Finishing Real-World Cryptography by David Wong Also reading How the Internet Happened and Bernoulli’s Fallacy
"How the Internet Happened" Finding it highly relevant and somewhat therapeutic
War and peace. I am going slow but I really want to finish that book before the end of summer.
Whenever I’m home I find it therapeutic to reread fiction books from my childhood Currently Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund https://a.co/d/5xmBM15
Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39899253-scattered-minds
"Elephant in the Brain". Been reading it for a while because although it's interesting and full of empathy towards our species, it's very hard in to process.
"Elephant in the Brain". Been reading it for a while because although it's interesting and full of empathy towards our species, it's very hard to process.
"Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies" - César A. Hidalgo https://www.amazon.com/Why-Information-Grows-Evolution-Economies-ebook/dp/B00TT1VLAO/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=why+information+grows&qid=1684613908&s=digital-text&sprefix=why+infro%2Cdigital-text%2C260&sr=1-1
just started this one (@emmabwaldron) probably supplement with Dune (mediocredreams) or Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (@july)
God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O'Gieblyn https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56097578-god-human-animal-machine
Sacred Stacks: The Art of Cyborg Community from MEDLab https://medlab.metalabel.app/sacredstacks
The defining decade - why your twenties matter - Meg jay Rites of passage - William Golding Alchemy - Rory Sutherland
The last 50 or so pages of War and Peace. Just an incredible essay that I reread every several years.
The count of monte cristo for the first time - behemoth but loving it so far
reading Beauty: A Very Short Intro (h/t @rmt) https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Short-Introduction-Roger-Scruton/dp/0199229759
Sophie's World. It's been on my mind since I was young, never got to read it, nows the time!
Cloud Native Infrastructure with Azure- Building and Managing Cloud Native Applications
Still making my way through Dominion. I want to get to modern times but I'm finding the first section on antiquity a bit of a slog.
A few editions behind but hopefully the field hasn’t changed too much in 40 years 😅
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Getting into books that inspired great movies. Next up: The Godfather and Jurassic Park
Not reading, but watching the free Yale lectures on YouTube by Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Amazing lecturer…both entertaining and super-informative
7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy by Hamilton Helmer https://tyastunggal.com/p/7-powers-the-foundations-of-business
All Tomorrow’s Parties by William Gibson (rereading) and The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem (finished)
“Ben Franklin” by Walter Issacson. With the help of “Wordshelf” (currently in TestFlight!)
Almost done with culture series! Then @jordanho put me on to the 4th book in three body problem. Reading list continues to grow
rereading and thinking about this piece a lot from katherine boyle. https://www.thefp.com/p/the-case-for-american-seriousness?s=r
Just finished Ben Smith book “traffic”, mostly about HuffPost/buzzfeed/gawker. Fascinating perspective from someone who rode the wave
I read back regularly. https://mirror.xyz/ronan.eth/RJCBRt0X8lN3LPU8UQF7rCiZ47oxBFqaFVHJ6Fi00C8
The Deluge by Stephen Markley I’m about 40% through and thoroughly enjoying it https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60806778-the-deluge
“Science Ideated” by Bernardo Kastrup. You? https://www.amazon.com/Science-Ideated-Mainstream-Scientific-Worldview/dp/1789046688/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=9ba9d6b4-7a43-4877-a218-6edf18a4e697
“Science Ideated” by Bernardo Kastrup. You? https://www.amazon.com/Science-Ideated-Mainstream-Scientific-Worldview/dp/1789046688/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=9ba9d6b4-7a43-4877-a218-6edf18a4e697
The Ministry for the Future https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_for_the_Future
Benevolent By Design by David Shapiro It discusses his theory for AI alignment. I'm not yet convinced his plan is as bulletproof as he thinks it is, but at least it's the only plan I've seen that doesn't infringe on the rights of future sentient AI
Samantha Marin’s new DAO Anthology! https://quorum.metalabel.app/dao-anthology