The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets Thomas Cech 6/10 completed
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past David Reich 7/10 completed
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution Joseph Henrich How cumulative cultural evolution shaped human cognition and why we're so dependent on social learning. 8/10 completed
Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World
Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World Nick Bostrom Bostrom applies his unmatched rigor and first-principles thinking to an exploration of finding meaning in a post-scarcity world. 7/10 completed
A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains Max Bennett 10/10 completed
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds Daniel C. Dennett 2/10 completed
Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny
Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny Michael Tomasello 7/10 completed
Abundance
Abundance Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson 8/10 completed
A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy Bertrand Russell 9/10 completed
The Sources of Normativity
The Sources of Normativity Christine M. Korsgaard 7/10 completed
Word and Object
Word and Object Willard Van Orman Quine 9/10 completed
The Origins of Efficiency
The Origins of Efficiency Brian Potter 5/10 completed
The WEIRDest People in the World
The WEIRDest People in the World Joseph Henrich How the Western Church's marriage policies created a unique psychology in Western populations. 8/10 completed
Reasons and Persons
Reasons and Persons Derek Parfit reading
Consciousness Explained
Consciousness Explained Daniel Dennett 6/10 completed
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows Steven Pinker In classic Pinker style, this is an exposition on an interesting topic that probably should just have been an extended blogpost. 5/10 completed
The Vital Question
The Vital Question Nick Lane completed
Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience Michael Graziano Attention schema theory is a good theory of A-consciousness, but this book does nothing to address the hard problem. 5/10 completed
Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy
Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy Nick Bostrom 8/10 completed
The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy Bertrand Russell reading