I read Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow because I liked two of his other books. Also available for download under a CreativeCommons license (attribution + no derivatives).
Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow
I liked it, and the question of how you can prove yourself not to be paranoid but justly concerned for your own safety in a mental institution is sure to follow me around some more.
The entire tribe and sleep deprivation thing wasn’t too good, however. After all, I hang out on the EmacsChannel with people from the Americas, Europe, and India; it never sleeps. Our natural variations in circadian cycles seems to make up for the spread in timezones. So that part would have needed some more work.
The semi-automatic identity verification and contract management on IRC Doctorow describes in his book are interesting, however. I think this might be something I didn’t see coming in such a well-integrated form.
I’m also reading Römische Rechtsgeschichte von Wolfgang Kunkel because it’s about ancient history and law – two subjects I’ve been enjoying more and more over the years. If I interpret the foreword correctly the first edition of this book was printed in 1948. Yay!
Römische Rechtsgeschichte von Wolfgang Kunkel
And I should read Catch 22 by Joseph Heller by the end of the month for the English Book Club. I mooched the book, but it hasn’t arrived yet.
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