by Marvin Minsky
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Technology, Philosophy, and Art.
Marvin Minsky one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence, Laboratory at MIT gives a revolutionary answer to the ageold question: "How does the mind work" Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a "society" of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts The S...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Technology, Philosophy, and Art.
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Erik Brynjolfsson
“It's a fun book. One idea per page, building up a "society of ideas"”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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