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rooneymcnibnug

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Deep in a philosophy hole, but I enjoy tons of other non-fiction books and a lot of fiction as well.

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Harold Abelson: Structure and interpretation of computer programs (1985, MIT Press, McGraw-Hill)
Brandon Sanderson: The Way of Kings (Hardcover, 2010, Tor)
Silvia Federici: Caliban and the Witch (Paperback, 2004, Autonomedia)

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Rekka Bellum, Devine Lu Linvega: Busy Doing Nothing (EBook)
Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace (Penguin Classics) (2007, Penguin Books)
Hugh Gusterson: People of the Bomb (Hardcover, University of Minnesota Press)

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László Krasznahorkai: The Melancholy of Resistance (2002, New Directions Publishing Corporation)
EZLN: For Life (Paperback, Active Distribution)
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Emilio Olcina, Luis Alberto de Cuenca, Emilio Olcina: Carmilla (Paperback, Alianza Editorial)

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finished reading Beautiful Data: A History of Vision and Reason since 1945 (Experimental Futures) by Orit Halpern

Orit Halpern: Beautiful Data: A History of Vision and Reason since 1945 (Experimental Futures) (2015) No rating

Pretty decent history of cybernetics and its major 'players', which is what I was looking for, but gets a bit lost in the sauce around certain aspects. Was somewhat (pleasantly) surprised to see Deleuze mentioned in this, since I've been really focusing on a lot of that stuff lately re:philosophy. This seems to really shy away from how capitalism has devoured concepts of cybernetics.. but I think that's maybe not the point of this work anyways.

reviewed Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze

Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari: Anti-Oedipus (Paperback, 2009, Penguin Classics)

Analyzes the expression and repression of desire in Western culture and tells how to avoid …

Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari

Started with lots of notes but ended up just kind of letting it wash over me. I'm sure I'll return to this, and will be interested in reading more Deleuze. There are a lot of cool resources out there and I am part of a reading group for this that is lagging a bit, so I look forward to being a part of those conversations through the year as supplement.

finished reading Twilight of the idols, or, How to philosophize with the hammer by Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche: Twilight of the idols, or, How to philosophize with the hammer (1997, Hackett Pub.) No rating