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I really liked the Illuminatus! trilogy and am looking for something in the same vain. I would love to read another of Robert anton wilson's books, but I dont know if they're any good or if so which one. Any advice on Wilson books or some other trashy yet slightly intellectual sci-fi conspiracy etc. etc.
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Trying to find something about effects of internet and technology on the brain, how they shape culture etc. Books I looked into were The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr, and Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle. From the descriptions both seem to learn towards the, computers are making us dumb and lonely, side of the spectrum, which, while I don't disagree with entirely don't really want to a read a whole book about. Leaning more towards the technology is here to stay and I'm curious what happens going forwards I am more interested in less opinionated works on the subject, but if anyone has read either of the two or something similar and thinks them worth reading let me know as well.
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Oct 25, 2011 23:36
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dream owl posted:While I don't think you're going to find "less opinionated" authors on this subject you can certainly seek out the more willingly exploratory. New York Times techie columnist Nick Bilton wrote a book last year called I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works: Why Your World, Work, and Brain Are Being Creatively Disrupted. Also Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age by Clay Shirky & just for interests sake I'll mention Oliver Sacks, although he's more on the "brain" side of things than the is the technologic. The Bilton book sounds awesome, thanks alot. Oliver Sacks is great.
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Oct 27, 2011 05:04
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