Book Driver

05/21/2025

"WE are grieved indeed, grieved, shocked." Chicago Sun-Times

In its Sunday edition, the paper published a summer reading list with the titles, authors, and descriptions of 15 books. But it turned out that 10 of those 15 books do not exist.

02/01/2025

01/28/2025

Local culture, check! 😂 love ya Nola

01/17/2025

We’re in New Orleans this month, visiting local partners & checking out the book scene! If you have books without anywhere to go, we can help.

12/01/2024

11/08/2024

https://lithub.com/a-feminist-critique-of-murakami-novels-with-murakami-himself/ Murakami responds to feminist critique here. Let us not opine when we haven't read.

Photo ©SHINCHOSHA Lately, Haruki Murakami doesn’t give many interviews. But in 2017, he made an exception for the novelist Mieko Kawakami, whose work he admires, and who has written of the in…

10/26/2024

Thanks Claude! AI is being helpful...

I believe you might be thinking of "The Machine Stops" by Ivan Illich, or more specifically parts of his 1973 book "Energy and Equity."
The key concept you're describing - that mass car ownership can be self-defeating - is most famously articulated by Illich in his analysis of what he called "counterproductivity." He noted that beyond certain thresholds, technologies like cars can actually work against their intended purpose. For instance, when everyone has a car:

Traffic increases to the point where trips take longer than walking
Vast amounts of space must be dedicated to parking and roads
Cities spread out, making distances longer
Walking becomes impractical as infrastructure is built for cars.

10/21/2024

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John Carpenter performs the legendary main theme to Halloween. Live from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, IL. 11/9/17

09/28/2024

Colorado, Emily is in town this week! Boulder Denver Colo Spgs DM if interested in learning more about Book Driver and how to partner with us.

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