Jon Ronson
Birth date: May 10, 1967
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I really enjoyed this book and it left me with lots to think about. It deals with public shaming both online and elsewhere. His sympathies are not necessarily mine but it does make you stop and think about mob mentality and the damage it can have on its victim. This was a good start to my reading y...
HIghly recommend...a humorous meditation on who's running the government when we're not looking (or we trust those in charge too much). What IF our secret agents are taking their cues from conspiracy theorists, spy novels, and new age gurus? What if the next war won't be fought with planes and tanks...
Listened to in audio format. Jon Ronsen is a British Journalist/Documentary maker rather like Louis Theroux. In Them: Adventures with Extremists Jon investigates the KKK, David Icke and the shadowy Bildeberg group. This was a fascinating book, stamped with Jon's gently mocking style of writing...
Blitzed: A highly informative and gripping read about Nazi Germany and the significance of drugs during World War II. Drugs didnĀ“t fit in the idealogy of the Nazis, but despite banning them, one substance with a highly addictive potential became the drug of the people: methamphetine. The sheer possi...
A good walk through modern psychiatry and theories on psychopathy. I have studied many of the incidents and theories he refers to in the books, but I like his take on them: down to earth and appropriately pointing out the absurdity in some of them. A friend referred it to me as a funny book. I would...