The Troop – Nick Cutter
Try as I might, horror just doesn’t work for me.
You Look Like A Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place – Janelle Shane
As far as I can tell, Janelle Shane wanted to put a cute and cuddly face on Artificial Intelligence, and this is exactly what the field needs.
Gunslinger – Edward Dorn
People always talk about the great American Novel. But what about the Great American Epic Poem?
The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone – Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach
Intelligence is communal. I asked around, and apparently this makes sense.
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For Small Creatures Such as We – Sasha Sagan
Without it being a comment on the book itself, I have no idea why I read this.
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 – James Fenimore Cooper
Said to be the first great American novel, one find themselves asking why.
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The Crossroads of Should and Must – Elle Luna
Self Help book are always a let down, but this one is particularly empty.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
There are some things I don’t want to discuss with my students. Here’s one.
Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being – George Lakoff & Rafael E. Núñez
Some books you just have to return to in order to fully grasp them. This one will need a ”round 3” from me.
Failures in Polymathy 