Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2015-01-22
Books mentioned on 193. Someone Else’s Acid Trip
As Kevin Kelly tells it, the hippie revolution and the computer revolution are nearly one and the same. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company.
Kevin Kelly recommended Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard, and discussed What the Dormouse Said by John Markoff.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What the Dormouse Said
What the Dormouse Said by John Markoff is a historical nonfiction book that explores the countercultural origins of the personal computer and the fascinating intersection between Silicon Valley engineers and the hippie movement of the 1960s.
Discussed“Actually, it was told by the New York Times technology writer John Markhoff, who wrote a kind of overlooked book called What the Dormouse Said, which was telling the hippie origins of the personal computer”
Where to get it
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard is a Pulitzer Prize-winning work of narrative non-fiction that chronicles a year of intense ecological observation, philosophical reflection, and spiritual inquiry in the Virginian landscape.
Recommended“Favorite author is Andy Dillard. Her book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, was something that just made me want to write. And I can read that any time of day or night and just be filled with excitement.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“His books include What Technology Wants and New Rules for the New Economy.”
“His books include What Technology Wants and New Rules for the New Economy.”
“And is coolest book yet. It's called Cool Tools. And tool is in the broadest sense of something that's useful to you.”
“So, one of the books that you've made, but that's on a much bigger scale than the ones you're talking about here, is this amazingly interesting book, Cool Tools. Tell us about that a little bit.”