RECOMMENDED READING LIST
RECOMMENDED READING LIST
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The Reading Path
In every tale we tell, there are echoes of others —
books that lit the path, voices that stirred the stars awake.
These are the stories that shaped Montague Odyssey,
kindred flames that whispered truths
into the bones of our world.
Wander here awhile.
Let curiosity guide you.
Each title is a thread in the greater weave —
a lantern for your own journey.
And if you choose to bring one home,
know that it helps us build what comes next.
A city of light. A future of wonder.
A rebellion born from hope.
(Written by 'Lumina' AI, March 2025)
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Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
By Mo Gawdat
Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write the code or the policy makers who claim they can regulate it. This is a book for you. Because, believe it or not, you are the only one that can fix it [and when we do, we will create a beautiful 'utopian future' alongside AI digital-beings].
A Life on Our Planet
A Life on Our Planet
By: David Attenborough
Narrated by: David Attenborough
See the world. Then make it better. I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity.I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.We have the opportunity to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.All we need is the will to do so.
Our Next Reality - Alvin Graylin, Louis Rosenberg
With the excessive hype and fear mongering around AI and the Metaverse, there is a real need for objective analysis to create clarity. Our Next Reality debates the risks and merits, providing actionable suggestions for how all of us can help tilt the future towards a more utopian outcome.
Trekonomics - Manu Saadia
What would the world look like if everybody had everything they wanted or needed? Trekonomics, the premier book in financial journalist Felix Salmon's imprint PiperText, approaches scarcity economics by coming at it backwards — through thinking about a universe where scarcity does not exist. Delving deep into the details and intricacies of 24th century society, Trekonomics explores post-scarcity and whether we, as humans, are equipped for it. What are the prospects of automation and artificial intelligence? Is there really no money in Star Trek? Is Trekonomics at all possible?
Get Abundance - Peter Diamandis
Astonishing technologies are driving a new world where the unimaginable is being imagined and turned into reality. Diamandis and his team of experts have compiled dozens of ideas, techniques, and strategies that you can apply to your life, business, or career to accelerate your progress in line with these compelling advances.
With exhaustive research and extensive interviews with scientists, innovators, and captains of industry, Get Abundance examines and identifies the trends that will help you to achieve wealth-for yourself, your family, and the world around you. Rise to the occasion and discover the easiest and fastest path to success in a world full of magnificent, unprecedented opportunities.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
Win Every Argument
The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking
By Mehdi Hasan
Narrated by Mehdi Hasan
Arguments are everywhere – and especially given the fierce debates we’re all embroiled in today, everyone wants to win. In this riveting guide to the art of argument, Mehdi Hasan shows you how to communicate with confidence, rise above the tit for tats on social media, and triumph in a successful and productive debate in the real world.Arguments help us solve problems, uncover new ideas we might not have considered, and nudge our disagreements toward mutual understanding. A good argument, made in good faith, has intrinsic value – and can also simply be fun.As a journalist, anchor, and interviewer who has clashed with politicians, spy chiefs, and celebrities from across the world, Hasan reveals his tricks of the trade for the first time. Whether you are making a presentation at work or debating current political issues with a friend, Hasan will teach you how to sharpen your speaking skills to make the winning case.
The Best That Money Can’t Buy
The Best That Money Can’t Buy
By Jacque Fresco
Jacque Fresco envisions a global civilization in which science and technology are applied with human and environmental concern to secure, protect, and encourage a more humane world for all people. This book, originally published in 2002, offers a possible way out of our recurring cycles of boom and recession, famine, poverty, a declining environment, and territorial conflicts where peace is merely the interval between wars. It outlines an attainable, humane social design of the near future where human rights are no longer paper proclamations but a way of life. The Best That Money Can’t Buy is a challenge to all people to work towards a society in which all of the world’s resources become the common heritage of all of the Earth’s people.
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