Lawrence of Arabia, Paul Atreides, and the roots of Frank Herbert's Dune (2021)(reactormag.com)

266 points by softwaredoug 1 year ago | 170 comments

New Kindle feature uses AI to answer questions about books(reactormag.com)

68 points by mindracer 10 months ago | 107 comments

Silent Running: 1970s Environmental Fable Remains Depressingly All Too Relevant(reactormag.com)

173 points by colinprince 2 years ago | 85 comments

Letting go of the idea of keeping up(reactormag.com)

134 points by bingden 2 years ago | 140 comments

The Fermi Paradox, Percolation, and Inbreeding(reactormag.com)

28 points by bryanrasmussen 3 months ago | 39 comments

Farscape and Henson’s Lasting Legacy (2011)(reactormag.com)

70 points by indigodaddy 2 years ago | 39 comments

I don't want to read what you didn't write(blog.colinbreck.com)

952 points by mooreds 1 month ago | 394 comments

Colin Breck's blog essay arguing against reading AI-generated writing such as design documents and summaries, and describing where he finds AI useful.

Seven books I keep close because I love them(blog.plover.com)

338 points by surprisetalk 2 months ago | 153 comments

A personal blog post on The Universe of Discourse describing the seven books the author keeps on the shelf by his elbow and why he loves them.

Books I Loved Reading in 2024(thoughts.wyounas.com)

374 points by simplegeek 1 year ago | 149 comments

A Substack post by Waqas Younas listing and discussing the books he most enjoyed reading in 2024.

Writing summaries is more important than reading more books(andreasfragner.com)

350 points by 42point2 3 years ago | 152 comments

Andreas Fragner's blog post arguing that writing summaries of good books yields more comprehension than reading more books.

How to read more books(scotto.me)

505 points by silcoon 3 months ago | 266 comments

A personal blog post by Elia Scotto explaining how he went from reading under ten books a year to about one a week, with tips for becoming a prolific reader.

Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop(resobscura.substack.com)

463 points by benbreen 3 months ago | 222 comments

Benjamin Breen's Res Obscura essay arguing quality non-fiction books counter AI slop, introducing a vibe-coded tool indexing prize-winning books.