Leszek Ciesielski
Updated a reading goal:
Read 24 books in 2026
Progress so far: 6 / 24 25%
An international bestseller, hitting a lot of areas I'm interested in. I should have guessed this is going to be a disappointment. When it goes into details, it's often slightly wrong. When it goes into broad overviews, it repeats itself over and over, like a university teacher, trying to make sure his distracted students remember what he says. And when it starts to predict the future, oh damn, then it really shows the author does not read any decent futurologists or sci-fi authors.
Looking for a broad strokes history? Read https://hardcover.app/books/guns-germs-and-steel
Looking for an overview of how money and credit shaped human societies? Read https://hardcover.app/books/debt
Looking for speculation on how technological changes feed and reinforce cultural and psychological changes? Read https://hardcover.app/authors/peter-watts or https://hardcover.app/authors/william-gibson or https://hardcover.app/authors/jacek-dukaj or https://hardcover.app/authors/charles-stross-71664503-1ea5-4c44-8458-a3a54d2ad422 ...
An international bestseller, hitting a lot of areas I'm interested in. I should have guessed this is going to be a disappointment. When it goes into details, it's often slightly wrong. When it goes into broad overviews, it repeats itself over and over, like a university teacher, trying to make sure his distracted students remember what he says. And when it starts to predict the future, oh damn, then it really shows the author does not read any decent futurologists or sci-fi authors.
Looking for a broad strokes history? Read https://hardcover.app/books/guns-germs-and-steel
Looking for an overview of how money and credit shaped human societies? Read https://hardcover.app/books/debt
Looking for speculation on how technological changes feed and reinforce cultural and psychological changes? Read https://hardcover.app/authors/peter-watts or https://hardcover.app/authors/william-gibson or https://hardcover.app/authors/jacek-dukaj or https://hardcover.app/authors/charles-stross-71664503-1ea5-4c44-8458-a3a54d2ad422 ...
