Technopoly – Neil Postman
The problem with predicting how society will go wrong based on what is wrong now is that it assumes all the factors will stay the same. Whoops.
Future
Abundance: The Future is Better than you Think – Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kolter
The authors of this book think that everything is going to be fine, and that the future is going to be great. But to what extent are the correct?
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Age of the Spiritual Machine – Ray Kurzweil
How we come to categorize books like this is sometimes more interesting than the books themselves.
What to think about Machines that think – John Brockman
You could take a bunch of classes to find out the philosophy behind AI. This is a much cheaper shortcut
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Life 3.0 – Max Tegmark
Bright future ahead? I mean, maybe. It could also be rather bleak. Max Tegmark thinks that it all depends on what we prepare for.
