Avid reader, mostly sf, but also science, politics, memoir, history, queer studies, cultural studies, literary fiction
This link opens in a pop-up window
Publisher Description "A tour de force ... provocative ideas expressed in Heideggerian, Derridean, and Deleuzian rhetoric . .. for a …
Cheaper to Replace by Marie Vibbert Death and Redemption, Somewhere Near Tuba City by Lou J Berger Estivation Troubles by …
In an Indian village in the 1950s, a precocious child is born into a family of Dalit coconut farmers. King …
So far, this book has been a nuanced and well researched analysis and critique of antihumanism and transhumanism — two views of an apocalyptic turning point in human history.
A mix of real science and fabulist bullshit. Most of the predictions it made for the coming decade failed to materialize. But in places it’s a tantalizing window into the decadent and morally decrepit worldview of the transhumanists.
So far, not impressed. This book is trashy pop sci with ridiculous claims, little science and no skepticism. In the first couple of chapters the authors conflate deterministic software automatons with artificial life and artificial intelligence. I’m sorry, chatbots that do technical “support” are not intelligent, the Game of Life is not synthetic biology, IBM’s Watson is just a very fast computer chess game. And no, we’re not giving Alzheimer’s patients neural implants to help them recover their memories by 2025.
Book Details "[A] magnificent and wide-ranging anthology . . . A must-read for all genre fans."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
From …
Can’t wait to get into this one, after just finishing Blackfish City.
