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rsf92

rsf92@lectura.social

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Lector empedernido, programador, un poco anarquista. Pesimista romántico

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reseñó Little Brother de Cory Doctorow (Little Brother, #1)

Cory Doctorow: Little Brother (EBook, 2010, Tor Teen)

Seventeen year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong …

Still relevant in the age of trump

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the …

William Gibson: Mona Lisa Acelerada (Paperback, Spanish language, 1999, Minotauro)

Mona Lisa Overdrive is the final novel of the William Gibson's cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy.

Living …

Confuso

Esta trilogía se me ha hecho muy confusa en general. Igual es por haber vivido un internet muy real y diferente de la imaginaria matriz de estos libros pero en general me ha costado mucho entender lo que contaban (no se si lo he conseguido). Tienen cosas buenas, el worldbuilding es la hostia, pero joder, son complicados de seguir

Marta G. Franco: Las redes son nuestras (Paperback, Consonni)

Internet era nuestra. Nos la robaron entre quienes viven de extraer nuestros datos personales y …

Recomendable

La parte más "mainstream" del libro, la referente a la historia de la tecnología libre, el empleo de las redes como catalizador del ascenso de la extrema derecha populista, me parece menos interesante (en parte porque varias de las fuentes que emplea, como la columna de Cory Doctorow, me son conocidas). Otras partes, como la intersección entre transfeminismo, tecnología y una suerte de movimiento transhumanista o biohacker me han parecido más interesantes/innovadoras?, pero creo que las recorre con una cierta brevedad - igual por salirse un poco del tema del libro -.

No obstante, el libro se hace ameno, explica cosas, a mi juicio, relevantes para la sociedad actual, que no son tan conocidas y está excelentemente documentado.

Que lo recomiendo, vamos

John T. Cacioppo, William Patrick: Loneliness (2008, W. W. Norton)

Ever felt the need for social connection? This book dives into the history for human …

Amazing and disheartening

For a while, this was the most disheartening book i've read. It almost convinced me that some experiences from my past had left me almost beyond repair. Fortunately the last few chapter reignited my hope in it being reversible.

Aside from that, I found the overall book well argued and certain parts, like his discussion on game theory and its applications toward altruism and social cooperation truly fascinating

Iain McKay, P.-J. Proudhon: Property is Theft! (Paperback, 2011, AK Press) Sin valoración

More influential than Karl Marx during his lifetime, Pierre-Joseph Proudon's work has long been out …

Anarchy!

Sin valoración

Roberto 49 reviews August 3, 2024 [ESP] La parte económica ha quedado quizá algo anticuada, por eso ha sido actualizada por otros autores contemporáneos, pero la parte política me ha parecido absolutamente acertada. Proudhon dio con la clave de la organización política humana a través del principio federativo. Muerte al estado, viva la federación!

[ENG] The economics here are a bit outdated, that's why they have been updated by some contemporary authors, but the politics here are absolutely correct. Proudhon discovered the key to human political organisation in his federative principle.Death to the state! Long live the federation!

Sara Marcus: Girls to the front (2010, HarperPerennial)

A history of Riot Grrrl, a radical feminist movement that was started in the 1990s …

Girl Power

[ESP] Conocía el movimiento y he escuchado algunos de esos grupos, pero esta descripción del movimiento, como surgió y como murió, es tremendamente interesante.

[ENG] I knew about the movement and have listened to some of the bands, but this description of the movement, how it began and died, is so damn interesting

Abolir el copyright

[ESP] El copyright nació como una legislación consecuencialista en un periodo tecnocientífico concreto. Incluso entonces era, aún así, debatible si no se trataba, de facto, de una medida destinada a proteger a los ricos libreros londinenses de la competencia - el Estado protegiendo al rico del pobre como dijo Adam Smith. Hoy es indudable que el desarrollo tecnocientifico hace innecesario el copyright como que este sólo sirve para mantener las estructuras de poder económico por el pergreñadas. Es hora de abolirlo.

[ENG] Copyright was born as a consequentialist legislation in a concrete techoscientific period. Even then it was debatable whether or not it was, in fact, a measure destined to protect the rich london booksellers from competition - the State protecting the rich from the poor as Adam Smith said. Today it is undoubtable that the technoscientific development renders copyright unnecesary as well as that its only function is to …

William Gibson: Conde Cero (Paperback, Spanish language, 2002, Minotauro)

Turner, mercenario corporativo, despierta en un cuerpo reconstruido, con una bella mujer a su lado. …

más confuso que neuromante

July 15, 2024 [ESP] Se me ha hecho más complicado de leer que su primera parte, sobre todo porque añade otra capa de complejidad añadiendo más puntos de vista. Supongo que sí lo hubiera seguido mejor me hubiera gustado más. Leeré el tercero aún así.

[ENG] I found this one more difficult to read than the first part, mostly due to the extra layer of complexity added by there being several POV. I guess I'd have liked it more ihad ai been able to follow it better. I'll read the third one nonetheless