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Nexus

Ramez Naam

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jillesvangurp
Anything Neal Stephenson. I've read them all. Multiple times. But some other stuff that people haven't yet mentioned that I enjoyed: - Matt Haig: The Humans, How to Stop Time - Richard Morgan: Altered Carbon trilogy - Ramez Naam: Nexus Trilogy - Hugh Howie: Silo series - Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice - Ernest Cline: Ready Player 1
cik
At random Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand. Love her or hate her, she makes you think. The Hard Thing About Hard Things - This is a great book about building businesses, and business in general. Capital in the 21st Century - One of the greatest books about economics and capital written ever - let alone in the last decade. The Intelligent Investor - This is Buffet's favourite book, and regardless of how many times I read it, I still learn more. One can never digest it in full. Predictably Irrational - This excellent tome makes behavioural economics digestible outside of economics. It's enlightening, though provoking, and turns several accepted truths on its head, purely by being written at all. Nexus (Ramez Naam) - This science fiction book explores transhumanism and would it could mean in the near future. It's both light and pulpy, but at the same time makes you think about the outcomes of technological progression.
sshine
Just finished: — Roadside Picnic, by the Strugatsky brothers. The very thematic Soviet sci-fi behind STALKER. — The Cyberiad, by Stanislaw Lem. A brilliant collection of short stories on language, philosophy, futurism. Currently: — Nexus, by Ramez Naam (book 1 of 3). Nanobots meet augmented reality, transhumanism. Good. — Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut. Hilarious stuff. — Poe's collected works. Next: — The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu. I have my hopes high.