Evolution – Stephen Baxter
If the sentence “Baxter did a Stapeldon” makes sense to you, you will enjoy this review.
Science
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.
McMindfullness – Ronald E. Purser
It isn’t enough to have just a valid point. You also need to have a sound argument.
This idea must die – John Brockman (ed.)
Try as I might, I just can’t think of who this book could possibly serve.
The Penis Book – Aaron Spitz
I told some friends I would read anything, pretty indiscriminately. For some reason they though this would be a challenge of some sort.
Manna: Two Visions of Humanity’s Future – Marshal Brian
A decent vision polluted by very poor execution.
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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.
The Body Keeps The Score – Bessel van der Kolk
Most of us are silly enough to believe that were WE to suffer from Trauma, we would know what to do.
Contact – Carl Sagan
This is one of the most rich and complex book I have read in some time.
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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