Re: BOOKS: Recommendations

Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Thu, 1 May 1997 13:18:37 +0200 (MET DST)


On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, John K Clark wrote:

> A lot of people hate "The Physics of Immortality" by Frank Tipler, but not me,
> I thought it well worth reading.

It is worth reading even if you hate it. But I really recommend "The
Anthropic Cosmological Principle" by Tipler and Barrow; less pop-sci and
pop-religion, and more science (this was the book that made me a
transhumanist).

"Out of Control" by Kevin Kelly is a bit hip, but it contains plenty of
fun stuff relevant to extropianism.

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