Conor Friedersdorf Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Conor Friedersdorf

@willwilkinson @mrsavagewolf01 Of the pileons that Jon Ronson writes about in So You've Been Publicly Shamed which ones reduced structural inequality, in your view, if any?

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@WilliamLiDC Do you know the book Nonzero by Robert Wright?

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I'm trying to recall at what age I was taught nouns, pronouns, verbs, etc? This school has the book "They, She, He - Easy as ABC" in the curriculum for first graders. It introduces 26 kids and the pronounces each uses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXT_zXRdYcs

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I've been saving a galley of this to read on a flight tomorrow because I liked the author's previous books enough to trust her with a 6-hour stretch. Recommend a preorder. @katrosenfield doesn't miss. https://t.co/Ped7V02Cr5

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An Immense World by @edyong209 Is out tomorrow for all seeking a summer read. https://www.amazon.com/Immense-World-Animal-Senses-Reveal/dp/0593133234/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=131615051889&gclid=CjwKCAjwtcCVBhA0EiwAT1fY7zTf3gJqDX7vpQhCn_CW2-nZHvTFVsxQyNme01gcIkWMIDtktEG3kBoCM_AQAvD_BwE&hvadid=557252320764&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9031536&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=17769434934597859511&hvtargid=kwd-1627934295556&hydadcr=6784_13185013&keywords=an+immense+world+ed+yong&qid=1655754040&sr=8-1

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A few thoughts on authoritarianism drawn from Karen Stenner's excellent book *The Authoritarian Dynamic*:

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Trouble in Paradise by Randy Newman Visiter by The Dodos The soundtrack to The Great Beauty https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1488968896409448458

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New @joedjoedonnelly book on SoCal https://www.amazon.com/So-Cal-Dispatches-End-World/dp/1940213185/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3M8O48JZWF83R&keywords=joe+donnelly&qid=1647366082&s=books&sprefix=joe+donnell%2Cstripbooks%2C149&sr=1-1

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The book to read to understand this is The Authoritarian Dynamic by Karen Stenner.