The Woke-up Call: A Review of Cynical Theories

26 October, 202117 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 5 Comments

A long review, with further musings, of "Cynical Theories". Read more (30 min, 7600 words).

Review: The AI Does Not Hate You

20 March, 202017 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 7 Comments

I review Tom Chivers's book The AI Does Not Hate You, about AI risk, the rationalist community and his own process finding out whether he agrees with them. I note that I wanted to hear more about the last part, mostly because of how similar to the author I seem to be. Read more (16 min, 3900 words).

Taste Books That Don’t Take Off

9 October, 201817 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 3 Comments

I review the book Hit Makers and go on about how it loses its point in a sea of storytelling . Read more (10 min, 3300 words).

Reactions to “Infinite Jest”

6 April, 201717 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 6 Comments

Reading David Foster Wallace’s ”Infinite Jest” over a period of six months provoked a lot of thought about what makes a good book and why I didn’t particularly care for this one. Read more (16 min, 3900 words)