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“Here’s the basic premise – Images and writing are very different. They utilize different parts of the brain. Images are feminine, writing is masculine. Images are perceived all at once, holistically – we step back and take in a visual scene, in aggregate. Writing, on the other hand, is sequential –…”
“These three terms are disputed, and many consider them obsolete, and even offensive. They refer to what some people considered the three ‘base races’ in the world: In simple, cultural terms: Caucasian: White people Mongoloid: Asian people Negroid: Black people One of the original theories of race…”
“ I didn’t review this book right away, and in the meantime, I read The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry , by the same author. Because of this, it’s hard for me to separate the two books in my head – they’re about very similar themes. Maybe go read that review? A lot of it applies to this as well. ”
“I read this book for the pure titillation level, because I’m fascinated by high society in general and New York culture in particular. And the book delivered on that level – there are some horrifying anecdotes where of a woman trying to fit into Upper East Side mommies. Women who use Birkin bags as…”
“Tedious book. Seemed a bit scattered. The gist appears to be that the biggest reason nations fail is because of unfair, ‘extractive’ institutions, like dictatorships, that give people little incentive to work and are designed to enrich a few. The book goes on about this for 460+ pages, with example…”
“I feel guilty saying that I ‘read’ this book, because I abandoned it after about 100 pages. I just didn’t understand what the author was getting at. This bothers me, because I enjoyed Guns, Germs, and Steel , which is Diamond’s more famous work. The first chapter was a long discussion of his…”
