Tag Archives: social criticism

Salt, Sugar, Fat

Posted on June 6, 2013 by smellincoffee

Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us© 2013 Michael Moss480 pages Between the fresh produce, meat, and dairy sections that ring the perimeter of the average supermarket, millions of unique foodstuffs are offered and advertised. But their apparent … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Reviews | Tagged civic awareness, food, food and drink, goods/services, health/wellness, history, marketing, money, nutrition, Politics-CivicInterest, social criticism, Society and Culture | 1 Comment

The Long Emergency

Posted on June 2, 2013 by smellincoffee

The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century© 2005 James Howard Kunstler336 pages Well, we’re in for it. Such is the lesson of The Long Emergency, which predicts that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged civic awareness, goods/services, James Kunstler, oil, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, social criticism, Society and Culture, technology, Technology and Society | 3 Comments

1984

Posted on May 18, 2013 by smellincoffee

1984© 1949 George Orwell326 pages 1984 needs no introduction. Written in 1949, it envisioned a world of constant surveillance, perpetual war, and a state with complete control over people’s minds. Concepts from it – “Big Brother”, “thought police”, and “doublethink” … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, science fiction | Tagged dystopia, George Orwell, horror, Man vs State, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, science fiction, social criticism, Society and Culture, technology, Technology and Society | 6 Comments

Garbage Land

Posted on May 16, 2013 by smellincoffee

Garbage Land: on the Secret Trail of Trash© 2006 Elizabeth Royte335 pages Where does the garbage go? In an impressive attempt to answer that most pressing question of modern life, Elizabeth Royte spends a year following her trash to landfills, … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Reviews | Tagged civic awareness, history, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, social criticism, Society and Culture, waste | 6 Comments

The Plain Reader

Posted on April 24, 2013 by smellincoffee

The Plain Reader© 1998 various authors, edited by Scott Savage272 pages What really matters? Such is the question explored by the contributing authors of The Plain Reader, a collaboration between Amish and Quaker communities to express how living simply allows … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged children, education, energy, essays, health/wellness, mindfulness, philosophy, self reliance, simple living, social criticism, Society and Culture | 3 Comments

Walkable Cities

Posted on January 31, 2013 by smellincoffee

Walkable Cities: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time© 2012 Jeff Speck312 pages For most of human history, cities were limited to the area that people could cover on foot within a day, but the advent … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged architecture, cities, civic awareness, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, social criticism, Society and Culture, transportation, trolleys!, urbanism | 3 Comments

Space Chronicles

Posted on November 19, 2012 by smellincoffee

Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier© 2012 Neil deGrasse Tyson; edited by Avis Lang384 pages On July 20th, 1969, America mesmerized the world by landing men on the Moon. For the first time in history, human feet stepped on the soil … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, science | Tagged critical history, human space flight, Neil deGrasse Tyson, science, skepticism, social criticism, Society and Culture, technology, Technology and Society | Leave a comment

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