Daily Rituals

Drugs, drinking, staying up all night, and sleeping in. Y’know, the arts.
One of my favorites. I return to it often. Sometimes a chapter is just a paragraph, but even then it gives a great, humanizing look into the artist’s life. Highly recommended.

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy

“The washing machine didn’t save much time, and the ready meal did, because we were willing to stink but we weren’t willing to starve.”
From the plow to the lightbulb, this book goes through 50 inventions and the social-economic impact that they had on the world around them. I'm a sucker for an easy to read popular economics book and this was just that.

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books June 10, 2025