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?
read more Abundance: The Future is Better than you Think – Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kolter
How we come to categorize books like this is sometimes more interesting than the books themselves.
Little Brother deals with some pretty serious topics, but distills them down to a point where even kids will find it all to be a bit silly.
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
Bright future ahead? I mean, maybe. It could also be rather bleak. Max Tegmark thinks that it all depends on what we prepare for.
People keep telling us that we are being spied on, but what does that really mean, anyway?
Jaron Lanier is a man wearing many hats, and this makes him a very interesting subject for a memoir.
The end might be nigh, but at least it will be entertaining.
The arts in this new internet based economy do not work as we would think.
read more Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free – Cory Doctorow
Imagine a movie about an evil computer algorithm that wasn’t complete trash…
Failures in Polymathy 