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Venkatesh Rao
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Conversational account. For work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian. IKEA builder.

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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 4
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      Pandemic live-reads meta-thread. I have reasons I’m reading these right now and finding them useful for current headspace, but I’ll save those for a blog post. First one was history of Astounding, the legendary sci-fi magazine.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1233210973793574912 …

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      I’ve been reading, Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee. It’s a sort of group-bio of the invention of modern science fiction starting in the 1930s https://amzn.to/2VAgCTD 
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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 4
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      Second: The Starship and the Canoe by Ken Brower, on father-son double biography of physicist Freeman Dyson and canoe-builder/outdoor adventurer/technology historian George Dyson. Freeman died just as pandemic struck. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1234714328994988035?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1234714328994988035 …

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      Next up in my twitter live reads: The Starship and the Canoe by Kenneth Brower, on physicist Freeman Dyson and his historian son George Dyson (ht @andersen for reco) https://amzn.to/2TfcNBv 
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      Third up. Freedom’s Forge https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1246567982932742144?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1246567982932742144 …

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      Next twitter live read for pandemic, Freedom’s Forge, on WW2 industry/economic mobilization recommended by @jamesgiammona Let’s see how this one goes. https://amzn.to/39IlHMP 
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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 28
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          Next up, Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror, though Im not yet done with the last one. It’s about life in the 14th century around the Black Death.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1255170726878834695?s=21 …

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          Next pandemic live read, Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror, a history of the 14th century through the life of a single minor nobleman whose life was coextensive with the main events, esp the Black Death. https://amzn.to/2ww5ixs 
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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 18
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          Co-opted guest thread, Weimar Germany: Promise and tragedy https://twitter.com/bravojohnson5/status/1282578335323676672?s=21 …https://twitter.com/BravoJohnson5/status/1282578335323676672 …

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          Bravo Johnson @BravoJohnson5
          http://amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07CSH … Reading this now. See how it goes “Excellent and splendidly illustrated. . . . [A] superb introduction. . . . probably the best available." --Eric Hobsbawm pic.twitter.com/PM6qGiUIZH
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          Next up: Marshall Plan by Benn Steil. Feels like an appropriate sequel to Freedom’s Forgehttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1286523087437983744?s=21 …

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          Next pandemic live read. The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War by Benn Steil https://www.amazon.com/Marshall-Plan-Dawn-Cold-War/dp/1501102370 …
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          Next, Pale Rider by Laura Spinney. Spanish Flu here we come.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1304939108330954753?s=20 …

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          Next pandemic live-read. Pale Rider, by Laura Spinney, about the Spanish Flu. I'm relentless. https://amzn.to/2Fg1TaI 
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        6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 18
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          The pandemic live reads thread is officially done. 6 book threads you me plus 1 guest thread. But if you’ve done a reading of a relevant book, feel free to link thread here.

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