# books
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The paper that first introduced Bitcoin to the world. While its utility largely remains in flux, the spirit of the technology that is captured in this paper is beautiful.
The paper that first introduced Bitcoin to the world. While its utility largely remains in flux, the spirit of the technology that is captured in this paper is beautiful.
A proposal for "a new relationship between thinking man and the sum of our knowledge" that predates the information age.
A proposal for "a new relationship between thinking man and the sum of our knowledge" that predates the information age.
"For the human mind, the tree is the easiest vehicle for complex thoughts. But the city is not, cannot and must not be a tree. The city is a receptacle for life. If the receptacle severs the overlap of the strands of life within it, because it is a tree, it will be like a bowl full of razor blades on edge, ready to cut up whatever is entrusted to it. In such a receptacle life will be cut to pieces. If we make cities which are trees, they will cut our life within to pieces."
"For the human mind, the tree is the easiest vehicle for complex thoughts. But the city is not, cannot and must not be a tree. The city is a receptacle for life. If the receptacle severs the overlap of the strands of life within it, because it is a tree, it will be like a bowl full of razor blades on edge, ready to cut up whatever is entrusted to it. In such a receptacle life will be cut to pieces. If we make cities which are trees, they will cut our life within to pieces."
Observations and notes on the nature of failure in complex systems.
Observations and notes on the nature of failure in complex systems.
"The public debut of a dream." Doug Engelbart’s 1962 manifesto for how human ingenuity, in symbiosis with networked digital computing technologies, might enlarge human capability and help address humanity’s most urgent problems.
"The public debut of a dream." Doug Engelbart’s 1962 manifesto for how human ingenuity, in symbiosis with networked digital computing technologies, might enlarge human capability and help address humanity’s most urgent problems.
"A book about thinking; more specifically, a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived."
"A book about thinking; more specifically, a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived."
Commentary on the progress and adoption of technology.
Commentary on the progress and adoption of technology.