Rationality: From AI to Zombies
By: Eliezer Yudkowsky
3.50
Format: None pages,
What does it actually mean to be rational? Not Hollywood-style "rational," where you forsake all hu…
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1. Diaspora
By: Greg Egan
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
By the end of the 30th century humanity has the capability to travel the universe, to journey beyon… read more
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2. Permutation City (Subjective Cosmology #2)
By: Greg Egan
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The story of a man with a vision - immortality : for those who can afford it is found in cyberspace… read more
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- philosophy
3. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
By: Nick Bostrom
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intellig… read more
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4. Unsong
By: Scott Alexander
4.29
Format: None pages, ebook
Aaron Smith-Teller works in a kabbalistic sweatshop in Silicon Valley, where he and hundreds of oth… read more
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- philosophy
5. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
By: None
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Audio CD
How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of be… read more
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6. Rationality: From AI to Zombies
By: Eliezer Yudkowsky
3.50
Format: None pages,
What does it actually mean to be rational? Not Hollywood-style "rational," where you forsake all hu… read more
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7. A History of Western Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
Since its first publication in 1945 Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophyhas been universa… read more
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8. Worm
By: Wildbow
3.54
Format: None pages, ebook
An introverted teenage girl with an unconventional superpower, Taylor goes out in costume to find e… read more
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9. The Last Question
By: Isaac Asimov , Bob E. Flick , None
3.78
Format: None pages, Audio CD
The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when human… read more
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11. Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
By: William MacAskill
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem … read more
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12. The Metropolitan Man
By: Alexander Wales
3.37
Format: 204 pages, ebook
The year is 1934, and Superman has arrived in Metropolis. Features Lex Luthor as the villain protag… read more
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13. Luminosity
By: Alicorn
3.94
Format: 313 pages, ebook
The history and character of the Twilight world are intact in Luminosity up to the point where the … read more
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14. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
By: Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal s… read more
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15. The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
By: Brian Christian
4.37
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement … read more
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"Curiosity bred competence."-Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
16. The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
By: Julia Galef
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Ju… read more
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"At the end of the day, we're a bunch of apes whose brains were optimized for defending ourselves and our tribes, not for doing unbiased evaluations of scientific evidence. So why get angry at humanit…"-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
"The scout isn’t indifferent. A scout might hope to learn that the path is safe, that the other side is weak, or that there’s a bridge conveniently located where his forces need to cross the river. Bu…"-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
17. There Is No Antimemetics Division
By: qntm
4.25
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, disc… read more
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"Welcome to the Antimemetics Division. No, this is not you first day."-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division
"It’s not of reality, not of humanity. It is from a higher, worse place, and it is descending."-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division
"It began as an experiment in advanced propaganda. The objective was to cut through the physical conflict and find a way to rupture the ideological machine, to obliterate the idea of Nazism. After two…"-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division
"We don't have an Antimemetics Division," Clay says. "Yes, you do. We do." O5-8 says, "We have a Memetics Division, a Telekontainment Division, Fire Services, Ops-A, Ops-B, Personnel, D-personnel and …"-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division
18. What We Owe the Future
By: William MacAskill
3.84
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
An Oxford philosopher makes the case for "longtermism"—that positively influencing the long-term fu… read more
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19. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
By: Kevin Simler
3.98
Format: 408 pages, ebook
Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed … read more
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"In Debt, the anthropologist David Graeber tells the story of Tei Reinga, a Maori villager and “notorious glutton"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"Take school, for instance. We say that the function of school is to teach valuable skills and knowledge. Yet students don't remember most of what they're taught, and most of what they do remember isn…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"Social status among humans actually comes in two flavors: dominance and prestige.12 Dominance is the kind of status we get from being able to intimidate others (think Joseph Stalin), and on the low-s…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"The point is, our minds aren't as private as we like to imagine. Other people have partial visibility into what we're thinking. Faced with the translucency of our own minds, then, self-deception is o…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
20. The Precipice
By: Toby Ord
4.00
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central ch… read more
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"If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Humanity is about two hundred thousand years old. But the Earth will remain habitable for hundreds of millions more—enough time for millions of futu…"-Toby Ord, The Precipice
21. Dead Tired 1 (Dead Tired #1)
By: Ravensdagger
4.24
Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition
In the distant past, a time of magic and swordplay, there lived Harold, the mightiest lich of all, … read more
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