What I'm reading August 2025
Sound effects by Julian Treasure
Diversions for Dilettantes
A diverse exploration of ideas stimulated by the Human Genome Project, Jorge Luis Borges Story Library of Babel, Dan Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea and the number numbness of the masses.
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Read 7 days ago and current, but nothing has been published for 13 months.
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