Books Recommended by Vitalik Buterin

"A good book, worth reading to understand the basic case for why many people, even those who are generally very enthusiastic about speeding up technological progress, consider superintelligent AI uniquely risky"

"It's a great book, thank you for sharing the preview! A good mix of things I could relate to from first-hand or second-hand experience and facts and insights that I had not heard before"

"One of my conclusions from reading The Gray Lady Winked (I do recommend it!) is that a big part of the NYT's failures comes from its often hamfisted attempts to overcorrect for its perceived biases."

"3. "Money always evolves in the following four stages, collectible -> SoV -> MoE -> UoA" - no, no, no! Seriously, read David Graeber's Debt. Amazon link for the lazy: https://www.amazon.com/Debt-First-5-000-Years/dp/1612191290"

"My new conversation starter is "So I recently read Hanson and Simler's _The Elephant in the Brain_, and that book had a lot of interesting insights, for example how conversations aren't really about trading information, but are actually more about showing off how smart you are"."

"I'm ashamed to admit my favorite fiction book lately is @ESYudkowsky's https://hpmor.com/ 🤣🤣"

"Going through Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism right now, about 1/3 through. It's definitely quite interesting!"