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Takeaways from Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Takeaways from Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Solid addition to the upgraded intellect genre
Corey B
Jun 30, 2023
Takeaways from Unbound by Kasia Urbaniak
Takeaways from Unbound by Kasia Urbaniak
This book has one of the best one sentence pitches I’ve ever heard.
Corey B
Jun 30, 2023
Takeaways from Malcolm Harris’ Marxist History of Palo Alto, California, and the World
Takeaways from Malcolm Harris’ Marxist History of Palo Alto, California, and the World
Content warning — discussion of suicides
Corey B
May 24, 2023
An Ignorant Mainlander’s Primer on Hawaiian History
An Ignorant Mainlander’s Primer on Hawaiian History
When I moved to Maui in 2020, I thought I knew Hawaii…
Corey B
Oct 10, 2022
#Vanlife Reflections, Part 1: The Build
#Vanlife Reflections, Part 1: The Build
Three months ago I bought a 1996 Winnebago Rialta Class B RV with a dream to live #vanlife full time…
Corey B
Mar 29, 2022
The Best Books I Read in 2021
The Best Books I Read in 2021
Speculative Fiction, Narrative Fiction, Nonfiction, and Self Development
Corey B
Jan 3, 2022
A Letter to my Brother as he Enters College
A Letter to my Brother as he Enters College
Dear Riley,
Corey B
Aug 17, 2020
So Sober it’s Psychedelic — My Vipassana Retreat Experience
So Sober it’s Psychedelic — My Vipassana Retreat Experience
I can’t remember the first time I decided I wanted to sit in a room and meditate silently for ten days.
Corey B
Dec 29, 2019
Thank You, Next — What My Ex Bosses Taught Me
Thank You, Next — What My Ex Bosses Taught Me
Our culture is rife with the meme of people hating their bosses; badmouthing them, complaining about them, wishing they’d go away.
Corey B
Sep 9, 2019
Takeaways from The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard Shlain
Takeaways from The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard Shlain
”If the patriarchal system is based on unfounded myths rather than on biological facts, what explains its universal stability? Literacy!”
Corey B
Sep 2, 2019
The Best Books I Read Before 2015
The Best Books I Read Before 2015
-Published in 2015
Corey B
Jun 12, 2019
Corey’s San Diego Guide
Corey’s San Diego Guide
-Last updated 2014
Corey B
Jun 12, 2019
The Best Books I Read in 2018
The Best Books I Read in 2018
Alas, it appears my book reviews come every other year despite my best intentions to do so yearly.
Corey B
Jan 2, 2019
14 Learnings from 14 Weeks Working Remotely Across Southeast Asia
14 Learnings from 14 Weeks Working Remotely Across Southeast Asia
My partner Kristina Traeger and I just returned from 3.5 months of working remotely across Southeast Asia. We both have the luxury of being…
Corey B
May 5, 2018
Corey’s San Francisco Guide
Corey’s San Francisco Guide
Welcome to San Francisco!
Corey B
Jun 17, 2017
Takeaways from Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez
I just finished Antonio García Martínez’s excellent memoir Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley, and it…
Corey B
Jun 17, 2017
Takeaways from Homo Deus by Yuval Harari
Takeaways from Homo Deus by Yuval Harari
Disproving everything from religion, to human rights, to our selves
Corey B
Apr 14, 2017
When Breath Becomes Air: Confront Your Mortality Secondhand
When Breath Becomes Air: Confront Your Mortality Secondhand
This book is more than words on a page, and here’s why.
Corey B
Mar 4, 2017
The Best Books I Read in 2016
The Best Books I Read in 2016
I’ve been neglecting coreybreier.com/favoritebooks for the past two years, but the knowledge curated there and the power of the right book…
Corey B
Dec 30, 2016
Dear Brother, As You Begin High School, Remember This
Dear Brother, As You Begin High School, Remember This
Dear Riley,
Corey B
Sep 5, 2016
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