[Review] Triumph of the City

[Review] Triumph of the City

by | Nov 20, 2012 | Book Review, English

One of those books that I read mostly in order to recommend it to others. I’m already part of the urbanist converted, and Glaeser is preaching to the choir. For those of you who are comfortably content in the suburbs, or wary of the chaotic hustle and bustle of...
[Review] Thinking, Fast and Slow

[Review] Thinking, Fast and Slow

by | Nov 17, 2012 | Book Review, English

In the past year I have read two books that completely transformed how I understand reality. The first, The Information by James Gleick, which I reviewed here, helped me truly understand for the first time just what is information, that pervasive abstraction that...