<p>This one was long enough, and book reviews sit poorly with podcasts in any event, that I decided to split it in two. This one has my monthly short personal update along with reviews for:</p> <ol> <li aria-level="1"><a href= "https://wearenotsaved.com/2021/01/06/the-10-books-i-finished-in-december-along-with-one-i-didnt/#state"> Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed</a> by: James C. Scott</li> <li aria-level="1"><a href= "https://wearenotsaved.com/2021/01/06/the-10-books-i-finished-in-december-along-with-one-i-didnt/#anxiety"> Status Anxiety</a> by: Alain de Botton</li> </ol>

December Reviews Part 2-Capsule & Religious

We Are Not Saved discusses religion (from a Christian/LDS perspective), politics, the end of the world, science fiction, artificial intelligence, and above all the limits of technology and progress.