Recent reads:
Prisoners of Geography, by Tim Marshall. This was my first foray into geopolitics, and I really liked it. Looking forward to Robert Kaplan’s Revenge of Geography as well.
Tubes, by Andrew Blum. A look into the infrastructure of the Internet. It’s easy to forget about all the wires when we live in a somewhat wireless age, so I appreciated the reminder.
Moon Shot, by Jay Barbree. The story of the early American space program, running through the end of the Apollo missions and a bit beyond. I loved it.
Word by Word, by Kory Stamper. A delightful book about lexicography at Merriam-Webster.
Maciej Ceglowski’s May 2017 talk Legends of the Ancient Web is a good warning about mass surveillance. Recommended.