By Roger Ali (November 12, 2020) Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One, Debora MacKenzie, Hachette, July 14, 2020, 304 pp., $33.66 Covid-19 is a hot topic, and living through a pandemic, during unprecedented times, has heightened our awareness and growing concerns about the virus, when it will end and what worse threats … [Read more...] about Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened
Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem
By Wanda Deschamps (November 9, 2020) Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech's Empathy Problem and How to Fix It, Maelle Gavet, Wiley, October 6, 2020, 224 pp., $29.69 Globalization and proliferation of technology. This is what I grew up hearing my late father talk about. His name is Walter J. Kontak. He was a political science professor at St. Francis Xavier University and a … [Read more...] about Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem
Calling Bullshit: ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’
By Wanda Deschamps (November 4, 2020) Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World, Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West, Random House, August 4, 2020, 336 pp., $35.65 We associate the three-kinds-of-lies quote with 19th century American humourist Mark Twain. It was almost as if he was peering into the future while saying it because we do … [Read more...] about Calling Bullshit: ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’
Collecting Courage available for pre-order
(October 30, 2020) Civil Sector Press - Gail K. Picco books announced today that Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love is now available for pre-order in both e-book and hard copy. The book is a moving collection of personal experiences written by 14 Black fundraisers that chips away at the idea of an inherent goodness of the charitable sector. ‘The time … [Read more...] about Collecting Courage available for pre-order
She Proclaims: The necessity of women persistently proclaiming
By Gail Picco (October 22, 2020) She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man's World, Jennifer Palmieri, Grand Central Publishing, July 21, 2020, 208 pp., $24.71 She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man's World by Jennifer Palmieri lays out a modern day woman-focused declaration of independence, laid out in 13 sections. Each chapter … [Read more...] about She Proclaims: The necessity of women persistently proclaiming