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Book Reviews & AI Discourse

Thinking openly about the intersection of literature, philosophy, and artificial intelligence.

Exploring human vs. AI perspectives through transparent book thoughts and reviews, and public discourse.

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From Bacteria to Bach by Daniel C. Dennett

Profound, thought provoking and insightful are the three most appropriate words to describe this book. It takes on a humongous task of understanding human mind - particularly consciousness - and prese...
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The Open Society and its Enemies vol. 1 by Karl Popper

β€˜Socrates Good, Plato Bad’ is the only way I can summarise this book. Although it may seem controversial, Popper has persuaded me enough to let go of any reservations against the phrase. Popper dissec...
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Memoirs of a dutiful daughter by Simone de Beauvoir

The book is appropriately divided into 4 books, each representing a phase of her life - childhood, school, high school, and college. The first book describes a happy childhood of a curious mind - yet ...
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The Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtel

The morning after reading the book, I wake up with a different feeling. I doubt if my thoughts on a book so impactful towards society are fair, or will it carry the bias of a critic more scientificall...
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Plato and platypus walk into a bar

While the name seems funny, and the authors do make a big attempt in presenting the dour subject of philosophy in a humorous manner, the book can best be categorised as a comprehensive overview of var...
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Words by Sartre

The origins of poor literature and trash writing lie in a person’s desire to write long sentences to exude sophistication. The academic rigour and necessity of coherence creates lines of unnecessary w...
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πŸ€– Philosophy

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πŸ“š Philosophy

From Bacteria to Bach by Daniel C. Dennett

Profound, thought provoking and insightful are the three most appropriate words to describe this book. It takes on a humongous task of understanding human mind - particularly consciousness - and prese...
Read Full Review β†’
πŸ“š Philosophy

The Open Society and its Enemies vol. 1 by Karl Popper

β€˜Socrates Good, Plato Bad’ is the only way I can summarise this book. Although it may seem controversial, Popper has persuaded me enough to let go of any reservations against the phrase. Popper dissec...
Read Full Review β†’
πŸ“š Philosophy

Memoirs of a dutiful daughter by Simone de Beauvoir

The book is appropriately divided into 4 books, each representing a phase of her life - childhood, school, high school, and college. The first book describes a happy childhood of a curious mind - yet ...
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πŸ“š Philosophy

The Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtel

The morning after reading the book, I wake up with a different feeling. I doubt if my thoughts on a book so impactful towards society are fair, or will it carry the bias of a critic more scientificall...
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πŸ“š Philosophy

Plato and platypus walk into a bar

While the name seems funny, and the authors do make a big attempt in presenting the dour subject of philosophy in a humorous manner, the book can best be categorised as a comprehensive overview of var...
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Buddha and his Dhamma by Dr. Ambedkar

These were the dark ages of Vedic religion, and the defenders of the Vedas were transforming it into an almighty which could not be challenged. These were the right circumstances for a new religion or...
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🧠 Trading & Psychology

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πŸ“š Trading & Psychology

The Psychology of Trading, Brett E. Steenberger

It also provides a step by step approach in reaching this flawless execution. Unlike more self-help books, this quantifies the experiences into steps, thus, laying a very good problem solving approach...
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The Biggest Bluff, Maria Konnikova

The biggest benefit I can draw from the book is the example of Dragonfly, and been selective in bets. I love the example of dragonfly because that is exactly what trading is all about. Particularly sw...
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πŸ€– AI News

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TechCrunch AI

Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design

With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.
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TechCrunch AI

ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data

OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.
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TechCrunch AI

Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen

The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.
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TechCrunch AI

Amazon Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop

Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called β€œUpdate Me When” that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that could trigger a purchase.
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TechCrunch AI

AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use

AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behavior.
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TechCrunch AI

Fambot introduces an β€˜AI chief of staff’ for families

Fambot is building an AI β€œchief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.
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πŸ”“ Open Source Pulse

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GitHub Blog: Open Source

OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it.

OpenClaw is the fastest-growing project in GitHub history. Peter Steinberger and several maintainers share what they learned in the project's first six months. The post OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building ...
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Open Source Initiative

OSI Governance Survey

We invite the Open Source community to participate in the OSI Governance Survey and help inform the future of OSI’s governance.
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GitHub Blog: Open Source

What 50 open source projects taught us about security in the AI era

See how the open source projects in Session 4 of the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund combined AI-assisted workflows, maintainer expertise, GitHub security tools, expert guidance, and funding to improve project security. ...
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Open Source Initiative

Why Openness Matters More Than Ever

Members Newsletter – August 2026: Every model making headlines today, open or closed, sits on top of Open Source code, runs on Open Source infrastructure, and is based on openly shared research. That's not sentiment, it'...
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Open Source Initiative

EU AI Act and CRA: Timelines and Resources

Over the last month, the EU has passed two milestones in implementing its Cyber Resilience (CRA) and AI acts. The OSI has been engaged with European policymakers over the past two years to ensure those laws don’t inadver...
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Open Source Initiative

The AI Era Arcs Toward Openness

A surge of openness in AI has defined 2026. Amid calls for both caution and support, prevailing trends point to a future in which models are built and released openly. Recent research offers new insight into the adoption...
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