Speaking of books, here is my reading list for the coming months:
- 1984, by George Orwell
- The Future Does Not Compute: Overcoming the Machines in our Midst, by Steve Talbott. (See also the FAQ for his excellent ongoing email newsletter “Netfuture.”
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
- Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness, by Roger Penrose
- To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis