Chayka raises vital points about cultural evolution in the age of algorithmic recommendations and how we experience art, but falls short of expectations by offering too few practical antidotes for this filtered world.

November 22, 2024

A wonderfully expansive book on heat and its disastrous future consequences for our planet — a rare read that I would both enthusiastically recommend to anyone and deeply regret ever picking up.

September 23, 2024

Dahl describes his early life in English boarding schools and his deployment for the RAF in World War II with such excellent craftsmanship that the reader tends to forget the stories are not made up.

June 9, 2024