Moritz Wallawitsch π½ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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founder @rem_note = https://t.co/3y1SqHLlIc (@generalcatalyst backed) Scaling knowledge/progress. ZFellow, Emergent Ventures fellow

The Ascent of Man
Jacob Bronowski
What are the best movies about progress (scientific progress, technological progress etc)? One that comes to mind is Jacob Bronowski's 'The ascent of man' https://t.co/oDGrYDzt70
Paperback, 2011
$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Philosophy and the Real World: An Introduction to Karl Popper
Brian Magee
@johnataylor Philosophy and the Real World: An Introduction to Karl Popper
Paperback, 1999
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
Roy F. Baumeister
@IvanVendrov there are some interesting sections about religion in these two books: - The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore (ex. Religions as memeplexes) - Willpower by Roy Baumeister
Paperback, 2012
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone
Steven Sloman
New podcast interview with Steven A Solman (author of The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone) We talk about: - the growth of knowledge - virtue signalling and sacred values - consequentialist thinking - his next book https://t.co/3JI3wmRt5x
Paperback, 2018
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Meme Machine
Susan Blackmore
@IvanVendrov there are some interesting sections about religion in these two books: - The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore (ex. Religions as memeplexes) - Willpower by Roy Baumeister
Paperback, 2000
$22.99Member price:$22.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science
Michael Nielsen
What are good resources about our global knowledge infrastructure? There is @michael_nielsen's Reinventing Discovery I also love this moving piece about a "high-quality information society" by @WilliamBryk which features two aliens talking about humanity https://t.co/osf7RzqlMx https://t.co/awiyu1053c
Paperback, 2013
$22.95Member price:$20.66 + Free shipping10% off
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can't Think the Way We Do
Erik J. Larson
@ToKTeacher You might also like the book the The Myth of Artificial Intelligence by Erik J. Larson
Paperback, 2022
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book