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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Kurt Vonnegut – Cat’s Cradle (1)

Every time I read one of Vonnegut’s books, I feel like hugging the whole world, or the members of my karass, at the very least, or do something powerfully meaningless, yet poetic, to make someone else happier than they have been. Which, of course, seems to be a pretty accurate description of what Vonnegut did […]

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Michael Pollan – The Omnivore’s Dilemma (1)

This book was a magnificent ride. Starting out with a depressing description of the industrial food system, and the great river of corn flowing across the American continent, he proceeds to look at what he calls the industrial organic food system, the coopting of sustainability values by unsustainable big agriculture, and finally homes in on […]