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QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling

June 16, 2021 by Bothari43 5 Comments

A blurb on the back of the book compares this one to a Black Mirror episode, and I find I don’t have much more to say about it. That is very accurate, but it wouldn’t be one of those episodes the internet is on fire about the next day. In the (probably not-too-distant future), corporations have taken over the world, and the US has been renamed QualityLand. People are assigned levels, and the higher your level, the more perks you get (high level people can […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: artificial intelligence, consumerism, dangers of technology, humans are dumb, Marc-Uwe Kling, NEW KITTEN!, social media

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: artificial intelligence, consumerism, dangers of technology, humans are dumb, Marc-Uwe Kling, NEW KITTEN!, social media ·
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The Good Life is not the goods life.

Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism by Kate Soper

May 19, 2021 by Halbs 3 Comments

Kate Soper’s Post-Growth Living is split in two. It’s about environmentalism and true human flourishing. It’s about doing the right and also pragmatism. This isn’t a pie in the sky philosophy book – it looks at where we are right now and how we can change our thinking and therefore our action in order to build a more sustainable and happy future. In some ways this book could make more enemies than friends – Soper goes after our current cultural desire for more more more. […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: consumerism, environmentalism, happiness, Kate Soper, Philosophy, politics

Halbs's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: consumerism, environmentalism, happiness, Kate Soper, Philosophy, politics ·
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