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Library Liberty Zed

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Ich musste mein anderes Konto schließen, weil es voll war. Ich interessiere mich für Freiheit, Ökonomie, Geschichte und Neurowissenschaften. Lese hierzu querbeet und nicht nur die üblichen Verdächtigen, um die Frage zu beantworten, wie können wir freier werden.

I had to close my other account because it was full. I am interested in freedom, economics, history and neuroscience. Read across the board and not just the usual suspects to answer the question, how can we become more free.

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Bent Flyvbjerg: How Big Things Get Done (Hardcover, 2023, Crown Currency) 4 stars

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space …

projects don't go wrong, they start wrong

4 stars

I enjoyed the book, written in an engaging and fluid style that effortlessly weaves through various anecdotes. Additionaly, there are some real insights to gain which explain the failures of big infrastructure projects. Living in Berlin during the debacle of the Berlin Airport, I was particularly intrigued by the insight that projects don't simply go wrong; they begin wrong. Meticulous planning is important, which is impeded by strategic misrepresentation of cost, time, utility on a political level and the vanity of politicians ("start digging a hole in my term of office"). The book offers heuristics for project success, which can even be applied to endeavors as mundane as a kitchen renovation. I learned something about the world, so recommended.

Bent Flyvbjerg: How Big Things Get Done (Hardcover, 2023, Crown Currency) 4 stars

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space …

Nuclear power plants are one of the worst-performing project types in my database, with an average cost overrun of 120 percent in real terms and schedules running 65 percent longer than planned. Even worse, they are at risk of fat-tail extremes for both cost and schedule, meaning they may go 20 or 30 percent over budget. Or 200 or 300 percent. Or 500 percent. Or more. There is almost no limit to how bad things can get, as Monju demnstrated so spectacularly. ------[...]----- Some readers will object that I have been unfair to the "one huge thing" model. They will argue that "one huge thing" projects - for instance, nuclear power plants - are hamstrung by public opinion, hostile governments, and the burdens of excessive safety and environmental regulation. Break the chains, they say, and those projects could perfom just as well as or better than their modular competitors, wind and solar power. It's an interesting hypothesis. Fortunately, a natural experiment put it to the test and we have the results. [...] The results couldn't be clearer. The "one huge thing" model, exemplified by nuclear power, is the line crawling along the bottom of the diagram.

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Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström: In Every Mirror She's Black (Paperback, 2022, Sourcebooks Landmark) 4 stars

Ein psychologischer Roman

3 stars

Drei schwarze Frauen kommen nach Stockholm aus sehr unterschiedlichen Gründen und sehr unterschiedlichen Situationen. Ich dachte erst, der Roman sei eine soziale Anklage gegen die schwedische Gesellschaft, aber es ist mir ein psychologischer Roman, leider, meines Erachtens, ohne große Charakterentwicklung. Rassismus spielt auch eine Rolle, aber eben sehr vermittelt durch das innere Erleben und Bewerten der Charaktere. Am stärksten merkt man, dass es sich um einen psychologischen Roman und keinen sozialen Roman handelt, als eine Protagonisten mit Krawallen in den Vororten in Kontakt kommt, was dann keine weitere Rolle spielt, außer ihre Einsamkeit zu verstärken. Für mich war es nichts.

Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström: In Every Mirror She's Black (Paperback, 2022, Sourcebooks Landmark) 4 stars

Das Buch spielt in Schweden, wurde von einer seit 2008 in Schweden lebenden Autorin geschrieben, aber bisher nicht in Schweden veröffentlicht. Soweit ich es richtig in Erinnerung habe, wird der schwedischen Gesellschaft ihr unter Nettigkeit versteckter Rassismus vorgehalten und die schwedischen Verlage seien deswegen bisher nicht interessiert gewesen.

Naomi Novik: The Golden Enclaves (EBook, 2022, Random House Publishing Group) 4 stars

The one thing you never talk about while you’re in the Scholomance is what you’ll …

A satisfying conclusion

4 stars

I like how the book explains strategic thinking, the rationality in each situation. But the setting outside the school felt a bit confusing and rushed. The character arks weren't quite as strong. However, it's perfect to end in a trilogy, instead of slogging on and on.