i have been reading quite a few books recently. i wish there was more time to review them in more detail. here is the list, for now:

• The substance of style
• The ingenuity gap
• The minds I
• The shield of Achilles
• Mind Hacks
• The mummy congress
• Mapping the next millennium

the shield of achilles is a must read if you want to make sense of the shift from nation state to market state. substance of style has cute explanations of why we we have 520 different doorknobs to choose from at home depot, the ingenuity gap argues that problems get more complex faster than our ability to solve them evolves, the minds I is typical hofstadter material, mind hacks is an amusing intro to all things neuro, the mummy congress tells you more you ever wanted to know about dead bodies, and mapping the next millennium highlights the art in scientific visualization.

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