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- sofas0
http://aurellem.org/society-of-m…
"This book tries to explain how minds work. How can intelligence emerge from nonintelligence? To answer that, we'll show that you can build a mind from many little parts, each mindless by itself."
Written by Marvin Minsky
- sofas0
http://editionsassailly.com/diss…
The Worldwide List of Alternative Theories and Critics
Author : Jean de Climont
Synopsis : This directory, available exclusively in English, includes scientists who propose alternative theories or who disagree on generally accepted positions exclusively in the field of physics (natural philosophy), referenced to on the Internet.
The list includes 9000 names of scientists, doctors ou engineers for more than 50%. Their position is shortly presented together with their proposed alternative theory when applicable. There are more than 1000 theories, all amazingly very different from one another.
- neverscared0
preorder
https://wwnorton.com/books/survi…
Five mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive The Event: the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these men were under the influence of The Mindset, a Silicon Valley–style certainty that they can break the laws of physics, economics, and morality to escape a disaster of their own making—as long as they have enough money and the right technology
- sofas0
Marta M Kania - Perspectives of the Avatar
"The main ambition of “Perspectives of the Avatar” is to sketch the existential aesthetics that explore the situatedness of the individual towards a single player digital game with avatar. The book focuses on games falling within the category of independent or art games, and builds upon an assumption drawn from existentialism; where the individual facing the world is the central philosophical concern. In this theoretical horizon, a situation can become meaningful only from the point of view of the particular being."
(didn't read it)
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https://www.academia.edu/3495374…
- MrT0