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What are you reading? (lemmygrad.ml)
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Currently I'm reading Nina Burton's 'Livets tunna väggar' which translate to something like Walls of Life. It's a book by a Swedish writer who inherits her mother's summer house. When she wants to renovate it, she finds all sort of life around and in the house. She uses said life to teach you something about the intellect of various insects and animals, which goes deeper than humans normally think.

It's a very interesting book that makes me think about non-human life even more. Creatures that are thousands of times smaller than we are have such complex societal structures. Humans have overcommodified animal life for centuries now, seeing them as property and commodities instead of complex and intelligent life forms.

What are you reading?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are gonna do Mao, I'd say grab Five Essays. It's got On Contradiction and On Practice both, which are always recommended for good reason, but it also has a few other really good works by him.

I'm trying to find it as an epud to add to my collection but I listened to the audiobook version which is on Spotify.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m trying to find it as an epud

Hmm.. I'll add it to my list. (assuming you mean epub?)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Lol yeah. Epub*