Alex Loewi

These are masterpieces

Revisado: 01-25-25

Read them all. Concise, hilarious, informative, narrative, dramatic, and full of the actual music. They've given me completely different relationships with every composer, many of whom I already knew quite well

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Possibly the worst book I've ever read

Revisado: 01-01-25

Do not read this book.

Really should have started with a note from the acknowledgements, in which the author reveals she hates the subject matter. It's just a list of unexplained methods, specific recommendations without any consideration of organizational context, resources, or need, and perhaps the single worst description of machine learning I've ever heard. The author seems not to realize that the limits of her own understanding are not the boundaries of the world. An almost complete waste of time.

But if you want a laugh, don't miss the part where her hospital client says her recommendations will result in real human deaths, and she blames them for getting in the way of her extremely wise counsel.

And bonus points if you catch all the words the reader mispronounces.

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Best Book Ever Written

Revisado: 03-13-23

Simply cannot recommend it highly enough. Reading it is a civic duty of the highest order.

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terrific, if you like 19th century psychology

Revisado: 10-16-22

full of extremely interesting thoughts on and insights into religion, which seemed secure enough in their accuracy though I do wish there were a more contemporary version of these theories. overly long and slow, as is the case with nineteenth century academic writing, with a great deal of incomprehensible theory, but on the whole very worth it, and always pleasant to listen to, or tune out

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good, fun, easy, not academic

Revisado: 09-23-22

liked it well enough, would appreciate a more rigorous treatment. the anecdotes were fun, numerous, and compelling, but I want the research front and center, more than one, dubious, study at a time

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Good story, insubstantial telling

Revisado: 08-12-22

I wish I'd looked up more serious Hendrix biographies like Room of Mirrors (or whatever). The author of this seemed oddly ... like he didn't really care very deeply about his subject, and scandalized, or embarrassed, by things about him, in a way that led me to wonder what might have been missing or distorted.

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Shallow theory, few meaningful recommendations

Revisado: 10-07-20

Lots of examples, many very familiar from the news, not much tying it together. Shame though.

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