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John von Neumann, neo-Luddite:
(von Neumann was, of course, one of the arch-technologists of all human history - contributing to the creation of everything from the digital computer to the hydrogen bomb to weather forecasting...) https://t.co/vwTqHNamjo
The Anarchist and the Hockey Stick
experimental-history.com
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
we cannot assume that everything interesting is at the same scale as ourselves.
John Brockman • This Will Make You Smarter: 150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (Edge Question Series)
This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress (Edge Question)
amazon.com
Most of us have been taught that life is fragile, its existence always at risk, but this is a parochial error stemming from, ironically enough, an excessively anthropocentric worldview.
Bobby Azarian • The Romance of Reality: How the Universe Organizes Itself to Create Life, Consciousness, and Cosmic Complexity
