We got TV and movies and music, so why not this, right?
I read a lot and have a giant backlog of stuff to get to, but still find myself sidetracked by new things rather than cleaning out the shelf I've delayed tackling. So I guess feel free to add to the new things that are delaying my working through the backlog.
The last few quality things I've read:
Missoula by Jon Krakauer. (Book) Definitely in my top five living non-fiction writers, but I was not a huge fan of his most recent book (Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman). This was better than the Tillman book, but still not on the level with his best work imo. It's about sexual assault on the University of Montana campus in Missoula. It doesn't target UM as the problem among institutions of higher education. It's made clear that he's focusing on the campus because it's very near the average in terms of sexual assault statistics. But it's instructive nonetheless to see how criminal law and university discipline systems interact in the context. Worth a read if you're interested in the topic.
The Untold Story of Silk Road by Joshuah Bearman and Tomer Hanuka in Wired (part 1, part 2). (Longform Magazine) I followed this story very, very loosely as it was developing, but this massive piece puts it into extremely good perspective. If you know nothing, I don't want to spoil it for you. If you're at all interested in how a really bright and initially well-meaning kid created an underground black market on the web, just go check it out. it's long, but you'll know within the first five minutes or so of reading whether you'll like it. Very highly recommended.
Columbine by Dave Cullen. (Book) The long, clinical view of exactly what we know for certain about the Columbine incident. I got interested after rewatching the Dirties recently and if you're at all curious to know more fully what went on prior to, during, and after the incident, it's probably the only thing you need to pick up. There was certainly a lot of misinformation spread about the perpetrators and the community during the media coverage and naturally, there were not a lot of corrections made after the fact, so most people are left with what they learned initially.
I read a lot and have a giant backlog of stuff to get to, but still find myself sidetracked by new things rather than cleaning out the shelf I've delayed tackling. So I guess feel free to add to the new things that are delaying my working through the backlog.
The last few quality things I've read:
Missoula by Jon Krakauer. (Book) Definitely in my top five living non-fiction writers, but I was not a huge fan of his most recent book (Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman). This was better than the Tillman book, but still not on the level with his best work imo. It's about sexual assault on the University of Montana campus in Missoula. It doesn't target UM as the problem among institutions of higher education. It's made clear that he's focusing on the campus because it's very near the average in terms of sexual assault statistics. But it's instructive nonetheless to see how criminal law and university discipline systems interact in the context. Worth a read if you're interested in the topic.
The Untold Story of Silk Road by Joshuah Bearman and Tomer Hanuka in Wired (part 1, part 2). (Longform Magazine) I followed this story very, very loosely as it was developing, but this massive piece puts it into extremely good perspective. If you know nothing, I don't want to spoil it for you. If you're at all interested in how a really bright and initially well-meaning kid created an underground black market on the web, just go check it out. it's long, but you'll know within the first five minutes or so of reading whether you'll like it. Very highly recommended.
Columbine by Dave Cullen. (Book) The long, clinical view of exactly what we know for certain about the Columbine incident. I got interested after rewatching the Dirties recently and if you're at all curious to know more fully what went on prior to, during, and after the incident, it's probably the only thing you need to pick up. There was certainly a lot of misinformation spread about the perpetrators and the community during the media coverage and naturally, there were not a lot of corrections made after the fact, so most people are left with what they learned initially.
