The Wizard and the Prophet
by Charles C. Mann
Book Reviews
Sounds like the two books to read this year are Humankind: A Hopeful History https://t.co/lKTB23QtJZ and The Wizard and the Prophet https://t.co/D6Eznby5fy -- I've seen both recommended a bunch of placesLink to Tweet
In science we’ve built a culture of optimizing for a single metric (from leaderboards down to how we formulate a problem in mathematics), and this is out of touch with reality. excerpt from The Wizard and the Prophet (h/t @orbuch, thank you for the book rec) https://t.co/dNQpLmpPZxLink to Tweet
@ryanlawler You're a prophet and I'm a wizard and that's ok https://t.co/PwtETOT42lLink to Tweet
Actually though everyone should read The Wizard and the Prophet both:
a) to get this joke
and
b) because it is excellent
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