Finished reading Owning Your Own Shadow by Robert A. Johnson. Great, short introduction to the subject by a Jungian analyst. It’s an important idea, despite its popularity among young people who have not lived long enough to have developed much of a shadow. 😉

Currently reading Gabor Maté’s book When the Body Says No: Exploring The Stress-Disease Connection. Wonderful book. I’m going to have to make some changes, based on this.

Interesting haul at half price books today

So Blood in the Machine starts with an epigraph from Run the Jewels? Dude, I’ve already bought the book—you don’t have to keep winning me over.

Cory Doctorow reviews Blood in the Machine, a forthcoming history of the Luddites. I’ve had it on pre-order since the day I heard about it. 📚

Ordered a copy of the I Ching through my local bookstore–and it happened to be the translation by David Hinton, whose work I’ve always found helpful. Should be available in 3-5 days, which gives me enough time to read up on how to consult it. Also, Jung’s essay on it and the Weird Studies episode.

My current and upcoming reading pile 📚 What’s in yours?

I’m so glad to have maintained a log of the books I’ve read since 2005. Not least because it’s such a window into the ways I’ve changed over the years. Anyway, I’ve created a page that lists the books in reverse chronological order. Some gaps are true gaps and some are just record-keeping failures.

Now moving on from a book about limits on tools to one about simpler living.

Finished reading Ivan Illich’s Tools for Conviviality. Short book but not a quick read. Dense with ideas that, I believe, are crucial for people concerned about staying human in a time of rapidly accelerating technology.