Confession:\u00a0 I love young adult series.\u00a0 I\u2019ve read all of the Twilight and Hunger Games series.\u00a0 Go ahead.\u00a0 Poke fun of me, but I enjoy being able to be pulled into a novel and mindlessly read without my brain hurting.<\/p>\n
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Confession:\u00a0 I love Cory Doctorow. I have only ready 2\/3rds of \u201cFor the Win\u201d<\/a>, but I cannot put it down.\u00a0 He manages to mingle his points into the storyline, and if you simply mindlessly read the story, you will understand his points without hurting your brain.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Confession:\u00a0 I started reading this book before I did my research on Mr. Doctorow.\u00a0 Before I did any research I would have told you that in addition to clearly being an amazing writer, he also certainly has some economics schooling, he has a heart for laborers in third world countries, and he has extensive knowledge of gamming.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best I can tell, I am two for three.\u00a0 Doctorow, in addition to being a writer (I suppose that the shear fact that he had a book published would tell you that, but he has actually written several other books as well as hosts a blog), worked with Greenpeace as a child and did a Youth Challenge International trip in Costa Rica when he was 21.\u00a0 As an adult he has created\/worked for several open source\/P2P, but I could not find what his major was, since he never actually graduated from any of the colleges he attended.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I can\u2019t help but love the way he intermingles the first hand story telling with the harsh realities of poor workers in third world countries and with the facts of gamming economies.\u00a0 Reading this book will cause you to really feel for poor workers in other countries, be cognoscente of how large the gaming world really is, and gain a basic understanding of macro economics.\u00a0 It\u2019s all wonderful!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Confession:\u00a0 I love young adult series.\u00a0 I\u2019ve read all of the Twilight and Hunger Games series.\u00a0 Go ahead.\u00a0 Poke fun of me, but I enjoy being able to be pulled into a novel and mindlessly read without my brain hurting. … Continue reading