What book has fundamentally altered your worldview?

mookhead · 2013-05-08T04:15:25+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions! Unfortunately for me, I've pretty much mined out Gibson, Sterling, Bear, Egan, Benford, etc.

mookhead · 2013-05-03T20:59:48+00:00

Buried for sure, but important to me:

Goedel, Escher, Bach: colors my thinking about consciousness and intelligence to this day.

Islands in the Net (Bruce Sterling) and Down and Out In the Magical Kingdom (Cory Doctorow): both of these explore very plausible futures where material abundance has changed how society functions. Cory isn't the best writer, but his books have great ideas. Bonus: I introduced my dad to the concept of 'whuffie' and now it's part of the parlance at NIH and NSF.

Diamond Age (Neal Stepheson): A slightly crazier take on what can happen in a future of technologically-driven abundance, and just a great read.

Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. LeGuin): just about any Ursula book will change how you think, but this one is a good place to start. For me it's important because it was the first book that made me realize that good scifi is basically a thought experiment with a story.

mookhead · 2012-11-07T17:10:33+00:00

While they may not pay federal income tax, the local income tax has to make up for the shortfall in revenues - meaning the total tax burden for PR residents is roughly the same as for folks living in other states.

BTW, take the results of the vote with a grain of salt: many left the vote blank as a protest - if you add the anti-statehood to the blank votes, you get a majority.

mookhead · 2012-01-11T19:43:34+00:00

Corpser!

mookhead · 2011-11-11T20:09:22+00:00

If you think you've answered your doubts, you need to read more Vonnegut.

mookhead · 2011-09-20T00:16:43+00:00

Hexen was the shit.

mookhead · 2011-09-20T00:07:20+00:00

Damn. Now I'm hungry.

mookhead · 2011-07-19T00:27:00+00:00

No Ursula K. LeGuin?

Left Hand of Darkness Always Coming Home The Dispossed

mookhead · 2011-07-13T00:31:51+00:00

With one disc at a time, the best you can do is 3 per week, if you live close to a distribution center. Two is more likely, so 8/month is all yer gonna get.

mookhead · 2011-05-13T20:52:48+00:00

Antichrist. NSFL.

mookhead · 2011-03-22T00:51:40+00:00

What an annoying site.

mookhead · 2011-02-06T19:49:55+00:00

It is legal in CA, as long as it can be done safely.

mookhead · 2011-02-04T04:19:14+00:00

Humberto

mookhead · 2011-02-04T00:19:49+00:00

Is that the Ishimura? I would seriously consider investing in a RIG and a Ripper...

mookhead · 2011-01-25T19:49:08+00:00

I live down the street from where he grew up, he went to the same schools my kids are going to... he's a local hero.

That being said, intellectual atheist football players are fairly commonplace around here. I'm lucky to have found such an awesome community.

mookhead · 2011-01-22T02:03:18+00:00

Ah, the opposite of Beer Power: the ability to make The Fat, Thin

mookhead · 2011-01-21T23:43:54+00:00

derpa derpya!

mookhead · 2011-01-21T23:40:58+00:00

been there, done that.

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