Posts with my book reviews
My review: I read this book after noting that Alain de Botton is a very interesting person. He made this apparent to me in his book entitled “The Architecture of Happiness”. When I saw “Religion for Atheists” on the shelf, I just had to see what a person like Alain had to say about religion Read more
Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton – Review Read More »
My review: If only everybody wrote as lucidly and beautifully as Benedict. What rare qualities for an academic. His style is simply sublime, whether you agree with him or not. I, on my part, do agree with him. As benedict writes, what he is presenting in this book is his “personal search ‘for the face
Jesus of Nazareth by Benedict XVI – Review Read More »
My Review: I detest receiving books as gifts in the workplace. Such books are usually of the soulless sort, the sort that are written around some lifeless corporate motto that is supposed to inspire a new employee to work overtime when needed. So, when I walked into my first day at work at Carnegie Mellon
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch – Review Read More »
My review: I read this book just coming off reading Newman’s Apologia Pro Vita Sua. And I’m glad I did this because otherwise I would not have been able to appreciate enough what Ian Ker is trying to convey through his work: that Newman’s theology was very influential at Vatican II and how it should still be
Newman on Vatican II by Ian Ker – Review Read More »
My review: It’s hard to not write a fascinating book on the Philosophy of the Internet. The Internet is a recent phenomenon that has pervaded all aspects of our lives at lightning speed. And just like social and political policies, philosophy is finding it hard to keep up. We just haven’t had the time to
The Internet Is Not What You Think It is – Review Read More »
My review: I felt so sad throughout the entirety of this book. Sad because it seems as though Simone has never had a loving relationship (be it with her mother, partners, etc.) to show her that her disordered perception of the world of love and her cynicism towards it is unjustified. Unfortunately, as a result,
The Second Sex – Review Read More »
My review: I would call Percy a master of the subtle. His ability to bring out the intricate subtleties of everyday relationships and everyday life is incredible. And he uses this subtlety in The Moviegoer not only as a literary tool but a ministerial one as well. How delicately does he guide the reader to
The Moviegoer by Percy – Review Read More »
My review: Fukuyama when writing this book shortly after the fall of communism in 1989 in Europe: “All animals are equal in a liberal democracy”. Reality a few decades later: “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others”. That’s the gist of the book and a succinct response to it. But let’s
The End of History and the Last Man – Review Read More »
My review: Boy , this guy was a master rhetorician. Woe to anybody who stood in his way. And woe to Charles Kingsley who felt the brunt of Newman’s force of reasoning. Henry Newman wrote this book in response to Kingsley’s accusations of him being a two-faced, dishonorable liar when Newman converted to the Catholic
Apologia Pro Vita Sua by Newman – Review Read More »
“AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order” is a book about the current state of Artificial Intelligence. Although published in late 2018 – light years ago for computer science – it is still very much relevant. This is important because it is the best book on AI that I have read to date. I’d hate for it to become obsolete because it is simply the most level-headed and accurate analysis of the topic currently in print.
AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee – Review Read More »