What books are you reading (or listening to?)

DesertRam

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I'm about halfway through "The End of the World is Just the Beginning" by Peter Ziehan. It's fascinating. If half of what this dude thinks is going to happen in the next couple decades on the world stage actually happens, we're in for quite a shitstorm.
After finishing "The End of the World is Just the Beginning," I found some fiction that takes us down a different path. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War shows us what conflict with China could look like and how it could humble us both.
 

Tonkaman

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Recently I re-listened to Permanent Record by Edward Snowden. This book hits even harder now that the curtain of secrecy is pulled back even further than it was when this story broke.

I love that it takes the time one to explain what type of person Edward is and why he decided to make his decisions. It really focuses on his inner turmoil and hope that something would prohibit him from having to be the whistle blower.
 

nnnnnate

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I finished "Never". I had hope that she wouldn't use the nukes. She did. ~sigh~

Not sure whats up next. After my wife told me reading my books to my youngest while he was trying to fall asleep wasn't appropriate I downloaded Jungle Book. He fell asleep pretty quick. I don't know if thats a good thing or not.
 

Stephen

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I'm finally getting around to reading Wendell Willkie's One World. I've read about this book for years, I've even referenced it in college essays, but I've never actually sat down and read the whole thing. So far, pretty interesting.

For those unfamiliar, Willkie was the 1940 GOP nominee for President. The 1940 election was the closest one for FDR, though he still won handily. FDR saw that Willkie would make for a useful domestic ally in the coming war, so he frequently met with and discussed policy in the hope that Willkie would influence other Republican politicians, which he did.

In 1943, FDR asked Willkie if he'd be willing to travel around the globe to meet with allies and other prominent people as his envoy. Willkie agreed and One World is his account of those travels. In it he also outlines his ideas for what he believed the United Nations (which at this time referenced the allied powers) should evolve into after the war. There was even talk that FDR wanted him to be the first General Secretary of what would become the United Nations we know today, but alas Willkie died in 1944.
 

glockman

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Posted in the mental health thread but I'll double post it here.
Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier. Lots of info around Gen Z and why they are the least resilient generation to date. If you are alive in the world and have to raise gen Z kids, work with them or interact with them, this is a good book. It dovetails with "The Coddling of the American mind" if you've read that.
 
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