Quick Summary In his latest book “A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend Them Back”, security expert Bruce Schneier explores how people with power, influence, and technical skills can exploit systems for their own gain. He provides insight into the hacker mindset and how regular people can fight back…
Quick Summary Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life provides a nuanced examination of how emerging technologies like AI, cryptocurrencies, and self-driving cars are impacting society. Author Adam Greenfield analyzes the complex ethics, economics, and psychology involved. Extended Summary The proliferation of new technologies is fundamentally changing how we live, work, and interact. In his…
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin This is book one of the “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” triology. Read more reviews on Goodreads. How strongly I recommend this book: 8/10 The Book in Three “Sentences” Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a scientist is drawn into a conspiracy involving a computer game and an…
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew Knoll Read more reviews on Goodreads. How strongly I recommend this book: 8/10 The Book in Three Sentences An approachable overview of the history of the Earth that grounds its narrative in the scientific evidence.The book focuses on what happened and how…