Technology and the Future

The books, in order

1. 1

   Technology and the Future · 17 min

   The Future of Humanity

   Michio Kaku

   According to the author, having a colony on another planet would work as insurance against catastrophe, but putting the species' hopes on a distant second home can't become an excuse to neglect the home we already have.

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   Technology and the Future · 16 min

   21 Lessons for the 21st Century

   Yuval Noah Harari

   The speed of a change matters as much as its size: you can adapt to almost anything, just not to everything at once.

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   Technology and the Future · 16 min

   Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

   Yuval Noah Harari

   For Harari, when a species solves its oldest problems, it doesn't stop dreaming. It trades hunger and war for bigger goals, like extending life and expanding its own mind.

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4. 4

   Technology and the Future · 19 min

   Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

   Yuval Noah Harari

   Connecting people and pouring out data doesn't guarantee collective wisdom, because human networks often prefer simple myths that bring people together over complex truths that create conflict.

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5. 5

   Technology and the Future · 18 min

   Weapons of Math Destruction

   Cathy O'Neil

   A metric can help make work visible, and once it becomes the sole objective, begin to distort it.

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   Technology and the Future · 18 min

   Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

   Max Tegmark

   The great turning point in technological life is the ability to redesign both its own body and its cognitive processes, moving beyond the slow pace of natural selection.

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   Technology and the Future · 20 min

   Algorithms to Live By

   Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

   The cost of a decision includes the attention that is no longer available for other parts of life.

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   Technology and the Future · 13 min

   How Google Works

   Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg

   The question isn't whether your business has smart, creative people. It's whether you give those people room to think, and not just to execute.

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   Technology and the Future · 17 min

   Exponential Organizations

   Salim Ismail, Michael S. Malone, and Yuri van Geest

   A company doesn't have to own the car, the building, or the employee to grow fast. What it needs is to organize well the people who already have those resources and are willing to lend them.

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    Technology and the Future · 18 min

    Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

    Nick Bostrom

    Wanting to reap the benefits of a superior mind before figuring out how to control it is like adopting a baby predator and expecting it to obey orders once it grows up.

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