Emily Gorcenski started reading Wild Faith by Talia Lavin
Diving into Talia’s next book, which is all too relevant for our times
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Emily Gorcenski finished reading Unmasking AI by Joy Buolamwini
Ultimately this is a personal story, which is fine, but it leaves the broader treatment of a view in AI ethics underserved, and engages with issues that here in 2025 feel downstream of the material on the wrong branch
Emily Gorcenski started reading Unmasking AI by Joy Buolamwini
I’ll be surprised if this book covers much nee ground for me, but I feel like I should give it a read anyways to see if it’s something to recommend to folks.
Emily Gorcenski finished reading Mechanic and the Luddite by Jathan Sadowski
This is a book I wish I wrote, and also I long for more depth in this analysis. A good companion to Dan McQuillan’s book.
Emily Gorcenski started reading Mechanic and the Luddite by Jathan Sadowski
I went to an AI conference in Silicon Valley so I need to balance out my soul.
Emily Gorcenski finished reading Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Darkness at Noon (German: Sonnenfinsternis) is a novel by Hungarian-born British novelist Arthur Koestler, …
#8 on the Modern Library list. Relevant for today, but also fuck Stalinism
Emily Gorcenski started reading Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Darkness at Noon (German: Sonnenfinsternis) is a novel by Hungarian-born British novelist Arthur Koestler, …
Onto #8 of the Modern Library list. This book may be the most relevant piece of fiction I’ll read given our current times.
Emily Gorcenski finished reading Slaughterhouse-five, Or, The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction …
I forgot how fast this book goes. First I’m taking off on a plane. Then I’m falling asleep. Next I know another 100 pages are behind me. That seems fitting. ML #18 done.
Emily Gorcenski started reading Slaughterhouse-five, Or, The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction …
On to #18 on the Modern Library list. I read this book many years ago, but I made a mistake and I read it and Catch 22 back to back, which is a bad idea. Almost as bad an idea as when I watched Donnie Darko and Requiem for a Dream on the same weekend.
Emily Gorcenski finished reading Polysecure by Jessica Fern
A practical translation of the principles of attachment theory to non-monogamous relationships.
Attachment theory …
I learned a few things here, it made me think a bit. I’m also glad the book directly addresses attachment theory as explicitly not an identity model.
Emily Gorcenski started reading Polysecure by Jessica Fern
A practical translation of the principles of attachment theory to non-monogamous relationships.
Attachment theory …
Maybe I’ll figure out what everyone younger than 35 means when they get very upset about attachment styles.
Emily Gorcenski finished reading Anarchist Communism by Peter Kropotkin (Penguin Great Ideas)
Anarchism intensified, in actuality
Emily Gorcenski started reading Anarchist Communism by Peter Kropotkin (Penguin Great Ideas)
Communism intensifies
Emily Gorcenski finished reading Whipping Girl by Julia Serano
A landmark of trans and feminist nonfiction, Whipping Girl is Julia Serano’s indispensable account of …
The first half of this book is a great overview of most of the basic questions about trans identity. The second half is a bit spottier—I think a lot of my grievance stems from a misread of, or engaging with those who misread, Butler. As someone desperately hoping to break the discursive cycles around trans identity, I’m not sure the book helps this, despite clearly trying to. It gives me a lot to think about.
Emily Gorcenski started reading Whipping Girl by Julia Serano
A landmark of trans and feminist nonfiction, Whipping Girl is Julia Serano’s indispensable account of …
More transgender theory!