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Gersande La Flèche

gersande@millefeuilles.cloud

Joined 3 years, 2 months ago

Why can't I read all these books!? 🍋‍🟩

🍵 Lots of nonfiction, literary fiction, poetry, classical literature, speculative fiction, magical realism, etc.

📖 Beaucoup de non-fiction et de fiction, de poésie, des classiques, du spéculatif, du réalisme magique, etc.

💬 they/them ; iel/lo 💻 blog: blog.gersande.com 💌 Find me on fedi @silvan.cloud/@gersande or bsky

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Dan Davies: The Unaccountability Machine (Hardcover, 2024, Profile Books Limited) No rating

Part-biography, part-political thriller, The Unaccountability Machine is a rousing exposé of how management failures lead …

This part of the book is a lot more theoretical, which is very interesting apart from the fact that I'm exhausted and nothing is sticking to my cortex. Hopefully, I will be able to revisit this book one day (it's a library text, and I have to bring it back soon!)

Shoshana Zuboff: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (Hardcover, 2019, Public Affairs)

"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has …

This book is extremely dense and I'm reading it on the metro or during study breaks. However, the more I read, the more I'm alarmed, and I consider myself someone who has been relatively immersed in these issues, since the late 00s.

Dr. Jennifer Heisz: Move the Body, Heal the Mind (Hardcover, 2022, Mariner Books) No rating

La théorie du manque de sérotonine est en train d’être complexifiée (voir… debunked)

Surprisingly, it’s likely inflammation. Undoubtedly, you’ve heard of inflammation. It’s what protects the body from infection. Immune cells called cytokines detect an injury or infection and sound an alarm. The alarm summons other immune cells to the site, and their influx cases the inflammation that we recognize as redness and swelling of superficial wounds. However, all parts of the body can inflame, even the brain. And when the brain inflames, it causes sickness behavior that makes us feel exhausted, antisocial and depressed. Sick at home. Alone in bed. Binge-watching Netflix. Sound familiar? Although no one likes being sick, these behaviors are quite prosocial because they isolate us from others and prevent the spread of infection. It’s the brain’s version of social distancing and a small price to pay for protecting others.