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Review: The Invisible Doctrine
Review of The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life) by George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison
Aug 20
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Sami Makelainen
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The Micromanager's Revenge
Part 1: Why your best delegators are about to become your worst AI managers
Aug 13
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Sami Makelainen
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In Your Face, Behind Your Back
The two places technology goes without asking. Part 1 of 2.
Aug 11
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Sami Makelainen
Review: Alone in Japan
Review of Alone in Japan: A Journey to the Future by Tom Feiling
Aug 7
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Sami Makelainen
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AI Productivity Tip of the Year: Buy Better Microphones
On my desk sits an Apogee MiC+, a studio-grade USB condenser I bought during COVID.
Aug 1
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Sami Makelainen
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July 2026
Review: Speed
Review of Speed: How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
Jul 26
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Sami Makelainen
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The Bad AI Neighbors Are a Choice
I’m going to try something different with this post, and try to be on the good side of Churchill’s famous “I would have written a shorter letter but I…
Jul 25
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Sami Makelainen
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How I Review Books
A Disclosure of Biases and Methods
Jul 18
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Sami Makelainen
3
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Review: Against the Machine
Review of Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul Kingsnorth
Jul 12
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Sami Makelainen
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June 2026
Review: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Review of The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián
Jun 27
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Sami Makelainen
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Review: This Way Up
Review of This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters) by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman
Jun 21
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Sami Makelainen
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Review: A World Appears
Review of A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness by Michael Pollan
Jun 12
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Sami Makelainen
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