Migsar Navarro

It surely has some historical value, but I didn't like the book, it is build on stereotypes and I feel it a lot like perpetuating hate speech.

I don't like it at all, It's the first book of MVLL that I've read and soon I hope to read another one just to be fair about my opinion, not sure which one I'll choose. I pick this one as a suggestion from a friend when I told him I really like Georges Bataille, but I think it's just terrible to compare them. I found the characters of the book to be completely stereotyped and they just don't seem natural, it seems that they're forced to play a role that doesn't belongs to them.

I bought this book because of the title and the cover's photo, also because I've heard of the author but I have to tell that I'm really disappointed, it was not that bad while I was reading but it was because I was expecting something more before the book ends and after I finished it I felt like I was reading some kind of preface not a book by itself.

I really like how Steven Pinker writes, even if the topic of the book is really technical he knows how to make it easy to understand and keeps you interested because of all the facts he gives.

After reading this book you won't ever think about language in the same way, you'll notice that there is no correct language and it is an ever-evolving living subject, the so called mistakes are sometimes a logically better approach to language and that is why most kids repeat them. This book also gives a clear insight on how the human brain is structured because language is a central part of our everyday lives.

I really enjoyed the book and I would definitely recommend it to others. I actually have been actively trying to get more people to read it.

The book demystifies big data and statistics and raise awareness about the topic, through the chapters Cathy shows how deeply intertwined it is with public policies and day to day opportunities like buying a car or an apartment, getting affordable and good education for you or your children, even being stop by the police on the sole premise of ethnicity.

I think this is a good first book about the subject, most of the data is from US and a bit from Europe but consequences are global so it would be great to have more data from other countries as well.