I think Graeber's thesis is largely correct: that many white-collar jobs have little to no real societal value, and that this is a drain on our souls. The anecdotal evidence he provides is especially interesting, and I like how he describes specific job archetypes that are functionally useless.

I think the book isn't organized very well though, and Graeber seems to jump from point to point in a way that makes his thinking more challenging to follow.

I can appreciate Kurzweil's enthusiasm for AI, and I mostly believe him when he says that the pace at which human capability will now grow. But the book spends a significant amount of time discussing how life has gotten exponentially better in the last century and how it will continue to get much better due to AI. Then, Kurzweil spends only a few pages discussing the dangers of AI as they pertain to nuclear weapons, biotechnology, and superintelligence.

This made the book feel less intellecutally honest about the pros and cons of AI than I was hoping. Also, Kurzweil's prediction that in the next 15 years or so we'll be injecting nanobots into our bloodstreams to connect our brains to the cloud is, well, a bit freaky.

A pretty heartbreaking love story wrapped up in a mystery thriller. The slow start made this take a little while to get into, but it became a fun read. Shorter novel that, once I was invested, was challenging to put down.

This is an outstanding account of how Apple transformed an entire labor class in China, how China has benefitted since, and why Apple is struggling to reduce its dependency on manufacturing in the country. Extremely well-researched and incredibly captivating, this a highly important book that's well worth the read.

This is an insightful journey through Trump's 2024 campaign. It's interesting to get a view of what Trump is like behind the scenes, and Karl provides this access. Much of this book was focused on the Biden campaign and the fallout after he dropped out, making the book a bit redundant to Jake Tapper's book, Original Sin. Still a fun book to read.