Books by John Brockman
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review 1: I was hoping this book would be better. (I guess that's almost always the case.) Some of the essays are interesting, but many of them are fairly obscure, and some of them get soapbox-y. Not a lot of really big ideas here, and nothing that feels new or revolutionary. Maybe that's ...
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review 1: Fast pace. Almost a bit too fast. Collection of many essays about some leading edge topic that are being debated now. Interesting. Anything actionable here? Not so sure.Good to challenge your mind with new ideas. From that perspective, very interesting. Would have been five stars...
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review 1: This particular book contains a bunch of artists and scientists doing a lot of lofty predicting. Not that I'm against high altitude thinking I guess I more concerned with the practical things. When will dinner be ready is what I'm hearing most not when will AI make it possible to...
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review 1: This is at times really interesting and at other times really boring or depressing. Contributors worry from varying view points about everything from the sciences, technology, privacy issues, magical thinking, etc. Some contributors say - don't worry at all! I like that one.But i...
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review 1: A compendium of 150+ intellectuals, creatives, entrepreneurs, philosophers voicing their opinions on the human thought process as it is developing along-side the internet. Opinions range from positive, to negative, to uncertainty, all the while acknowledging the major impact of i...
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review 1: This book is chock full of all of the fascinating scientific ideas I read about when I was younger, PLUS dozens more that opened my mind and made me want to learn more. I dog-eared the heck out of this one.Some of the entries are dry, but overall, most of the writers did a good j...
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review 1: I picked up this book in a discount bin at The Works, which just goes to show that there’s no justice – even four years after its publication, this is still a fascinating collection of insights by some of the world’s sharpest minds, and it hasn’t aged like so many other books abo...
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review 1: I keep reading reviews of how provocative these essays are, and my only response to these people is: you need to get out more--or maybe stay inside and read more books. While there are some good reads in the collection, the vast majority of these essays retread familiar themes fr...