This is a type of book that advocates for unravelling the limits of the present state, and in this case, the author talks about capitalism and it's liThis is a type of book that advocates for unravelling the limits of the present state, and in this case, the author talks about capitalism and it's limits.
Considering this book as simply a diagnosis, would be an understatement, because it assumes that the reader already considers the failure of capitalism as a truth, and aims for sort of a "literature review" of the capitalist counter-culture ideas.
The author presents the case of beaurocracy, of the end-of-history, apperant lack of alternatives, post-ideological reality, and anchors them into the most relevant arguments from the present.
The reader could gain a clear pathway to what it is to be done. And to the innitiate's eye, at least some lid-bating statements, that may provoke the curios into further research ... albeit using a (sometimes) overly academic language.
What i was left with after this less than 100 pages long book, were not answers, but directions where to answer questions that i previously had. Notice, it doesn't manage to "create" questions for the innitiate reader. I think it would fail in this regard, and also being a rather quick read, i think it's most appropiate to be associated to a literature-review of the topics....more
This is a great overview of the modern Turkish society. I really apprecciated that the author spent time in the beginning of the book setting up the nThis is a great overview of the modern Turkish society. I really apprecciated that the author spent time in the beginning of the book setting up the national context, instead of telling long stories on how little Recep found out he is a Islamic conservative while looking through his home window.
It is a good summary, doesn't delve into unnecessary details, but provides an neoinstitutionalist view on today's Turkey....more
So I've mostly skimmed this book, and emphasised on reading the first couple of chapters.
This is a very in depth look at the formal methods needed toSo I've mostly skimmed this book, and emphasised on reading the first couple of chapters.
This is a very in depth look at the formal methods needed to apply to create a successful Software Engineering Experiment. I've read it as part of my dissertation thesis, and could concur it helped me a bit. It is very technical, even for what i deem necessary for just a dissertation. However, as it tries to cover a topic not only niche, but one of the few niches that is less formal in one of the most formalised scientific domains. The volatility of best practices in the subject's domain, also doesn't help this book age well. Sure, the agile practices described here are still in practice as they were mostly when the book was written. But it fails to properly address integrating Cloud services and modern CI/CD in the experimentation framework.
Overall, a great book to skim for an introduction on how to formalise something that it is not quite made for formal research....more
I chose to only read Common Sense out of this collection. I find it interesting as a historic reading, as a document that generated the American RevolI chose to only read Common Sense out of this collection. I find it interesting as a historic reading, as a document that generated the American Revolution. However, I didn't manage to identify anything exceptional in it. Indeed this is a pamphlet written to be accessible to the layman, therefore it couldn't go to deep into analysis. Even so, it is a respectable historical document, but relevant only in the context of the success of the American Revolution, as it is a doctrinal programme of the Revolution, meant to excite the spirits of the colonials, not really provide meaningful reason for the Revolution itself other than "King bad. Very bad!"...more
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