My notes on some chapters include “simplistic,” “forgettable”, “almost completely semantically nil,” and a few worse things. As with most sets, some were completely trash.
Aside from making it another book to find, Possible Minds was an interesting set of essays. It’s a set of essays loosely wrapped around a look back at Norbert Weiner’s “The Human Use of Human Beings,” published in 1950 and focused on artificial intelligence (AI). Craig Venter on the multiple possible origins of life Helen Fisher on temperament Sam Harris on the flow of thought and Lawrence Krauss on living with uncertainty.Looking for books to read on my library’s ebook site, I came across “Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI”, edited by John Brockman.
Ramachandran on paradigm shifts Matt Ridley on tapping collective intelligence John McWhorter on path dependence Lisa Randall on effective theorizing Brian Eno on “ecological vision” Richard Thaler on rooting out false concepts J. Dennett on benefiting from cycles Jaron Lanier on resisting delusion Frank Wilczek on the brain's hidden layers Clay Shirky on the “80/20 rule” Daniel Goleman on understanding our connection to the natural world V. This Will Make You Smarter features Daniel Kahneman on the “focusing illusion” Jonah Lehrer on controlling attention Richard Dawkins on experimentation Aubrey De Grey on conquering our fear of the unknown Martin Seligman on the ingredients of well-being Nicholas Carr on managing “cognitive load” Steven Pinker on win-win negotiating Daniel C. Surprising and enlightening, these insights will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the world. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more. What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of, posed to the world's most influential thinkers.
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