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Tomasino

tomasino@bookwyrm.tilde.zone

Joined 2 years, 8 months ago

I love to read and sometimes write. I'm active on fedi mostly as @tomasino@tilde.zone. I've been using Goodreads for the past bajillion years and will try to transition here. I run cosmic.voyage and a bunch of fun projects like @SolarpunkPrompts@podcast.tomasino.org

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"Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts …

Review of 'Lying' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Some interesting thoughts and arguments, but he shies away from the deepest ethical arguments and relies too heavily on a few assumptions not fully expressed: lying will always eventually be "caught", in any situation where lying seems justified there is a non-lying alternative that is better by nature of not having to lie, the energy required in lying makes it less desirable than truth-telling. While I feel many of his conclusions were accurate or at least thought-provoking, I was left generally unsatisfied with the arguments leading there. The most interesting portion of the book was a section on responses to reader's questions given at the end.

Sun Tzu: The Only Award-Winning English Translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War: More Complete and More Accurate 4 stars

The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法; lit. 'Sun Tzu's Military Method') is an ancient Chinese …

Review of "The Only Award-Winning English Translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War: More Complete and More Accurate" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

For my second reading I decided to try the audiobook version read by Aidan Gillen. His dynamics greatly improved my understanding and appreciation for the short work.