Reading List

This will serve as a rolling archive of the books I have read, when I read them, and any reflections I had while reading.

• The Naked Sun - Isaac Asimov (1957)

  • ISBN 0-553-29339-7
  • Read Summer 2023
  • I read this book a while ago so my thoughts on it are kind of rusty. I found this book to be really eye opening especially with the context of the pandemic. A persistent theme of the book is more and more of people’s daily lives being facilitated by robots, resulting in a society which practices extremely germaphobic behaviors including only communicating via video conferencing; a striking parallel to society during the 2020 pandemic, except replace a 1950s interpretation of Zoom with… Zoom. I found it profound how Asimov is able to see into the future with such clarity, but I guess sci-fi tends to feel that way.

• Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport (2019)

  • ISBN 9780525536512
  • Read Winter 2024
  • I really loved this book. It said a lot of what I was thinking the whole time alongside presenting a lot of beneficial ideas for creating a healthy relationship with electronics. I wrote a blog post about some applications of these philosophies here.

• L’etranger - Albert Camus [Translated by Matthew Ward] (1988)

  • ISBN 0394533054
  • Reading in progress

• Sun and Steel - Yukio Mishima (1970)

  • ISBN 0-394-17765-7
  • Reading in progress

• Version Zero - David Yoon (2021)

  • ISBN 9780593332641
  • Reading in progress