5. The Singularity Is Nearer – Ray Kurzweil
An updated perspective on AI-driven transcendence.

6. Nexus – Yuval Noah Harari
Examines how information networks influence history.

Curious to hear your thoughts—agree, disagree, or have other recommendations?

3. You Are Not a Gadget – Jaron Lanier
Critiques how digital culture may flatten individuality.

4. Homo Deus – Yuval Noah Harari
Discusses AI, biotech, and potential post-human futures.

1. Sapiens – Yuval Noah Harari
Explores how human cognition shaped our civilization.

2. The Singularity Is Near – Ray Kurzweil
An AI optimist's view on exponential tech growth.

Everyone is confused - the situation has a ton of nuance! Here's a video I saw recently that tackles DeepSeek R1 from various perspectives. Might help you formulate your own 🙂

youtu.be/X5adgxV0gBE?...

I was at a Hank 6 earlier today when I was scrolling through X for the first time in years, only to see that literally every comment was toxic

Signed up for Bluesky today though and, after some scrolling, I'm at a Hank 1

Beautiful indeed 😅 It's open source, so that half a trillion bucks will likely (perhaps a better terms would be "hopefully") go to building upon the learnings from DeepSeek R1, right?

Here's to ASI being on that list soon 🙌