excited to try to brew a few of these.

A bit rambling, but a simple system to keep innovating.

Fun end cap to the series. I think I enjoyed the overall creep of the 2nd book more. I liked the expanded perspectives, I kinda think they did some retcon on the director. Enjoyed Saul's point of view the most. I am intrigued by Henry, and think a series about the S&SB would be fun.