<![CDATA[Had a great time at the LA Festival of Books this weekend.]]>Had a great time at the LA Festival of Books this weekend. I may post more about it tomorrow, but just wanted to say that if you have never been, it is totally worth it!

I was fortunate to get into today's panel with @pluralistic and Adam Becker and randomly ended up seated next to Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine.

These are all individuals who clearly unravel some of the uglier machinations of the tech world, but they are also genuinely hopeful individuals.

Also learned that Adam's podcast, Dreaming Against the Machine just launched last week and it's definitely worth listening to.

More (maybe) later...

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Mario Munoz (@pythonbynight@hachyderm.io)

Okay, I've decided to write a little bit about my weekend, because why not... The LA Festival of Books is the largest book festival in the US, and it's FREE! It's held on the campus of USC, and hosts over 100k attendees each year. Hundreds of exhibitors set up booths throughout the campus, and several outdoor stages are set up for different author panels/interviews. #LosAngeles #FestivalOfBooks 1/n

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