The fear index
by Robert Harris · first published 2011
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1. Imperium/Conspirata/Dictator [Cicero Trilogy] - Robert Harris (excellent) 2. The Fear Index - Robert Harris (good) 3. 1776 - David McCullough (good) 4. Sharpe's Eagle - Bernard Cornwell (good) 5. Star Wars: Thrawn - Timothy Zahn (okay, fun if you read original Thrawn books) 6. Star Wars:…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗Some brain junk food, I am very much enjoying thus far. https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Index-Robert-Harris/dp/030794811...
on “Ask HN: What books are you reading?” ↗Other good books by Robert Harris: The Ghost; The Fear Index; The Second Sleep.
on “Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?” ↗…7. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy 8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (re-read) 9. I, Claudius by Robert Graves 10. Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks 11. The Fear Index by Robert Harris 12. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (re-read) 13. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (re-read) 14. Hannibal by Thomas Harris (re-read) 15. Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark…
on “Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?” ↗The Fear Index by Robert Harris, 2011
on “Stanisław Lem's vision of artificial life” ↗…effective means of review now, before we have built complex systems using this foundation and lose understanding of why a machine may make a decision like liquidating all hedges in a hedgefund (read "The Fear Index") or causing a car to turn into oncoming traffic to avoid a deer, being able to have the information readily available for review and improvement is necessary to discuss now... not later. a horrible…
on “Zuckerberg and Musk Are Fighting About Their Personal Brands, Not AI” ↗