Adam Thierer Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Adam Thierer

"The Exponential Age is near-inevitable consequence of human ambition. Even if we could slow the pace of this exponential change, it’s not clear that would be desirable. Many of the most urgent issues of time can only be solved with exponential technology." - @azeem Azhar https://t.co/Q5jlfE8pcS

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looking forward to reading “The Age of Scientific Wellness,” by Drs. Lee Hood and Nathan Price. In the meantime, read this outstanding @WSJ article they recently published on "The #AI Will See You Now." Exciting things are happening. https://t.co/PAKwEPkdaX

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Alvin Toffler on “Future Shock” (1970): “Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future. It may well be the most important disease of tomorrow.” I was lucky enough to meet Toffler in 1996. Interesting guy. His books are still fresh. https://t.co/n8uM8dS8V3

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5/ In his 2017 book, 'Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins,' @Kasparov63 went beyond chess to explore how creative collaborations with machines would increasingly become the norm in the future. https://t.co/nsybYQFmHh

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Every couple of years, I reread Thomas Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions." For me, it's the finest work of political science. I still have my hand-written notes from the late 1980s, which separate "constrainted" vs. "unconstrained" thinkers & their beliefs. https://t.co/zXP2Cm4PPr

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To get a fuller appreciation of the how permission-slip regulation was imposed and grew, I encourage everyone to read @TimothySandefur's “The Permission Society: How the Ruling Class Turns Our Freedoms into Privileges and What We Can Do About It” https://t.co/uHAh91lS1x

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hmmm.. tempting. First edition of Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot." $125. Excellent condition. (available at Georgetown Rare Book Fair today in DC for those interested). https://t.co/HPWv3H1HxH

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Rereading one of my favorite books on the history of technological innovation, Henry Petroski's "Evolution of Useful Things." He's such a gifted story-teller, and I always loved this concluding insight. 🎯 https://t.co/VTtVIpBxUk

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The great historian Paul Johnson has passed away. If you have not read his book "Intellectuals," drop everything and go buy that book immediately. And pick up his "History of the American People" and "Modern Times" while you're at it. Amazing works. https://t.co/4F5YpOyoWC

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Two of the best books on #AI issues that are worth picking up: "Working with AI" by @tdav & Steven M. Miller, and "Human-Centered AI" by @benbendc. Both books offer level-headed, real-world, case study-driven analysis. They even feature very similar cover art! https://t.co/aNPeKf8L6P