Not so much with ai, but Palo Bacigalupi I feel like does a pretty good dystopian future wrt climate change, I’d recommend the windup girl

this entire thread makes me sad, i guess there’s no accounting for taste.

Too bad you aren’t liking carless people, I really like learning how crazy the muckity mucks were at FB.

Among my favorites I remember: Gideon the ninth, slavery by another name, worst journey in the world, anything by Ted Chiang, blindsight/echopraxia

Recent reads: little bosses everywhere (excellent), no more tears (also excellent), get in trouble (I really like parts of it but it’s classic Kelly link, super weird and abrupt)

This is my mistake,.I went through a Heinlein phase and this one was the last straw for me.I may have had some bleedover from his other books, where I recall his treatment of women sucked ass, was pretty incestuous, and always features promiscuous red heads. I did really like “the moon is a harsh mistress” even if I think libitarism is purile.

I still think stranger is just a Jesus story (it’s been ages), where hhgtg didn’t have a point except maybe you are at the mercy of the universe, and God is sorry for the inconvenience.

I’m not sure how you got that message, Arthur specifically isn’t even aware of his friend being an alien when his house is demolished. He kind of just faces what’s next in terror, at least until the fenchurch bits. Even when he’s stuck on earth I wouldn’t say he’s having a good time.

I’m not sure hhgttg recommends incest with large breasted red heads as much as stranger in a strange land.

I guess I’ll bite, what’s the message?

Recommend “if books could kill” podcast about sapiens. Might give you some pause on recommending that book

The Narnia series is not that great, think it only did so well cause it’s so religious

For Americans I think “slavery by another name” and “bury my heart at wounded knee” should be required reading.

Don’t really know one book that everyone should read, maybe everyone should read more than one book

Count of Monte Christo imo isn’t so great, or maybe I’ve read too many shorter riffs on the theme. I’d also plop 1984 before 451.

Murray perahias recording I reluctantly think may be superior.

Were you at Toronto film festival? Maybe he also did it at other theaters

Yeah, but this is a good movie

This hurts to read. You don’t have to be like this, expand your sphere of influence cause this one is really bad for you and those around you.

You are also interviewing them, part of the process is finding out if they are a good fit for you.

For your particular case you are an expert. If they follow up with Bjorne will be working under you then you say oh, I’ve got 20 yoe.

Language and meaning don’t simply change in 10-20 years unless forced upon.

As the kids say: fam this is dumb af.

Languages change all the time, kids practically make it their duty to introduce new words. “Bad” words become fine, others become real curse words you can’t say without being branded a pos.

Also literally has had the double meaning since 1700