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3 books recommended · 1 episode
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“The first book would be the Ria Franos's book extraction the frontiers of green capitalism which is about something that we've kind of put out of our minds for the last 18 months or so…”
Why: It provides a wonderful description of the political settlements, tensions, and struggles that emerge in the process of extracting raw materials for green capitalism.
Extraction by Thea Riofrancos
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“The third book is one I think is really special. It's called against tech oligarchy by JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine.”
Why: It gives the insiders' view of how you practice class power inside of the tech sector in a cleareyed and wonderfully written way.
Against Tech Oligarchy by JS Tan
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“The second book would be a book by Nick Cernich called Silicon Empires.”
Why: It offers a calm, guided tour up the stack of what AI actually is as a built entity, helping to untangle jumbled discussions on tech ideology.
Silicon Empires by Nick Srnicek
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Their own books, or books they discussed with the author. Not counted as recommendations.
“relevant for here muskism which he co-authored with Ben Tarnoff.”
Muskism by Quinn Slobodian
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Named without an opinion attached.
“under the influence of the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostonramm whose book super intelligence had come out the year before.”
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
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“in their enormous bestseller, The Bell Curve, from 1994.”
The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein
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“The Foundation series from Isaac Asimov is something he refers to constantly.”
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
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“coined the term meme in his book the selfish gene from 1976.”
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
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