Bookshelf@work

I found that I have blogged, directly or indirectly, about most of these books. From foreground/right to background/left:
Dawkins, Ridley, Nanotech, Lessig, Deutsch, Complexity and Emergence, New Humanists from Edge.org, Redesigning Humans, Free Culture, Feynman, Molecular Electronics, Biohazard, Po Bronson and MacNiven cover Hotmail, Kurzweil, Biocosm, Scientist in the Crib, Code, Juan Enriquez, Genetic Programming, TED, On Intelligence & Mind Wide Open, Watson’s DNA, Gates, Wolfram and Williams’ thoughts on quantum computing, World Tech Summit, Accelerating Change Conference, and The Future of Life.

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satan_inheelz [deleted] says:

What first caught my eye was "out of control". Any recommendations?
Posted 60 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Yeah, Kelly's book is a great intro to co-evolution, hives, artificial life and the power of biological processes. It has a good set of footnotes and is well written.

I find myself thinking about Kurzweil a lot.

But if I were to personalize the request for you, Satan, I might suggest Dennett or Dawkins. =)
Posted 60 months ago. ( permalink )

BenODen says:

*fwip* Interesting collection of books, good to remember.
Posted 60 months ago. ( permalink )

davesag says:

hey you and I have very similar bookshelves in places. skip 'prey' and go for 'the diamond age'. OoC is cool, but dive into some Douglas Hofstadter (just below it) if you really want to stretch your mind.
Posted 60 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Dave: yes. Great recommendations. You may notice that those two books are the most worn. =)

I found myself sitting next to Neal Stephenson at a Foresight weekend brain spa. I did a double take when I saw his name badge. Cool guy.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

davesag says:

wow cool. I love it when things like that happen. are you a member of the foresight institute too?
oh have you read this 'The User Illusion, by Tor Norretranders' it's really quite good and would go well with your other books there.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

I think I am a Sr. Associate there. Been going to their events for a few years now.

thanks for the recommdation. I am not familiar with that one.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you."

Mortimer J. Adler
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Victor1 says:

A great quote Alieness! I think a few have gotten 'through' to Steve, eh?
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

So they say... ;-)

I haven´t seen him, thus I can´t tell if he reads books or gets the readers´ reviews in amazon, and then purchase the second hand copies of those which looked interesting.

When a cheff is too good... you never know what happens in the kitchen. =)

Still in Portland?
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

unpolarized says:

Nice, eclectic collection.
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

borealnz says:

A very interesting collection, I don't think I have read any of those :-)

Thanks for sharing in our bookshelf thread
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Josh Thompson says:

I love how Feynman's QED, the slimmest volume there, sits at the base of a stack of thick books on science and technology. Accidental I'm sure, but also metaphorical in a subtle way.

--
Seen on the Web. (?)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Hopkinsii says:

The ones I recognize are enough to suggest it would be worthwhile checking out the ones I don't know... Enough Dawkins to make me feel at home!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Hopkinsii: Here's some more for ya:

Josh: Yup... QED is foundational... and with Free Culture, you can Redesign Humans... There are several conceptual adjacencies up there...

Wolfram's compilation of ideas is foundational too.

Alieness: Missed the jab earlier... surely you jest. =)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

Of course I jest!!!

...but...

Wouldn´t it be awesome to find out that you or any other brilliant intellectual have been cheating like that all this time?! I´d applaud!

Imagination is more important than Knowledge said Einstein, and building up a background and a library from Amazon reviews would need load of creativity- :-P
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Hopkinsii says:

thanks for the Dawkins link, jurvetsun! (great caption too...)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE says:

Thanks jurvetson for this photo.
I was having a look at some of your hold pictures, and found this one.
And more ....Thanksfully (can we say that ? : ) i saw the title
: The Diamond Age . A book i heard about few years ago....but could remember ......and believe me i TRIED AND TRIED....

I ll try to find it today : ) with The God Delusion ( this one should t be a problem lol )

Thanks again ; )
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE says:

The rest of the Story about "The diamond Age" book . You ll never believe it !
www.flickr.com/photos/photonquantique/4798166 19/
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

beenpimped [deleted] says:

Looks similar to my many books, nice time reading most of these. Nicely done photo btw.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

mrccos says:

Please add this to the group pool at RDFRS

Thanks,
/Mike
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

aeroculus says:

Have these all been read, or are there any members of your own "Umberto Eco Antilibrary " (NNT) ? If it is the former, how was Biocosm?...the description looks like a synthesis of Kauffman & Dawkins.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE says:

Biocosm is a must read aeroculus : )
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

aeroculus says:

added to the list - thanks PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE = )
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

I have spent a bunch of time reading pre-prints and conference talks about Biocosm, so I forget if I finished the book or just read parts of it. Eco would be proud. =)

blog mention here
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

aeroculus says:

BTW, very similar work bookshelves.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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