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This is something of a memoir with a bunch of life advice. The advice comes from a guy who
, nowadays, is very rich and comes from some privilege (which he acknowledges
because that's the kind of thing you have to do nowadays, lest some people feel
you are bragging or what not). I think the bits I found more endearing where
you are bragging or what not). I think the bits I found more endearing were
related to his mother and his children. But some of the things he says about
grinding at work feels like that work-addicted American culture which seems to
sacrifice a lot of your personal life. Some bits I liked:
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### ["Capitalist realism" by Mark Fisher](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17048159-capitalist-realism)

<p class="image__article_left">
<img src="/images/capitalist-realism.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 30%">
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17048159-capitalist-realism" target="_blank">
<img src="/images/capitalist-realism.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 30%">
</a>
</p>

Capitalism is bad, apparently. We recognize that capitalism is bad, yet we still
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### ["La parábola de Pablo" ("The parable of Pablo") by Alonso Salazar](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178332313-la-par-bola-de-pablo-auge-y-ca-da-de-un-gran-capo-del-narcotr-fico-pa)

<p class="image__article">
<img src="/images/pablo.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 50%">
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178332313-la-par-bola-de-pablo-auge-y-ca-da-de-un-gran-capo-del-narcotr-fico-pa" target="_blank">
<img src="/images/pablo.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 50%">
</a>
</p>

A detailed biography of Pablo Escobar, maybe the most notorious Colombian drug-lord. Some interesting bits were:
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### ["Noticia de un secuestro" ("News of a Kidnapping") by Gabriel García Márquez](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26404932-noticia-de-un-secuestro)

<p class="image__article_left">
<img src="/images/noticia-secuestro.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 35%">
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26404932-noticia-de-un-secuestro" target="_blank">
<img src="/images/noticia-secuestro.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 35%">
</a>
</p>

This is a masterful chronicle from Gabriel García Márquez about one of the most
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### ["Vida y muerte del cartel de Medellín" ("Life and death of the Medellín Cartel") by Carlos Lehder](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205583001-vida-y-muerte-del-cartel-de-medell-n)

<p class="image__article">
<img src="/images/cartel-mde.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 35%">
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205583001-vida-y-muerte-del-cartel-de-medell-n" target="_blank">
<img src="/images/cartel-mde.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 35%">
</a>
</p>

An auto-biography of Carlos Lehder, one of the drug lords from the Medellín Cartel.
It's an interesting read as it is from an internal point of view: he details
his logistics, how he set the routes, how he brived government officals in Bahamas
his logistics, how he set the routes, how he bribed government officials in Bahamas
and so on. He expresses some remorse but it feels like a formality. I wouldn't
say this book gives much insight about the war on drugs.

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### ["The Telling" by Ursula K. Le Guin](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12779057-the-telling)

<p class="image__article_left">
<img src="/images/the-telling.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 25%">
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12779057-the-telling" target="_blank">
<img src="/images/the-telling.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 25%">
</a>
</p>

Le Guin has become my favorite science fiction writers. Her books are usually
very antropoligical and they are about clashes of worlds. Her protagonists are
scientists, humanists, or kind of antropologists, tasked explicitly or not with
Le Guin has become my favorite science fiction writer. Her books are usually
very anthropological and they are about clashes of worlds. Her protagonists are
scientists, humanists, or kind of anthropologists, tasked explicitly or not with
understanding another world. This one is no exception and it includes a totalitarian
state in which a religion (similar to Taoism) has been suppressed in the name
of "progress".

### ["The Bezzle" by Cory Doctorow](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205752965-the-bezzle)

<p class="image__article_left">
<img src="/images/bezzle.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 25%">
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205752965-the-bezzle" target="_blank">
<img src="/images/bezzle.jpg" class="article-photo" style="float: left; width: 25%">
</a>
</p>

A story about corruption, rent-seeking and scammers. This is the first book from
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