Extracting the short (mostly 3 paragraphs or less) book reviews I’ve written from a private group chat onto my blog, because I’d rather avoid Goodreads and Amazon. Mission Economy by Mariana Mazzucato Mazzucato is my favourite economist. Her first book “The Entrepreneurial State” totally changed my mind about the role of government in innovation. Her second book “The Value of Everything” gave a whirlwind tour of economics while articulating why I reflexively cringe whenever people discuss the “productivity” of the financial sector.

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I’ve read over 300 graphic novels in 2023. Most of them were okay. Less than 20 were so bad as to be wastes of time. The following I recommend so strongly that I want you to reach out to me if you end up reading them so we can discuss them together. Superlatives Most surreal: Bonding by Matthew Erman Best use of devastating minimalism: Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, if you want mundane horror Acting Class by Nick Drnaso, if you want surreal horror Beverly by Nick Drnaso, if you want short surreal stories Best existential French vibes:

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I’ve read over 100 graphic novels in the last 6 months. There are only two that I would universally recommend: Ducks by Kate Beaton Shortcoming by Adrian Tomine Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton This is the graphic novel I would give to describe Canada to a non-Canadian. On the surface, its a memoir about working in the Albertan oil sands to pay off student loans, but it touches on so many vaguely Canadian themes.

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No one wants to read a series of blog posts about the various tools I use on a daily basis and how I feel about them. But maybe someone wants to read one blog post? Love Bandcamp Lets me buy + download music from all my favourite artists and then gets the hell out of my way. Complice I wrote a love-letter to you. 5 years later the love is still going strong.

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Extracting the short (mostly 3 paragraphs or less) book reviews I’ve written from a private group chat onto my blog, because I’d rather avoid Goodreads and Amazon. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Christopher Voss and Tahl Raz Excessively long given the simplicity of the content. Instead, read: Patrick McKenzie’s post on salary negotiation Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury, which is a classic, while also being shorter Nitpicks:

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