Kyle McDonald Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
James C. ScottKyle McDonald@michael_nielsen this is the core of “seeing like a state” by james c scott. example after example where these plans are not only proposed but implemented, and always fail.
Paperback, 2020
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Updated and Expanded
David GraeberKyle McDonaldi'm in the middle of david graeber's last book "the dawn of everything", and like "debt" he makes it clear that there are many times and places where humans have found ways to live in some degree of harmony with each other and their environment
Hardcover, 2021
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Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming
Andreas MalmKyle McDonald@Miles_Brundage @mmitchell_ai “fossil capital” by andreas malm covers an earlier period (early to mid 1800s) but the transition from water power to coal-powered steam is easily one of the biggest technological changes of that century
Paperback, 2016
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The End of Policing
Alex S. VitaleKyle McDonald@GhelfiFrancisco @hardmaru removing cameras and police would be great, but that only addresses a portion of the harms of surveillance culture and carceral culture. maybe check out "the end of policing" by alex vitale, it is focused on the US but you may find similarities with argentina 💙
Paperback, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David GraeberKyle McDonaldi'm in the middle of david graeber's last book "the dawn of everything", and like "debt" he makes it clear that there are many times and places where humans have found ways to live in some degree of harmony with each other and their environment
Paperback, 2023
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How to Save Our Planet: The Facts
Mark A. MaslinKyle McDonald@PaigeEmery_ "how to save our planet" by mark maslin https://t.co/mVCDVQVDiL to be fair it says "the facts" on the cover. it's short, more like a reference book. definitely more bullet points than prose.
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