The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late – Judith Enck, Adam Mahoney
If I owned a bookstore there would be a whole bookshelf simply labeled “Doomerism non-fiction”
Science
L’Avvocato Dell’Atomo: In difesa dell’energia nucleare – Luca Romano
Italy, and really much of the EU, has been sadly anti-nuclear energy. One brave Italian spoke against this trend
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The Singularity is Near – Ray Kurzweil
Nearly 20 years old now, this book of pseudo religion does not hold up all that well.
The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal About Aliens- and Ourselves – Arik Kershenbaum
We are all fascinated by aliens, but what can we reasonably expect them to be like?
How the Mind Works – Steven Pinker
I am pretty happy to be reading a book of Pinker’s that was written well before he went out to
You Are Not So Smart – David McRaney
We live in a world that gets scarier the more you learn about it. It also gets more interesting.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business – Charles Duhigg
I came into this with a whole lot of hesitation. The problem is that my ‘to-read’ list is now hundred
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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.
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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The Body: A Guide for Occupants – Bill Bryson
A guide to my body is exactly what I have always been wanting. I am not sure this book fulfills that desire.
Failures in Polymathy 