audiobook recommendations...

Submitted by theferalturtle t3_yg6bge in singularity

Just looking for a new audiobook to listen to. Something non-fiction on the subject of futurism or the singularity or what-have-you. Already have all of Michio Kaku and Ray Kurzweils stuff plus...

Ageless by Andrew Steele Editing Humanity by Kevin Davies Ending Aging by Aubrey De Grey Regenesis by George Church The Fourth Age by Byron Reese Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari The Future Is Faster Than You Think by Peter Diamandis Lifespan By David Sinclair Hacking Darwin by Jamie Metzl Future Shock by Alvin Toffler Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark Sustainable Superabundance by David Wood Future Presence by Peter Rubin

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visarga t1_iu7r0tk wrote

Why don't you try to read survey papers? They don't add anything new but they summarise a whole year or more of activity in a subfield and are pretty high-level overview.

For example, this one is nice: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.06091.pdf

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innovate_rye t1_iu74j5h wrote

reality + david chalmers. kinda boring kinda interesting. the code breaker walter isaacson. immortality inc chip walter. anything nick bostrom or david pearce related.

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IdealAudience t1_iu7ybxz wrote

I really like Life 3.0, I think it's still on youtube

https://www.audible.com/author/Jeremy-Rifkin/B000APENQ2 ,

I haven't heard - https://www.audible.com/author/Kai-Fu-Lee/B001K8QZ8C , but I've seen some speeches, and he seems to have a solid perspective.

four futures - peter frase,

& in the same vein - Manna by Marshall Brain (non-magic fiction) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RhLIk8Hy20&list=PLZcXL8KepLVsm5w_NnXI3hMvjPCBtl21P

and if you can read - https://marshallbrain.com/mars

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arisalexis t1_iu82tnc wrote

>I really like Life 3.0, I think it's still on youtube

what why did I pay $15 to get it on my kindle lol

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IdealAudience t1_iu85phm wrote

well, some of that went to a good guy doing good things - https://futureoflife.org/ , so thank you.

but yeah, check youtube first.. in theory, we should be seeing more good things (especially good online education) free to the public.. if we're doing it right.. right?

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Ortus12 t1_iu74snr wrote

I know you said no fiction but...

Robopocalypse is a fun fiction book. It does explore possibilities for an Ai future.

Scifi in general, even though it's fiction, often explores future technologies and their possible implications long before they become a thing, and in a fun way.

But as far as non-fiction, I'd recommend Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence.

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theferalturtle OP t1_iu75fse wrote

I have Robopocalypse and already have a ton of sci-fi. I'm particularly fond of Peter F Hamiltons work.

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arisalexis t1_iu82nj8 wrote

reality + has some mindboggling insights

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tedd321 t1_iu7a3ly wrote

Stop reading so much.

Taking in information is step 1. to making a reality like the singularity happen. The truth is, we have to work to bring the things described in those philosophies to life.

You're on here, so you already have potential. Go out and build something that you think is important to making the singularity happen.

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theferalturtle OP t1_iu7dwqy wrote

I'm not smart enough for that. Just curious.

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tedd321 t1_iu7ed1g wrote

Baaah come on.

If you saw the rest of the world you’d realize how smart you are.

There aren’t so many people thinking about this stuff you know.

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arisalexis t1_iu82sg9 wrote

I understand your point but the most successful people in the world actually say that they read many many more books than average people and audiobooks are awesome for taking advantage of dead time.

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tedd321 t1_iu97nkn wrote

That’s true, no doubt about that.

But time is always ticking.

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arisalexis t1_iuckm8y wrote

Talking especially for audiobooks. You can't do much cycling or walking otherwise

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tedd321 t1_iug6zgy wrote

That’s true good point. I’m taking this advice.

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