Alexander Wissner-Gross
4 things in books Alexander uses or recommends, from 3 episodes.
Alexander's top picks in books
What Alexander uses or recommends most, ranked by how often and how strongly. Paid ads are left out.
Recommends it · 1 episode
"If you like sci-fi, read Accelerando by Charlie Stross, which is I think the single best sci-fi treatment of what's in the process of happening right now."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"Everyone should read 1984. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"This is like the Orwell episode. Everyone should go read Politics and the English Language. Everyone should read 1984."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"For folks in the audience, if you haven't read Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End and also his novella set in the same universe, Fast Times at Fairmont High — I think these are the most credible pre/trans singularity depiction of what education could and should look like."
All 4 of Alexander's books picks
- Accelerando Recommends it "If you like sci-fi, read Accelerando by Charlie Stross, which is I think the single best sci-fi treatment of what's in the process of happening right now." Only Alexander
- 1984 Recommends it "Everyone should read 1984. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." Only Alexander
- Politics and the English Language Recommends it "This is like the Orwell episode. Everyone should go read Politics and the English Language. Everyone should read 1984." +1 other
- Rainbows End Recommends it "For folks in the audience, if you haven't read Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End and also his novella set in the same universe, Fast Times at Fairmont High — I think these are the most credible pre/trans singularity depiction of what education could and should look like." Only Alexander