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Books recommended by Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison recommends 21 books, among them On the Shortness of Life, The Beginning of Infinity and Anthropic Bias.

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

Philosophy

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

Philosophy

Anthropic Bias

Nick Bostrom

Philosophy

Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard W. Hamming

Philosophy

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

Philosophy

Global Catastrophic Risks

Nick Bostrom

Technology

If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where is Everybody?

Stephen Webb

Technology

Incompleteness

Rebecca Goldstein

Philosophy

Justice as Fairness

John Rawls

Philosophy

Metamagical Themas

Douglas Hofstadter

Philosophy

Mind-Body Problem

Rebecca Goldstein

Philosophy

Myth of the Machine

Lewis Mumford

Technology

Orality and Literacy

Walter J. Ong

Philosophy

Plato at the Googleplex

Rebecca Goldstein

Philosophy

Popper Selections

Karl Popper

Philosophy

Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Scott Aaronson

Technology

Stubborn Attachments

Tyler Cowen

Technology

Sum

David Eagleman

Philosophy

Technics and Civilization

Lewis Mumford

Technology

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard Hamming

Philosophy

The Mind–Body Problem

Jonathan Westphal

Philosophy