‘Empathy’ is like the hero whom no one can hate. But the reading I have done in the past, and my own thoughts and experiences have led me to believe that empathy isn’t really the best guide for decision making of the moral or even day to day kind! While the book preaches to that choir very well, it doesn’t really make the case for rational compassion well enough.
Martin Ford’s excellent take on the seemingly inevitable robocracy future that humanity is racing towards. He lays a lot of emphasis on explaining this inevitability and in the process, not only debunks popular schools of thought on how we can overcome it, but also calls out areas he is unsure of. It is definitely a bearer of bad news, but makes for an insightful read.
A really good book if you want to get an understanding of the system of the world. It was published in 1997 and from how its projections have panned out, it is also a prediction machine. But its beauty lies in the explanations behind these predictions, and that makes it equally relevant for the future too.
Siddhartha Mukherjee “As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.” probably best describes this book for me. My understanding of the subject grew manifold after reading this book, but I also realised how little we know! Perhaps the one question we all seek an answer to is “Why are we […]
Jean-François Revel, Matthieu Ricard A biologist turned Buddhist in conversation with a philosopher about the meaning of life. If that isn’t interesting by itself, they happen to be son and father. (respectively) World views separated by time and distance. What really works is that Matthieu Ricard and Jean-François Revel have absolute clarity on the points […]