Packy Mccormick's Book Recommendations

Hard Landing

"Hard Landing is one of the best business books I've read in a long time. And here, in the postscript, is the thesis for how @AstroMechanica can make air travel not suck."

The Secret of Secrets

by Dan Brown

"I loved Dan Brown's new book, The Secret of Secrets. It's maybe the most accessible overview of the work around non-local consciousness out there, even if it's a bit thrillerized. It felt like asking an advanced AI that knows how to write something readable to "take all of the most interesting ideas on consciousness from @AmericanALCHMY and write it as a thriller." It was cool to see names like Hal Puthoff, Joseph McMoneagle, Dean Radin, and a bunch of others in a pop fiction book. I'm happy that a lot of people will be exposed to these ideas through this book and the upcoming Netflix series. Another step towards The Return of Magic. h/t @tomowenmorgan for the rec"

The Gene

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"I'm reading The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee, and it's incredible. It's in a category for me that's something like "Kids Should Have to Read This Before Studying X for Overview & Sense of Wonder" - The Gene for Bio - Carlo Rovelli for Physics What else is in this category?"