The Beginning of Infinity
Explanations That Transform the World
Recommended by 4 people on the record.
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
Start with The Beginning of Infinity.
on X · 2 May 2020
This book layed out the basis for a hopeful and optimistic Physicalist worldview.
on amasad.me · 8 Jan 2017
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.