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Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin …
Hillary Rodham Clinton: What happened (AudiobookFormat, 2017)
The former secretary of state relates her experiences as the first woman candidate nominated for president by a major party, …
"It is the year 2084. In the kingdom of Abistan named after the prophet Abi, earthly messenger of the god …
James Comey: A Higher Loyalty (Paperback, 2019, Flatiron Books)
The former FBI director shares his experiences over the past two decades working in the American government and explores ethical …
"How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of …
I applaud Tegmarks optimism and his focus on aligning AI goals to humanity's goals, but I miss a chapter discussing how humanity would arrive at a common set of goals.
245 pages ; 21 cm
Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist Steven …
This would've been a great book if Pinker had managed to avoid beating dead horses, building strawmen, and reiterating climate denier ad hominems like comparing Al Gore to Ted Kaczynski.
Go read The Better Angels of Our Nature instead.
"The second, thrilling novel in the bestselling Interdependency series, from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. …
Well, it's Scalzi. Fast, easy, fun, but easily forgotten.
Ha-Joon Chang: 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism (2012, Bloomsbury Press)
Challenges popular misconceptions while making startling revelations about free-market practices, explaining the author's views on global capitalism dynamics while making …
Becky Chambers: A Closed and Common Orbit (Paperback, Harper Voyager)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
