The Words: How Language Failed
When even deconstruction was deconstructed beyond repair, "Look out! A bear!" became a trite passage in the annals of history. Facts and truth and lies and time all play supporting roles in this drama's linguistic unraveling. Well-placed to be a best seller - the most compelling argument yet that large language models are as asinine as human conversation.
The Frauds
The moral, the righteous, the powerful, the wealthy, the satisfied; each Narcissus comes in for beating and undoing, straight from the hammer's claw.
Lead, Wood, and Erasers
This year's finest solution to the how we got here problem. Jared Diamond must already be quivering. Lead, Wood, and Erasers sketches the history of the pencil, from humble scorched sticks to the beloved #2. It's said that Yuval Harari gave up writing long history when he read an advanced copy, muttering "This is the final word on who we are and where we're going." It turns out civilization is not a work of pen and ink.
The Glass is a Hat: Beyond Halves, Full or Empty
When the going gets rough, rough loses meaning. A volume that ditches elegy, nostalgia, and analysis. The closest comparable work of non-wisdom philosophy might be The Zhuangzi. Cleanly undoes expectations, clarity, and valuations of any kind. This is a salve for anyone who has read Nietzsche, seen a horoscope, or wished for anything.
Roman Ryan 