Reflective Reading

Honestly most of my reading this past month was re-reading of fantasy series like Harry Potter and His Dark Materials. A question I reflected on with these series that churches ban to this day was how much more harm has been done to Christianity by fear-mongering series like "Left Behind" than these stories of bravery and comradery? I did reach the milestone of my 365th book for the year. In between all of the fantasy these two books: Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia and A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar stand out. Murgia gives a solid overview of AI and how it is increasingly integrating with human life. The reflective questionnaire she includes on the ethical use of AI should be mandatory reading for everyone. Highly recommend looking that up and spending some time considering your responses. The quality of Matar's prose was like soft suede; it was like feeling the soft light of Medieval Siena in every sentence.  Absolutely lovely.