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X+Living has made a real splash producing fantastical bookstores throughout China, including examples in Shenzhen and Chongqing. The firm has now revealed yet another in Huai’an that features an incredible interior design made up of complex cosmic form… Continue reading Cosmic bookstore conceived as a “portal through time and space”
We’re here to help you discern the best Kindle to read in the bathtub, on the plane, or at the natural wine bar. Continue reading How to Pick a Kindle (Yes, There Are Different Kinds)
The World Science Fiction Society “administers and presents the Hugo Awards, the oldest and most noteworthy award for science fiction,” according to Wikipedia. Its members vote on each year’s winners, and this year they received 1,847 nominating ballot… Continue reading 81st World Science Fiction Convention Announces 2023 Hugo Awards
Corinne Purtill reports via Phys.Org: Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft or demonic possession, and kill… Continue reading Scientist, After Decades of Study, Concludes: We Don’t Have Free Will
The [Math Sorcerer] loves books. His latest acquisition is the famous Real and Complex Analysis, which is a very stout math book. How stout? Well, there are several chapters on …read more Continue reading Math Book Gets Real with Complex
“The Worker as Futurist project assists rank-and-file Amazon workers to write short speculative fiction,” explains its web site. “In a world where massive corporations not only exploit people but monopolize the power of future-making, how can workers a… Continue reading Amazon Workers’ Sci-Fi Writing Is Imagining a World After Amazon
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again — two novellas based on Toho’s first two Godzilla movies — were finally published in an English translation this month.
Both were written by science fiction author Shigeru Kayama, “who also penned the ori… Continue reading Two ‘Godzilla’ Scifi Novellas Finally Get English Translations, Capturing 1950s Horror at Nuclear Weapons
In this Help Net Security video interview, David Hunt, CTO at Prelude, discusses his book – Irreducibly Complex Systems: An Introduction to Continuous Security Testing. Continuous security testing (CST) is a new strategy for validating cyber defe… Continue reading Introducing the book: Irreducibly Complex Systems
Amazon has created a new rule limiting the number of books that authors can self-publish on its site to three a day, after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale in recent months. The Guardian: The company announced the new li… Continue reading Amazon Restricts Authors From Self-Publishing More Than Three Books a Day After AI Concerns
Claude (Anthropic’s LLM) was given this prompt: Please summarize the themes and arguments of Bruce Schneier’s book Beyond Fear. I’m particularly interested in a taxonomy of his ethical arguments—please expand on that. Then lay out the most salient criticisms of the book.
Claude’s reply:
Here’s a brief summary of the key themes and arguments made in security expert Bruce Schneier’s book Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World:
Central Themes:
- Effective security requires realistic risk assessment, not fear-driven responses. We need to rationally determine actual threats versus perceived ones.
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