A thousand years of nonlinear history
by Manuel De Landa · first published 1997
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…here are a few books that might help in that regard- Technomanifestos: Visions from the Information Revolutionaries by Adam Brate Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History by Manuel De Landa Follow for Now: Interviews with Friends and Heroes edited by Roy Christopher I would also recommend reading the works of Ted Nelson and Buckminster Fuller, as well as some fiction…
on “Key Reads for the young technologist” ↗Turing's Cathedral Darwin Among the Machines Technomanifestos Possiplex What Technology Wants A couple of not computer related, but quite interesting books- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
on “Ask HN: Good books on the history of computer science?” ↗1. - 5. "A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History" by Manuel De Landa https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88941.A_Thousand_Years_o...
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite non-fiction books of all time?” ↗…his job as a hacker to become a philosopher. He does a great job of making Deleuze's work more clear and his own work is fascinating: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D... "A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History" looks at the past thousand years in terms of the kinds of material processes that occurred (at all levels from geological to political) with reference to theories from dynamics. DeLanda generally continues…
on “Why philosophy is largely ignored by science” ↗…interesting in the beginning but didn't quite find or found his community and began talking in an echo chamber that impoverished his thought. Still, "War...", "Intensive science and virtual philosophy" and "A thousand years of nonlinear history" are respectively a very promising start, an impressive peak and an early mature book. Too bad I can't recommend anything from "Philosophy and simulation" forward.
on “NSA Official: We Need to Prepare for the Future of War” ↗