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75% complete! Armamix has read 49 of 65 books.

David Wallace-Wells: The Uninhabitable Earth (2019, Tim Duggan Books)

It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is …

Review of 'The Uninhabitable Earth' on 'Storygraph'

A good exploration of current effects of human pollution, but jumps around a bit too much and much of the future forecasting seems thinly grounded. The latter chapters seemed even more stream-of-thought random.

This won't change anyones mind, nor will it inspire action, but as a primer or a refresher of what's at stake it will be worth the quick read.

James R. Clapper, Trey Brown: Facts and Fears (Paperback, Penguin Books)

Review of 'Facts and Fears' on 'Storygraph'

This book sets a lot of records for me, among them "Highest frequency of acronyms ever" and "Most occurrences of the phrase "speaking truth to power" by someone in power. "

Clappers memoirs are interesting and gives a tiny bit of insight into the (apparently rather sheltered) life of a US intelligence professional (not unlike Comey's effort in that regard.) Still, you can't shake the feeling that it's only showing the surface, and that there's a lot of polishing and retrofitting going on.

Well worth the read, but needs to be taken with the obligatory pinch of salt.