Book tips
📚 The Angry Optimist's summer reading tips
It was a product that was supposed to transform cities as much as the car did, praised by Steve Jobs, and fought over by investors eager to invest, created by a technical genius. A product so revolutionary that it only appears once per generation. That and other book tips for lazy summer days.
📗 Wow, so many bad things have peaked – and more peaks are coming
She left university without hope. But then she happened to see one of Hans Rosling's talks, and it changed her life. Now she wants to become 'Rosling' for sustainability and believes that we can become the first generation to live completely sustainably.
📚 The best books I read in 2023
Also, tips on how to read 100 books a year. Reading so many books requires discipline, but is easier than one might think.
📚 The Angry Optimist's book recommendations for Christmas
Four reading tips for Christmas. Everything from a history of the electronic era to the creator of Spaceballs.
🚴 "We are tool builders," said Steve Jobs
A bicycle for the mind, Steve Jobs said of the computer. AI is the motorcycle. EXCERPT FROM THE NEW AI BOOK "THE CENTAUR'S EDGE"
♟️ How two amateurs beat the chess grandmasters
Two amateurs shocked the chess world by beating two grandmasters. Had they cheated? Did they receive help from Garry Kasparov? No, they had become centaurs. You can too. EXCERPT FROM MATHIAS SUNDIN'S NEW BOOK: THE CENTAUR'S EDGE
🕰️ Counting the Minutes and Seconds to a Sci-Fi Future
We should create a Genesis Clock, to counter the Doomsday Clock, and count the minutes and seconds we have until dawn, writes The Conservative Futurist, James Pethokoukis.
💻 Transcription of our Kevin Kelly interview
Transcription of our interview with Kevin Kelly, on his latest book, Great Advice for Living and on AI, the next hundred years, Warp News and much more.
📖 Will MacAskill: Think long term - act now
We spoke to the world-renowned philosopher about what the future deserves, why the future is likely to be good - and how you can impact it.