6/28/2023 0 Comments Dmitry glukhovsky![]() ![]() He covered the 2006 Lebanon War as a war correspondent under mortar shelling. He speaks English, French, German, Hebrew, and Spanish as well as his native Russian. ![]() He has lived in Israel, Germany and France. He writes columns for Harper’s Bazaar, l’Officiel and Playboy. In 2008-2009 he worked as a radio host of a Mayak Radio Station. Glukhovsky also worked on the comic books The Gospel According to Artyom and The Outpost.Īs a journalist, Dmitry Glukhovsky has worked for EuroNews TV in France, Deutsche Welle, and RT. Glukhovsky initiated and co-curated the Universe of Metro 2033 book series, bringing in authors from all over the world to contribute to his post-apocalyptic vision of Earth. He has also written a sequel entitled Metro 2034, as well the last part of this trilogy called Metro 2035. His novel Metro 2033 serves as the basis for the game Metro 2033. ![]() He is also the author of a series of satirical "Stories of Motherland" criticising today's Russia. Glukhovsky is famous in Russia for his bestselling novels Metro 2033 and It's Getting Darker. The novel later became an interactive experiment, drawing in thousands of readers. Glukhovsky started in 2002 by publishing his first novel, Metro 2033, on his own website and granted free access to all the readers. Glukhovsky (Russian: Дмитрий Глуховский) is an author and journalist originally from Moscow. Metro Wiki has a list of quotes for this character. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The leftist interpretation is that society is trending towards the good after this radical break happened. The new middle class was spawned by Christian destruction of the old caste system and it was this new middle class that yearned for a new political system. Then lawyers and the bourgeoise slowly developed. ![]() The clergy entered the government and started wielding power. Christianity brought down this caste system by enabling anyone to join in the ranks of the clergy. There was once a period of a rule of law. Tocqueville's philosophy of history is heavily Christian. He believes in the inevitable progression of democracy. In this regard, Tocqueville is more of a Platonist. The Platonic account is that there is a teleological progression (circular or linear) between different types of regimes. The Aristotelian accounts is that any regime can dissolve into any other regime. There are two general narratives of how political revolutions/progress occurs. People believed that you can't understand politics without understanding the mechanisms of history. Tocqueville writes in a time where everyone had a philosophy of history. With that said, I’ve decided to share these unedited notes on the off chance they are helpful to other readers. ![]() These notes were created during my reading process to aid my own understanding and not written for the purpose of instruction. ![]() My preferred way of engaging with books is reconstruction. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Amartya sen 1999![]() ![]() The multi-variate nature of activities giving rise to wellbeing.Individual differences in the ability to transform resources into valuable activities.The importance of real freedoms in the assessment of a person's advantage.Sen initially argued for five components to assess capability: ![]() The core focus of the capability approach is improving access to the tools people use to live a fulfilling life. In this approach, Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum combine a range of ideas that were previously excluded from (or inadequately formulated in) traditional approaches to welfare economics. It was conceived in the 1980s as an alternative approach to welfare economics. The capability approach (also referred to as the capabilities approach) is a normative approach to human welfare that concentrates on the actual capability of persons to achieve lives they value rather than solely having a right or freedom to do so. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rife with unexpected beauty, The Glass Hotel is a captivating portrait of greed and guilt, love and delusion, ghosts and unintended consequences, and the infinite ways we search for meaning in our lives. ![]() John Mandel takes readers through often hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-homeless, underground electronica clubs, service in luxury hotels, and life in a federal prison. Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. In this captivating story of crisis and survival, Emily St. Years later, a victim of the fraud is hired to investigate a strange occurrence: a woman has seemingly vanished from the deck of a container ship between ports of call. Vincent, who had been posing as Jonathan’s wife, walks away into the night. When his scheme collapses, it obliterates countless fortunes and devastates lives. High above Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Alkaitis’s billion-dollar business is really nothing more than a game of smoke and mirrors. On the night she meets Jonathan Alkaitis, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the lobby’s glass wall: Why don’t you swallow broken glass. ![]() Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Sleeping giants novel![]() ![]() And the narrative is told in interview format, speckled with other content artefacts such as media reports. ![]() The action is all of the straightforward variety. There are plot twists and character development, but they’re not that deep or difficult to predict. Sleeping Giants is not a complex piece of writing. ![]() In many ways, Sylvain Neuvel’s debut novel, Sleeping Giants, reminds me of The Martian. I consumed it in 24 hours and couldn’t put it down. And yet, the book itself was spell-binding. It was initially self-published, as I understand it, through Weir’s blog. Here is a book from a debut author, written in first person tense and involving a limited set of characters. Not only do modern readers have increasing access to all of the great past writers of science fiction books and stories, with their publishers increasingly making available all past content available through platforms such as Amazon’s Kindle, but there is also a rash of young writers coming out with fantastic debut novels.įor example, I was stunned when I picked up Andy Weir’s The Martian several years ago. It’s a great time to be a fan of top-tier science fiction literature. Review Sleeping Giants is a highly enjoyable and accessible novel which builds a human story around the well-worn but still fascinating impact of a piece of alien technology found on Earth. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Doors of Stone by Patrick Rothfuss![]() ![]() ![]() The Doors of Stone will take readers on a thrilling journey through a world of magic and adventure, where the fate of the kingdom rests on the shoulders of one man and the power of his songs. Experience the conclusion to Kvothe's story, and discover the true meaning of power, friendship, and love. With powerful allies and dangerous enemies, Kvothe must use his wits and cunning to survive and uncover the truth about the Chandrian. The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise. In this final installment, readers will follow Kvothe, one of the most legendary figures in the world, as he continues his journey toward the truth about his own past and the forces that have shaped his life. As Kvothe continues his quest for knowledge, he finds himself drawn into a world of magic, intrigue, and political maneuvering. The Kingkiller Chronicle is a fantasy trilogy by the American writer Patrick Rothfuss. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss comes The Doors of Stone the highly anticipated conclusion to award-winning The Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments The power of one courtenay![]() ![]() It's a thick book but I read it easily over a long weekend once I began the novel I wanted to finish it right away. ![]() I learned about boxing, cacti, and boarding schools. The physical landscape is beautifully described. The book is well written with strong details. (Courtenay grew up in South Africa, by the way.) I'd be very curious to read something from the Afrikaaner perspective or from a different African perspective. Much of what I know about South Africa comes from Nelson Mandela's autobiography so it was interesting to hear some of the history from a fictional and English perspective. The book encouraged me to learn more about the Boer War and the history of South Africa. ![]() Peekay is a young English boy (a rooinek, as the Afrikaaners call him) living in a racially diverse and tense society. At the age of six, Peekay decides that his life's ambition is to become the welterweight champion of the world (that's in boxing) and the rest of the novel follows him as he works to realize this dream. The Power of One is set in South Africa, starting shortly before World War Two, and following approximately fifteen years in the life of our narrator, Peekay. I look forward to reading his others because if this is where he started, he's a talented writer. It's stunning that this was Bryce Courtenay's first novel. I've certainly meant to read it for a long time so this was a satisfying title to cross off my list. The Power of One is one of those books that I really should have read years ago. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Metal cats by alexandra crockett![]() ![]() ![]() Recently, I spoke with Alexandra (whose sister, Marietta, is one of my favorite Seattle friends - Hey, Marietta! You suck!), about the May 6 release of Metal Cats, and discussed the connection between metal dudes and kitties, the few assholes that were nervous about their image, and other animals she considers metal. Featuring members of Cattle Decapitation, Phobia, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Xasthur, and Skarp, the dynamic between metal’s most violent and domineering musicians and their furry kittehs are explored through 176 pages of adorable that destroys the stereotypical metalhead image we’ve come to accept. After spending nearly 15 years in the Seattle metal scene, her visual documentation of extreme musicians and their kitty cat pals prompted the idea behind her upcoming book release Metal Cats, a 100-plus photo collection of metal’s most misanthropic figures and their cute, cuddly felines. Alexandra Crockett, a photographer and doctoral student at the California School of Professional Psychology, has witnessed this softer side of the metalhead as well. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments The wheel of time lord of chaos![]() And in the shadows, the Forsaken and the Dark One are conjuring even more chaos. But even he cannot predict just how desperate, cruel, and treacherous they can be. Rand knows all too well the manipulative nature of the Aes Sedai, no matter which side of their internal war they stand upon. Split into two factions, the Aes Sedai of the White Tower and their rebel counterparts both seek to ally themselves with the Dragon Reborn. The warrior Aiel clans have pledged loyalty to Rand, acknowledging him as their chief of chiefs, even though the Shaido Aiel remain a threat. ![]() Now ruling Tear, Andor, and Caemlyn, among other nations, Rand is recruiting all men capable of channeling to be trained as his Asha'man soldiers. The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! In Lord of Chaos, the sixth novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time(R), Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, builds his army of Light even as sworn enemies-and supposed allies-move against him. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Taylor jenkins reid albums![]() ![]() Sam Claflin as Billy Dunne, the lead singer and songwriter. ![]() Riley Keough as Daisy Jones, the lead singer and songwriter.It contains ten episodes, released in weekly batches of two or three episodes.ĭaisy Jones & the Six follows "a rock band in the 1970s from their rise in the LA music scene to becoming one of the most famous bands in the world and explores the reason behind their split at the height of their success." The Amazon Prime Video series is based on Taylor Jenkins Reid's book of the same name, which the author describes was partly inspired by her experience growing up and by watching Fleetwood Mac performances on television. Daisy Jones & the Six premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 3, 2023. Set in the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1970s, the series charts the rise and fall of the fictional titular rock band through a documentary style series of interviews with the members and footage of concerts and recording sessions, complete with vocals by series leads Riley Keough (as Daisy) and Sam Claflin (as Billy, founder of the Six). Weber, based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Daisy Jones & the Six is an American musical drama streaming television miniseries developed by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. ![]() |