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saadia_'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
lukasstock's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
the_dragon_starback's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
4.5
This was both super cool and deeply depressing. Like, the main message was "Hey guys, we're in a destructive, hyper-capitalist system and we're heading toward a super-surveillance society that will take away all our freedom and what makes us human." Yay, right? But also there were so many lightbulb moments, so even thought it was depressing, it was nice to have confirmation that these weird things in life are actually societal problems.
This was also a lot easier to read than I thought it was going to be, so that's a plus!
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Faithfulness and productivity are mutually exclusive. it is unfaithfulness that furthers growth and productivity.
Capitalism dislikes silence.
We live in a survival society that is ultimately based on fear of death. Today survival is absolute, as if we were in a permanent state of war. All the forces of life are being used to prolong life. A society of survival loses all sense of the good life.
Intelligence is the activity of drawing distinctions within a system. Intelligence cannot develop a new system, a new language. The mind is something altogether different from intelligence. I do not believe that a highly intelligent computer could copy the human mind. It is possible to sign a highly intelligent machine, but the machine will never invent a new language, something altogether different--that I do not believe. A machine does not have a mind. No machine can bring forth more than it has taken in. That is exactly the essence of the miracle of life: that it can bring forth more than it has taken in. That is what life is. Life is mind. In that, it differs from the machine. But when it becomes mechanical, when everything comes to be dominated by algorithms, this life comes under threat.
This was also a lot easier to read than I thought it was going to be, so that's a plus!
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Faithfulness and productivity are mutually exclusive. it is unfaithfulness that furthers growth and productivity.
Capitalism dislikes silence.
We live in a survival society that is ultimately based on fear of death. Today survival is absolute, as if we were in a permanent state of war. All the forces of life are being used to prolong life. A society of survival loses all sense of the good life.
Intelligence is the activity of drawing distinctions within a system. Intelligence cannot develop a new system, a new language. The mind is something altogether different from intelligence. I do not believe that a highly intelligent computer could copy the human mind. It is possible to sign a highly intelligent machine, but the machine will never invent a new language, something altogether different--that I do not believe. A machine does not have a mind. No machine can bring forth more than it has taken in. That is exactly the essence of the miracle of life: that it can bring forth more than it has taken in. That is what life is. Life is mind. In that, it differs from the machine. But when it becomes mechanical, when everything comes to be dominated by algorithms, this life comes under threat.
jonnyh9's review against another edition
challenging
informative
sad
fast-paced
3.0
Good book, insightful in some cases, needlessly self important In others. A good read though, each thought contained to its own chapter.
agda's review against another edition
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3.0
Esse é o primeiro livro do BCH que eu leio e achei um bom lugar para começar. Parece ser uma revisão do pensamento dele, em pequenas pílulas.
Algumas das ideias dele me foram muito interessantes e me fizeram pensar a partir de novos ângulos, principalmente em "Capitalismo e impulso de morte", "Por que hoje uma revolução não é possível?" e "A urgência de tudo".
Verdade seja dita, sou leiga nos assuntos tratados e muito do que li claramente precisava de mais contexto, mas ainda assim foi uma leitura fluida. O último texto "O capitalismo não gosta do silêncio" é extremamente confuso e sem contexto pra mim e fiquei confusa se aqueles três últimos parágrafos foram transfobia ou eu simplesmente não entendi o que ele estava falando (porque não entendi boa parte deste texto).
Algumas das ideias dele me foram muito interessantes e me fizeram pensar a partir de novos ângulos, principalmente em "Capitalismo e impulso de morte", "Por que hoje uma revolução não é possível?" e "A urgência de tudo".
Verdade seja dita, sou leiga nos assuntos tratados e muito do que li claramente precisava de mais contexto, mas ainda assim foi uma leitura fluida. O último texto "O capitalismo não gosta do silêncio" é extremamente confuso e sem contexto pra mim e fiquei confusa se aqueles três últimos parágrafos foram transfobia ou eu simplesmente não entendi o que ele estava falando (porque não entendi boa parte deste texto).