The End of the World is just the beginning by Peter Zeihan

I really loved this book despite my disagreement with the author's doom and gloom predictions. I speculate that individuals, corporations, and nation state actors will innovate and uncover ways and means to overcome the labor, materials, and transport shortages he predicts. 5/5 Stars highly recommended.  See also this talk the author gave on 9/8/2022.

Delivering bad software faster

Outcome is more important than output.  Speed is neither true velocity, nor is it the same as agile. This fantastic medium post points out that our fixation on DORA metrics and delivering faster prevents us from delivering what our end-users want. A work colleague told me recently that shipping many features in our software that our customers don't want is wasteful and self-destructive.

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

It is odd that I never read Joe Haldeman during the science fiction golden years (when the reader is 12 - 16 years old).  This one deserves the accolades and awards. 4/5 Stars.

Weaponized by Neal Asher

This author has a bizarre obsession with vivisection and wet chemistry that runs about a hundred million times faster than what is possible in our universe.  And this bad science frequently gets in the way of good storytelling.  I enjoyed the story and characters.  3/5 Stars.

C-Suite Perspectives on Risk Management & Information Security

Phil Venables wrote a series of questions and answers from CEOs, Boards of Directors, CIOs, and a few others.  This Question / Answer approach to this series communicates the concepts clearly and deeply, as most of us need to know the answers. I recommend skimming them:

• Risk & Cybersecurity Questions from CEOs and Boards of Directors
• Risk & Cybersecurity Questions from CIOs and CTOs
• Risk & Cybersecurity Questions from Security Teams
• Risk & Cybersecurity Questions from Governments and Regulators

The Forever Free by Joe Haldeman

The story was interesting and fun.  However, the end was quite terrible. 3/5 Stars.

Death Match by Lincoln Child

Good characters & story; great prediction of the loss of personal privacy, but a little dated and bad science, 3/5 Stars.

A Separate War & Other Stories by Joe Haldeman

I enjoyed this collection. I am catching up on Joe Haldeman books. 4/5 Stars.

The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

The 1960's Star Trek trope of stuffing human social struggle into space aliens wears thin and there is too much politically correct ethical drama, with much ado about nothing of consequence.  3/5 Stars.  I shall stop reading Becky Chambers books, even when she wins these awards.

Buying Time by Joe Haldeman

 

I really enjoyed this one, 5/5 Stars.