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Information can always be abbreviated, but there is no shortcut to Knowledge.


Welcome to my blog! Here you will find:

Book reviews in 140 words or less!


I do not intend to write chapter by chapter summaries, nor do I intend for my reviews to be novels in and of themselves. Just like a 140 character tweet forces a succinct sentence, a 140 word review forces a succinct thought.

I love to read, and I think that we would be better off as a society if we did more reading and less tv watching. Here I plan to feature books that have inspired me to broaden my mental horizons and, in turn, I hope to inspire you to broaden yours.

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read.”

- Mark Twain

Have you read any of these books? Did they impact you differently? Do you plan to read them now?(btw, that would be Awesome!) I look forward to any and all comments! Bonus points if you can make your responses exactly 140 words (It's fun, kind of like writing a Haiku) :)

Monday, November 21, 2011

The Singularity is Near - Ray Kurzweil



Humans and computers are going to merge.  It is going to happen in 2045... Whoa Dude!

Kurzweil takes a prediction straight from a bad Star Trek episode, and explains year by year, development by development, how it is going to happen.  

Relax, This is actually a positive thing.  

A big difference between computers and humans is that we are unable to download what we know to our offspring.  Computers, on the other hand, instantly start their “lives” with all the knowledge of their predecessors.

Furthermore, computers can improve their capabilities in their own natural lifetime.  What this means is that once we merge with computers, every problem we currently face will be resolved. How? We will either know how to fix the problem, or we will know how to further improve our own capabilities and Then solve the problem.

**Some parts of the book get pretty dense, skim these sections if you need to, but don’t give up!**
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