Books
- Berezow & Campbell, Science Left Behind: Meh.
- Biederman & Bennis, Organizing Genius: Some interesting stories, not sure how reliable they are, authors make no attempt to get data on the question.
Music
Spotify playlist for all of 2017 is here.
Music I most enjoyed discovering this month:
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: The Kid (2017)
- James Holden: The Animal Spirits (2017)
- Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts: MILANO (2017)
- Kristofer Maddigan: Cuphead (2017)
- Tale of Us: Endless (2017)
- The Great Harry Hillman: Tilt (2017)
- Schnellertollermeier: Rights (2017)
- Bent Knee: Say So (2016)
- The Kandinsky Effect: Somnambulist (2015), Pax 6 (2017)
Movies/TV
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
- Denis Villenueve: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) ★
- Mike Mills: 20th Century Women (2016)
- Various: Top of the Lake, season 1 (2013) ★
- Various: Bojack Horseman, season 3 (2017)
- Noah Baumbach: The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) ★
- Mike Leigh: Life is Sweet (1990)
- Dee Rees: Mudbound (2017)
- Various: Broad City, season 4 (2017)
- Various: Better Things, season 2 (2017)
- Johnson: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
- Aronofsky: Mother! (2017) ★
Games
Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):
- Breath of the Wild (2017) ★
- Super Mario Odyssey (2017) ★
- Steamworld Dig 2 (2017)
Hi. Big fan of yours since CSA blog(even thought i only discovered it when it was already dead). You seem to be a polymath, having knowledge in very different areas, from psychology, to philosophy to AI. I too have very different interests, but in certain areas it is very difficult to know where to start. Can you tell me how i should begin in areas like Political Science/Economics/History?
By the way, what’s your thoughts on the:
1- penrose-lucas argument against strong AI?
2- Searle’s chinese room argument?
3- The ORCH-OR model?
4- Is there a mathematical model of consciousness, or are we (still) just clueless on how the brain gives rise to consciousness?
My regards, from brazil.