Reviews and Comments

I’ve been meaning to read this ever since seeing it mentioned in my colleague Tiankai’s book. Should be a good quick airplane read.

There will be a day that this book serves as an explainer; today it is a warning

A book-length poem on many future visions of what Asia could be, it commands introspection

Diving into Talia’s next book, which is all too relevant for our times

Ultimately this is a personal story, which is fine, but it leaves the broader treatment of a view in AI ethics underserved, and engages with issues that here in 2025 feel downstream of the material on the wrong branch

I’ll be surprised if this book covers much nee ground for me, but I feel like I should give it a read anyways to see if it’s something to recommend to folks.

This is a book I wish I wrote, and also I long for more depth in this analysis. A good companion to Dan McQuillan’s book.

I went to an AI conference in Silicon Valley so I need to balance out my soul.

#8 on the Modern Library list. Relevant for today, but also fuck Stalinism

Onto #8 of the Modern Library list. This book may be the most relevant piece of fiction I’ll read given our current times.

I forgot how fast this book goes. First I’m taking off on a plane. Then I’m falling asleep. Next I know another 100 pages are behind me. That seems fitting. ML #18 done.

On to #18 on the Modern Library list. I read this book many years ago, but I made a mistake and I read it and Catch 22 back to back, which is a bad idea. Almost as bad an idea as when I watched Donnie Darko and Requiem for a Dream on the same weekend.

I learned a few things here, it made me think a bit. I’m also glad the book directly addresses attachment theory as explicitly not an identity model.

Maybe I’ll figure out what everyone younger than 35 means when they get very upset about attachment styles.