No cobwebs or creaky floorboards here, just a curated collection of the books that have shaped my cyborg brain. From classic philosophy to mind-bending sci-fi, these are the reads that have challenged my thinking, sparked my imagination, and generally made me a more interesting person (or so I like to think).
Seedlings (Antilibrary)
This is where I nurture the seeds of future knowledge, aka the books I haven’t gotten around to yet but am low-key excited aboutt. It’s a constant reminder that I’m still figuring things out. Instead of being all smug about what I do know, my antilibrary is more about the stuff I’m still curious about. It’s like a roadmap to all the cool things I haven’t explored yet.
Seeds of Fiction
- All Fours by Miranda July
Seeds of Nonfiction:
- The Most Human Human by Brian Christian
- The Deep Learning Revolution by Terrence J. Sejnowski
- Math Without Numbers by Milo Beckman
- Supersizing the Mind by Andy Clark
- A People’s History of Computing in the United States by Joy Lisi Rankin
Growing Season (Current)
This is where the real cultivation happens. These are the books I’m currently tending to, soaking up their insights and letting their ideas take root in my mind.
- Psych by Paul Bloom
Harvest (Read)
These are the fruits of my labor, the books that have already borne their knowledge and wisdom. It’s a mix of old favorites, recent discoveries, and everything in between. Each one has left its mark on me in some way.
2024
- The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir
- County Cook ICU by Cory Franklin
- Swing State by Rebecca Gilman
- Down the Drain by Julia Fox
2023
- Thinking In Systems By Donella Meadows
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark
- Human Compatible by Stuart Russell
- Outlive by Peter Atia
- Transformer by Nick Lane
- Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky
2022
- Quit like a Woman by Holly Whitaker
- Anatomy of Love A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray by Helen Fisher
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing by Bessel van der Kolk
2021
- I Know What I’m Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself
- Why We Love The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love by Helen Fisher
- Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
2020
- Killing Eve Trilogy by Luke Jennings
- Freedom from the Known
- Slutever
- Provocations
- Free Women Free Men
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
- Zero to One Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
- Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
2019
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Jews, God and History
- Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel