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Some books I read in 2021

Another year of the pandemic. I thought I’d wrap up by briefly reviewing some books I’ve read during the year. Friedrich Nietzsche – The Birth of Tragedy. Despite this being probably Nietzsche’s earliest famous book, I somehow never managed to get a foothold in it previously. Here he formulates his early philosophy in terms of […]

Posted 04 January 2022 † Johan § Life § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Dreyfus and Bostrom. Four AI assumptions and two books.

At first glance, Hubert Dreyfus’ 1992 book What Computers Still Can’t Do (WCSCD, originally published in 1972 as What Computers Can’t Do) seems untimely in the current business climate, which favours massive and widespread investment in AI (these days, often understood as being synonymous with machine learning and neural networks). However, being untimely may in fact […]

Posted 23 April 2017 † Johan § Computer science § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Collecting books

Until about five years ago, I would hesitate to buy books if I had other, unfinished books that I was currently reading. It seemed irresponsible to “start on something new” without finishing things that were in progress. This is the kind of attitude that leads you to visit every single room and see every single […]

Posted 23 August 2015 † Johan § Life § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Books: Deleuze’s Nietzsche and De Landa’s Nonlinear History

In 2012, so far, I’ve finished two very evocative books. One is Deleuze’s Nietzsche and Philosophy. The other is Manuel De Landa’s 1000 Years of Nonlinear History. Deleuze’s Nietzsche is the author’s interpretation of Nietzsche’s thought. This is perhaps one of the most coherent interpretations of Nietzsche I’ve read. It succeeds in turning Nietzsche’s notoriously […]

Posted 03 May 2012 † johan § Philosophy ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,