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December 19, 2025November 4, 2025

A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World – David Kushner and Koren Shadmi

A short primer on Anonymous in graphic novel form

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Fantasy, Non-Fiction, Schlock, Science-Fiction, Technology  0 Comments

December 5, 2025October 28, 2025

Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth – Robin Hanson

A waste of time which you shouldnt read

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  2 Comments

September 5, 2025January 30, 2025

Critical Mass – Daniel Suarez

The sequel to the excellent Delta-v

It makes me wonder where this story is going.

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Current Events, Non-Fiction  3 Comments

March 28, 2025March 2, 2025

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari

To have read this a decade ago…

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AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Computer Science, Non-Fiction, Science, Technology  0 Comments

January 31, 2025November 5, 2024

The Singularity is Near – Ray Kurzweil

Nearly 20 years old now, this book of pseudo religion does not hold up all that well.

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History, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

September 1, 2023May 11, 2023

The Book – Kieth Houston

It is a book. About the book. Not ‘books’, but about the book itself. As in the technology.

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Computer, Current Events, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Politics  0 Comments

January 27, 2023February 20, 2022

Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon – Kim Zetter

This book is truly excellent journalism. Just try to go into it without spoilers.

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Economics, Non-Fiction, Technology  0 Comments

November 27, 2020October 2, 2020

The Second Machine Age – Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew Mcafee

If you come into a book looking to answer just one question, you may come out of it disappointed.

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Artificial Intelligence, Fiction, Science, Technology  0 Comments

November 22, 2019September 11, 2019

Manna: Two Visions of Humanity’s Future – Marshal Brian

A decent vision polluted by very poor execution.

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Capitalism, Economics, Fiction, Science-Fiction, Technology  0 Comments

August 16, 2019April 5, 2019

Makers – Cory Doctorow

Makers by Cory Doctorow really seems to cement the point that Doctorow just really hates the Disney corporation.

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