Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2023-01-25
Books mentioned on Is AI coming for you?
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Ben Bowlin recommended Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 by Charles Soule and others and Coma by Lisa Jackson, and discussed Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett and Anathem by Neal Stephenson. Also mentioned: The International Jew by Henry Ford.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Elysium
Elysium is a science fiction novel by Jennifer Marie Brissett that presents a fractured, dystopian vision of a dying Earth struggling with technological collapse and societal decay.
Discussed“or a world like uh Bloom camps uh Elysium oh yeah you know where uh um the masses of humanity are living in a Dying World”
Where to get it
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Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition Vol. 1
Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition Vol.
Recommended“shout out to this amazing comic I've been reading uh eight billion Genies no spoilers check it out”
Where to get it
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Coma
Coma, also known as Coma (Said the Shotgun to the Head) by Saul Williams, is an experimental book of poetry that blends prose poetry, nonfiction elements, and interpretive writing styles.
Recommended“prose poetry non-fiction uh interpretive stuff like comma said the shotgun to the head that's an excellent book of poetry”
Where to get it
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Anathem
Anathem by Neal Stephenson is a complex speculative science fiction novel set in a cloistered world of intellectuals, exploring profound philosophical questions, quantum mechanics, and multi-dimensional realities.
Discussed“sort of like uh like I'm full of weird references today sort of like in Neil Stevenson's anathema there's this conspiracy”
Where to get it
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The International Jew
The International Jew by Henry Ford is a notorious four-volume collection of antisemitic articles originally published in the Dearborn Independent that propagated harmful conspiracy theories and bigotry.
Discussed“you literally owned the Dearborn independent and personally published anti-semitic articles you bound the Articles into volumes called the international Jew”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“whether you're talking prose poetry non-fiction uh interpretive stuff like comma said the shotgun to the head that's an excellent book of poetry”