Retrospective 2024-46

This is a retrospective of week 46, 2024 (2024-11-11–2024-11-17).

I’ve finished reading Sarah Kendzior’s books Hiding in Plain Sight and They Knew this week.

I have also listened to Sarah Kendzior’s conversation with Jason Rosenbaum. Sarah Kendzior said:

I believe in perseverance; I believe in resilience; I believe in compassion; I believe in action. … And I definitely don’t think that pointing out the myriad of ways that things have gone wrong is a bad thing. I think it’s an absolutely necessary thing. You need to point out all the ways people are screwing up, especially when we pay for them with our tax money, so that they will improve. It’s a civic obligation. … I don’t believe in hope; I don’t believe in hopelessness; I believe in having a moral code and in committing yourself to action for the benefit of the public.

—Sarah Kendzior https://youtu.be/UIXghftV11g?t=1059

It is a positive thing to do research, to investigate, to be critical, to think critically about your government, but you also have to think carefully.

—Sarah Kendzior https://youtu.be/UIXghftV11g?t=1274

If I’m going to get people to trust me—and I do want them to trust me while they’re reading me—I need to be honest about who I am, and what are my biases, and what are my beliefs, and what is my background, and where am I getting this perspective.

—Sarah Kendzior https://youtu.be/UIXghftV11g?t=2104

I will review the books in the coming weeks.

Update 2024-11-26: Related posts added.

Related posts:
Book Review: They Knew
Book Review: Hiding in Plain Sight