David Larson

Our Future in Novel Form

Revisado: 12-06-21

So many times while listening to this book I had the same two thoughts. First: This can't happen. Second: But this is already happening. Great listen!

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Way better than I thought

Revisado: 12-08-20

It's funny how little we are willing to accept from the government in exchange for our tax dollars when so much more is possible. As long as people continue to be fooled, we will all suffer.

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Crazy Story

Revisado: 11-16-20

Good writing, lots of twists and turns, and a crazy story. Read in 2 days.

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Very Important Book

Revisado: 10-29-20

This book explains everything you need to know about what is wrong with our current political environment.

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Worth Reading

Revisado: 10-12-20

The book tells an interesting story. It's worth reading. Unfortunately it is a bit racist the way it refers to all white men as the devil (and is especially tough on Jewish people). However, by the end of the book, Malcolm X renounces his belief that all white people are bad and that integration is impossible. Martin Luther King was the carrot and Malcolm X was the stick. Without agreeing with each other they gave white America a choice to either improve or face rebellion. It's an important lesson that power never concedes anything without a demand.

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she is funny

Revisado: 08-06-20

I had never heard of her before but she is really funny. This book was both funny and sexy at the same time. But mostly funny. Like really funny. For a Canadian.

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great writing

Revisado: 03-29-20

Her dialogue sparkle with wit. Very clever writing. Deserves to be read more widely. Also if you have ever worked on a movie set you will appreciate this book a lot.

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The Real Deal

Revisado: 02-25-20

Reading this book as an American made me feel like an underachiever. I grew up with so many freedoms that I take for granted. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, a 17 year old kid stands up to the Chinese government and ends up behind bars as a political prisoner, just because he wanted a little bit of freedom for his people.

I look around at my fellow Americans and wonder who among us would have the guts to do what this kid did. He helped start the colored umbrella movement in Hong Kong that has turned into a pro-democracy revolution. He credits his Christian faith for giving him the strength to do these things. What an inspiration he is. What an inspiration his fellows in Hong Kong are, fighting for just a taste of the freedom that we in the west take for granted.

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Monopoly is good... brought to you by Google

Revisado: 01-29-20

I am giving 1 star to a book I otherwise completely agree with because of one fraudulent section. Somewhere in the middle of the book, the author makes two claims that are very strange and don't fit in with the rest of his arguments. First, he claims that monopoly doesn't hurt wages. Second he claims that automation doesn't hurt wages. He makes no real justifications of these two claims, just states them as obvious fact and moves on.

These two strange claims got me curious about who was funding the author. After a quick search it turns out the author's think tank is funded by Google (the ex-chair of the think tank and it's largest donor is Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google). Even more interesting, a scholar from the author's think tank actually made the claim last year that Google itself was a monopoly. But after pressure from Google, the think tank fired that scholar and reversed it's position on Google being a monopoly.

Now that I am armed with this information, the author's claims that monopoly isn't bad and automation isn't bad make a lot more sense. The author makes a lot of great points in this book and I agree with 90% of what he has to say. But there is no excuse for this kind of intellectual dishonesty. If you take money from a monopoly company and fire any employees who point out what you are doing, then you lose your right to claim objectivity in your analysis.

Monopoly is bad. Automation killed more American jobs than off-shoring did. You would certainly make these points yourself if your hands weren't tied by your need for funding from Google.

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Amazing Must-read

Revisado: 11-26-19

After reading over 2000 books in the last 5 years, it's rare for me to be "blown away" by anything new. This book is an exception. Read it immediately and have your eyes opened to the truth.

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