“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” — René Descartes
Cal and I discuss the movie, Ad Astra directed by James Gray starring Brad Pitt which is currently in theaters. It is a existential and personal journey that Roy McBride takes through our solar system in search for his father. We decided to have a slightly different topic than books, depending on how this goes we might start a sub-series on movie reviews. If you haven't seen the movie just know we will spoil it.
Hope everyone enjoys the discussion Cal and I have about Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari in his follow up book to Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. We decided a book of this magnitude needed an audio format.
I was recently indulging in some really good podcasts and wanted to follow up my previous podcast post from about a year ago with a new one. Podcasts are a great resource for self-education while I am on the road or working out which is more time than I can devote to quietly reading a book in my favorite chair. I hope these will be considered options to add to your subscription list.
Jefferson was a complicated, contradictory figure who has been praised by liberals and conservatives alike throughout the American epoch. He is known as the philosopher and architect of the Declaration of Independence – the arbiter of liberty and proponent of egalitarianism.
“cancer’s life is a recapitulation of the body’s life, its existence a pathological mirror of our own. To confront cancer is to encounter a parallel species, one perhaps more adapted to survival than even we are.”
"The next major structural development in human intelligence is likely to be a partnership between intelligent humans and intelligent machines."
“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel – ‘Thou mayest’ – that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’ – it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
We dive into books we are reading, want to read and our goals as we look to the end of the year.
"Creation- that is the great redemption from suffering, and life's growing light. But that the creator may be, suffering is needed and much change. Indeed, there must be much bitter dying in your life, you creators. To be the child who is newly born, the creator must also want to be the mother who gives birth and the pangs of the birth-giver."
Cal and I discuss and reflect on the books we journeyed through in 2018 along with reading goals for 2019.
Brains and Brawn 