The Beginning of Infinity
Explanations That Transform the World
Recommended by 5 people on the record.
I recommend David Deutsch's uh The Beginning of Infinity. It's basically optimism at a cosmic level. And it's full of the realization that there are always problems. And there are solutions. And that goes on infinitely. You're always at the beginning of infinity when it comes to that.
on a podcast · 24 Apr 2026 · Report
I’m currently stuck in a loop where, at least in science, I’m only going to read The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality over and over again until I understand them fully.
on a podcast · 10 Mar 2021 · Report
Start with The Beginning of Infinity.
This book layed out the basis for a hopeful and optimistic Physicalist worldview.
on amasad.me · 8 Jan 2017 · Report
David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity. Even better than Fabric of Reality (thanks Mills, David, Andy). Deutsch offers the most compelling left-brain worldview I imagine it's possible to construct, given our current understanding. Of special note are (1) his emphasis on knowledge as a physical phenomenon, and (2) his ideas on the evolution of creativity. Probably going on the all-time greatest list.
On his bookshelf, marked as one he thought was particularly great.