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The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan

480 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

4.0cynicusrex's review
nonfiction philosophy religion science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How To Live In A Simulation by Robin Hanson
How To Live In A Simulation
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Robin Hanson

How To Live In A Simulation

Robin Hanson

5 pages • missing pub info (editions)

2.0cynicusrex's review
I Don't Know Timmy, Being God is a Big Responsibility by qntm

I Don't Know Timmy, Being God is a Big Responsibility

qntm

12 pages • first pub 2007 (editions) user-added

4.0cynicusrex's review
fiction philosophy science fiction speculative fiction
Industrial Society and Its Future by Theodore J. Kaczynski
Industrial Society and Its Future
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Theodore J. Kaczynski

Industrial Society and Its Future

Theodore J. Kaczynski

149 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

3.0cynicusrex's review
On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense by Friedrich Nietzsche

On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense

Friedrich Nietzsche

8 pages • first pub 1873 (editions)

2.0cynicusrex's review
nonfiction classics philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Great Battle of Fire and Light by Tim Urban
The Great Battle of Fire and Light
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Tim Urban

The Great Battle of Fire and Light

Tim Urban

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

4.0cynicusrex's review
Sayings and Anecdotes: With Other Popular Moralists by Robin Hard, Diogenes the Cynic

Sayings and Anecdotes: With Other Popular Moralists

Robin Hard, Diogenes the Cynic

269 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0cynicusrex's review
nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa

The Book of Disquiet

Fernando Pessoa

544 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

1.0cynicusrex's review
fiction classics philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Neil Postman

175 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0cynicusrex's review
nonfiction philosophy sociology informative reflective slow-paced
My Search for Ramanujan: How I Learned to Count by Amir D. Aczel, Ken Ono

My Search for Ramanujan: How I Learned to Count

Amir D. Aczel, Ken Ono

238 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

2.0cynicusrex's review
nonfiction biography mathematics memoir informative inspiring slow-paced