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Thomas

ThomasA@bookwyrm.social

Joined 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Overall nice-guy semi-literate middle-aged Dane. Likes reading both facts and fiction.

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Martin Kleppmann: Designing Data-Intensive Applications (Paperback, 2017, O'Reilly Media)

Brett Slatkin: Effective Python (2015, Addison-Wesley)

Professor Fritjof Capra, Pier Luigi Luisi: The Systems View of Life (2014, Cambridge University Press)

2024 Reading Goal

16% complete! Thomas has read 2 of 12 books.

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Thomas reviewed Scary Smart by Mo Gawdat

Mo Gawdat: Scary Smart (2022, Bluebird Publishing)

Mixed feelings

3 stars

Content warning This review reveals the book's conclusion on the whole AI "issue"

Mo Gawdat concludes that artificial intelligence is coming, it is going to outsmart us, and and we cannot stop it. I am worried that assessment turns out to be true and I am not comfortable with it. Mo Gawdat argues that we might as well embrace it, teach ourselves to love them (the machines), and shape put future with them as patient and loving "parents". I honestly don't know what to make of this. The thought of it just does not sit well with me so far.

Thomas rated Silo 49: 3 stars

Ann Christy: Silo 49 (2013, [Ann Christy])

Silo 49 by Ann Christy (Silo 49 series Volume 3)

Silo 49 has endured. In Going Dark they freed themselves from the WOOL agenda. In Deep Dark they discovered their …

Thomas rated How to Save Our Planet: 3 stars

Mark A. Maslin: How to Save Our Planet (2021, Penguin Books, Limited)

How to Save Our Planet by Mark A. Maslin

Thomas rated Første person ental: 4 stars

Haruki Murakami: Første person ental (EBook, Danish language, Klim)

Første person ental by Haruki Murakami

Novellerne i denne samling fortælles i første person ental – både med drengens, den unge mands, den midaldrende mands og …

Thomas rated At the Mountains of Madness Vol. 2: 4 stars

H. P. Lovecraft, Francois Baranger: At the Mountains of Madness Vol. 2 (2021, Design Studio Press)

At the Mountains of Madness Vol. 2 by H. P. Lovecraft, Francois Baranger

Thomas rated At the Mountains of Madness: 4 stars

H.P. Lovecraft, François Baranger: At the Mountains of Madness (2020, Design Studio Press)

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, François Baranger

Thomas rated Death's End: 4 stars

Cixin Liu: Death's End (EBook, 2016, Actes Sud)

Death's End by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #03)

Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It is …

Thomas rated The Dark Forest: 5 stars

The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

The Dark Forest (Chinese: 黑暗森林, pinyin: Hēi'àn sēnlín) is a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. …

Thomas rated Death's End (The Three-Body Problem): 4 stars

Ken Liu (translator) Cixin Liu, Cixin Liu: Death's End (The Three-Body Problem) (2018, Head of Zeus)

Death's End (The Three-Body Problem) by Ken Liu (translator) Cixin Liu, Cixin Liu

Thomas rated The Labyrinth: 4 stars

The Labyrinth

Thomas reviewed The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami: The Strange Library (2022, Knopf)

In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their …

Review of 'The strange library' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Det er den klart mærkeligste af Haruki Murakamis bøger, jeg har læst, og det er ellers ikke fordi, ingen af de andre er mærkelige. Jeg har svært ved at finde mening med den her, og den fangede mig ikke rigtigt - i modsætning til mange andre af hans historier.