Book Reviews

• Michael Nielsen

  More: + The Sciences of the Artificial + Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming (the first Norvig book, not the second) + Edward Abbey + The Sermon on the Mount + "The Starship and the Canoe" + Freeman DysonLink to Tweet

• Michael Nielsen

  Many of these books had a transformative effect on me. I'll read something like Deschooling Society, be transformed; and then I meet someone else decades later who loved it, and we're both instantly in a club!Link to Tweet

• Michael Nielsen

  Recently reread Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life" (for the fourth time, I think), and "Exhalation". It's such a joy to read him in real time. I suspect he's one of the great writers Apologies for the hyping, which I know can create unmet expectations. Still, I'm just blown awayLink to Tweet

• Brianne Kimmel

  @zachperret Enlightenment Now On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Story of your lifeLink to Tweet

• Zak Kukoff

  @primary_alt he's amazing. probably my all-time favorite short-story/novella writer. Start with the collection Stories of Your Life and Others, which includes the story that Arrival is based onLink to Tweet

• Zak Kukoff

  @zebulgar I've seen a few doing it -- definitely an interesting space. Which story? I love Chiang but I've only read a few stories in that collection (Understand, Story of Your Life, and Hell)Link to Tweet

• Elad Gil

  Stories of Your Life And Others "Understand" is one of my favorite sci fi short stories. https://t.co/pgZnyZ2yYRLink to Tweet

• Naval Ravikant

  @Wan_Chainz “Understand” by Ted Chiang. It’s in his collection “The Story of Your Life” and others.Link to Tweet