Will Oremus Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Xkcd: Volume 0
Randall Munroe
@hunterwalk @noUpside @pbump ACTUALLY hunter based on the charts the devolution must have happened sometime *prior* to 2008. my guess would be 2005, when randall munroe started drawing xkcd
Paperback, 2010
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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
Kara Swisher
“Burn Book” is the breezy memoir of a highflying journalist who, at 61, is still on top of her game... Swisher intersperses brief recountings of well-trodden tech-industry lore with tidbits of gossip, behind-the-scenes backstories and zesty one-liners.
Hardcover, 2024
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Anthem Rand by Ayn Rand: Novel
Ayn Rand
and then he added this longtermist rationale where if the woke mind virus continued unabated, great geniuses like him would forever be plagued and smothered by critics and regulators like in an ayn rand novel and then we’d never build rockets and then we’d never make it to mars.
Out of stock

Prevention: The Ultimate Cure
Bill Little
The law was weakened from the absurd initial bill, and some NC officials say it had little direct policy impact. Yet it made sea-level rise a third rail in NC. Local policymakers adapted by not mentioning sea level and just talking about flood prevention: https://t.co/SWTq1VEmWp
Paperback, 2006
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