What Language is – John McWhorter
John McWhorter has a gift for making an understanding of language easy and accessible.
John McWhorter has a gift for making an understanding of language easy and accessible.
You could take a bunch of classes to find out the philosophy behind AI. This is a much cheaper shortcut
read more What to think about Machines that think – John Brockman
Angela Nagle’s ‘Kill all Normies’ takes a look at how internet cultures have fostered the current political environment.
Bright future ahead? I mean, maybe. It could also be rather bleak. Max Tegmark thinks that it all depends on what we prepare for.
The Emperor of all Maladies is a wonderfully and detailed look at a terrifying disease – cancer. It does so in exacting detail.
read more The Emperor of All Maladies – Siddhartha Mukherjee
Steven Pinker wants to prove that things are not so bad right now., and will even get better if we focus on the correct things.
How do you feel about the dead? Would you like to have them a little more around? That actually is an option of sorts…
People keep telling us that we are being spied on, but what does that really mean, anyway?
Matt Taibbi followed the last election. It was like watching the world’s slowest possible train wreck.
This slim Art History book has little history in it. It has lots of politics, and some pretty strong opinions about where art and politics intersect…