Fiction
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| Last and First Men | Olaf Stapledon's future historical novel that prophesied the China-America rivalry, and invented many science fiction concepts. |
| Odd John | The story of how a mutant genius wandering in the world of men found his kind and progressed the spirit. |
| Starmaker | The most seminal book in the history of science fiction: the history and future of the cosmos from the point of view of a collective universal mind. |
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| The Little Prince | The classic Antoine Saint-Exupery story of a Little Prince, his rose, and the secret his friend the little fox told him. |
Trina Paulus
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| Hope for the Flowers | A story about self-determination, letting go of attachment, and leading by example. |
Hayao Miyazaki
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| Princess Mononoke | Famous Japanese anime film wherein the hero wishes "to see with eyes unclouded by hate" |
Marvin Minsky
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| The Society of Mind | Marvin Minsky imagined the brain as an interacting society of characters with certain competencies. This idea partly inspired the Neuromythograph. |
Science
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| John Baez’ Crackpot Index | UC Riverside mathematician John Baez created a handy scoring system for evaluating new physics theories. |
| Neuroskeptic blog | Neuroskeptic is the nom de plume of a neuroscience researcher with a skeptical view of neuroscience literature. |
Mathematics
Golden Ratio
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| Cut-the-Knot Golden Ratio Page | The late Alexander Bogomolny's page of beautiful Golden Ratio findings. Nassim Nicholas Taleb fondly addressed him as 'maestro'. |