Photo from April that I came across.

I’ve been a long time Chase Reeves fan through his YouTube channel as he has coached me through important bag and shoe decisions. He does this all with a very authentic and engaging spirit. This podcast gets into some good religious and spiritual territory that I can’t disagree with. This is definitely somebody I’d have a coffee with.

I came across this book from stumbling through YouTube algorithms. The catchy title of the video is “The Book That Made Me Quit My Smartphone” which grabbed my interest. The review is great and I’d suggest watching it if you are at all interested in this book.

When reading Neil Peart’s Ghost Rider, he mentions that he gets book suggestions from the book he is reading. I did the same, Desert Solitaire, suggested in his very own Ghost Rider book. It was pitched as a book about solitude, written by Edward Abbey back in the mid-1960’s. He was a Forrest Ranger in the Arches National Park, prior to it being as popular and visited as it is today.

Nexus is a book about information systems and how it relates to society and specifically nations and their political structures. The book is not what I would call uplifting per se, but more informative and with a slight amount of hopefulness. Besides the AI hype machine happening, it was a useful book for understanding the political trends in the current age. An age of hubris and nationalism.

I started on this book and then abandoned it after 120 pages. It was really difficult for me to get into the verbose and extravagant language that may have been a function of the time it in which it was written. From Mary Shelley, of Frankenstein fame, came one her other books, The Last Man. Written in 1826, this book is an early example of apocalypse and is likely a product of its time given the frequent plagues that were the norm over human history.

A sad book coming from a very sad time in the life of childhood hero of mine.

A detailed, fair, and engaging recounting of the Founding Father most likely to be fun to hang out with.

I think in retrospect, this book will be a very useful reference for when I am feeling stuck in some particular aspect of life. It is formatted to be consumed over four weeks, but the topics are suitable for picking up as needed. Definitely a great cure for the dilemma of the modern man.

https://www.seangoedecke.com/good-times-are-over/