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https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9798217086160/attensity · 11 Jun 2026
Attensity! is a perfectly fine book, a call to action as relevant now as it was when social media and the larger advertising-backed internet began their decline (years ago, at this point). It's also a fairly shallow read: it names the problem, points to ex...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781668017142/a-flower-traveled-in-my-blood · 7 Jun 2026
Historical nonfiction like A Flower Traveled in My Blood can feel uncomfortably voyeuristic. I wasn't aware of the military dictatorship in Argentina — Chile under Pinochet, yes, but Argentina no. For as much human kindness and empathy as there is, human...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781878424501/the-four-agreements · 30 May 2026
Overt religiosity aside, there's some real value in the guidance in what is, by any measure, a brief book. Be impeccable with your word Don’t take anything personally Don’t make assumptions Always do your best Pretty straightforward, right? The author ...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780760398425/alternative-for-the-masses · 27 May 2026
I'm nostalgic for the 90s and alternative music but I wasn't there for any of it. I was 4 and a half years old when Nevermind was released and was introduced to Nirvana by my dad playing MTV Unplugged in New York on repeat in the tape deck of his manual, h...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780385548533/london-falling · 16 May 2026
...I have no fear, 'cause London is drownin' and I, I live by the river... You can't write a book called London Falling and convince me it's wholly unrelated to London Calling . Perhaps it is, perhaps it's a coincidence. I have a hard time believing it was...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780375714498/manufacturing-consent · 6 May 2026
The mass media serve as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general populace. It is their function to amuse, entertain, and inform, and to inculcate individuals with the values, beliefs, and codes of behavior that will integrate them int...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780063433038/murder-the-truth · 25 Apr 2026
Murder the Truth is another entry in a line of books illustrating the ways in which immense wealth has warped the foundations of American society. We all watch in horror as things bend, fold in and wonder when, just when, it all snaps. The influence that w...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780312288228/englands-dreaming · 18 Apr 2026
I like the Sex Pistols ’ music but was only vaguely aware of their history, so England’s Dreaming made for an interesting and, at times, conflicting read. I find it easy to get caught up in an ideal of punk I manufacture in my head based on the lyrics ...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780593471869/el-paso · 1 Apr 2026
El Paso is a heartfelt, beautifully written tale that manages to connect the city's history to that of her family's, other migrant families and the dynamics of immigration woven deeply into the fabric of the United States. I knew so little of this history ...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781541619609/more-everything-forever · 22 Mar 2026
More Everything Forever is an essential read for the modern, tech-empowered dystopia we find ourselves in. Adam Becker methodically examines and destroys the pseudo-religious nonsense of modern tech founders. Mars is a hellhole coated in poison dust that w...