What I’m reading right now
Open on the desk, unfinished, and not yet written up.
These are the books currently on the go. They have no summary and no core ideas yet, because I have not finished them — those get written when a book lands, not while it is still arguing with me.
When one finishes it moves into the library, picks up its connections, and gets a page of its own.
Currently reading
3
Into the Wood Chipper
After Trump's second inauguration, the new Department of Government Efficiency went after USAID first.
Project Maven
In 2017 a small team met in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the center of how America fights.
Wildland
After a decade abroad defending American ideals to Egyptians, Iraqis and Chinese, Evan Osnos came home to find them in tatters.
On deck
38 on the to-be-read shelfBought, borrowed or queued. No summary yet — that gets written when a book lands.
Something that belongs on this list?
If you have read something that fits alongside these — or that argues with them — send it over. That is how a good chunk of this shelf got here.