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<p><em>Updated October 19, 2019</em></p>



<p><strong>Currently reading:</strong></p>



<p><em>The Red and the Black | </em>Stendhal &#8211; This is one of René Girard&#8217;s favourite books and if you enjoyed <a href="https://alexdanco.com/2019/04/28/secrets-about-people-a-short-and-dangerous-introduction-to-rene-girard/">my essay on him,</a> read Stendhal. (I really should be reading this in French but I&#8217;m not.)</p>



<p><em>Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms</em> | John Hodgman </p>



<p><em>Understanding Media | </em>Marshall McLuhan &#8211; As a prerequisite for writing <a href="https://alexdanco.com/2019/10/17/the-audio-revolution/">The Audio Revolution</a>, I went and reread Understanding Media and it was well worth it. I really didn&#8217;t understand this stuff the first go-around. </p>
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