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@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Well, I mean, yes idealism, yes the dignity of pure research, yes the pursuit of
### Message in a Bottle ### Message in a Bottle
[Message in a Bottle](https://www.fimfiction.net/story/368986/message-in-a-bottle) has a human von Neumman probe make first contract with... Equesteria. This may sound like a strange choice, but it works very well. [Message in a Bottle](https://www.fimfiction.net/story/368986/message-in-a-bottle) has a human von Neumman probe make first contract with... Equestria. This may sound like a strange choice, but it works very well.
### Mistborn ### Mistborn
@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Well, I mean, yes idealism, yes the dignity of pure research, yes the pursuit of
### A Practical Guide to Sorcery ### A Practical Guide to Sorcery
[A Practical Guide to Sorcery](https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-practical-guide-to-sorcery-mage-punk-progression-fantasy.866065/#post-68660854) was read on the recommendation of [this comment](/magic/#com2081). It has a smart and competent (they make silly mistakes sometimes but in reasonable ways they notice later) protagonist, flexible but sufficiently-constrained magic system, and a well-realized setting with some mysteries to explore. [A Practical Guide to Sorcery](https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-practical-guide-to-sorcery-mage-punk-progression-fantasy.866065/#post-68660854) was read on the recommendation of [this comment](/magic/#com2081). It has a smart and competent (they make silly mistakes sometimes but in reasonable ways they notice later) protagonist, flexible but sufficiently-constrained magic system, and a well-realized setting with some mysteries to explore.
### The Quantum Thief ### The Quantum Thief
@ -256,13 +256,19 @@ The author, Zachary Mason, also wrote [The Lost Books of the Odyssey](https://ww
* ["You think that's air you're breathing?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/2r50cf/rtthe_matrix_you_think_thats_air_youre_breathing/) describes how the Matrix is actually wrong. * ["You think that's air you're breathing?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/2r50cf/rtthe_matrix_you_think_thats_air_youre_breathing/) describes how the Matrix is actually wrong.
* [Hronar the Barbarian](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/juc2c8gku938brmedjm8q/Hronar-Final.odt?rlkey=yf01124ruzar1xza82cougpmk&e=1&dl=0). * [Hronar the Barbarian](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/juc2c8gku938brmedjm8q/Hronar-Final.odt?rlkey=yf01124ruzar1xza82cougpmk&e=1&dl=0).
* [Voices of the Gods](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fq40ef5dpgd5awun1vuu6/Voices-of-the-Gods.doc?rlkey=dxx6adofzrpr4o9vri15qkbby&e=1&dl=0). * [Voices of the Gods](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fq40ef5dpgd5awun1vuu6/Voices-of-the-Gods.doc?rlkey=dxx6adofzrpr4o9vri15qkbby&e=1&dl=0).
* [A boring test in a room](https://medium.com/@arenavanera/a-boring-test-in-a-room-5e80f775a44) * [A boring test in a room](https://medium.com/@arenavanera/a-boring-test-in-a-room-5e80f775a44).
* [For God-like power, all I need is one bit](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UiGUYFm3CfO_6Z_dDIZUsU3P4izjY6FAOq6BGLbeIMk/edit#heading=h.b3ly0s8pl1qo). * [For God-like power, all I need is one bit](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UiGUYFm3CfO_6Z_dDIZUsU3P4izjY6FAOq6BGLbeIMk/edit#heading=h.b3ly0s8pl1qo).
* [The Cambist and Lord Iron](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cambist-and-lord-iron-a-fairy-tale-of-economics/). * [The Cambist and Lord Iron](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cambist-and-lord-iron-a-fairy-tale-of-economics/).
* [One Compile Man](https://archiveofourown.org/works/22394524). * [One Compile Man](https://archiveofourown.org/works/22394524).
* [Immortem](https://vi-fi.github.io/Immortem.html). * [Immortem](https://vi-fi.github.io/Immortem.html).
* [Compressibility](https://vi-fi.github.io/Compressibility.html). * [Compressibility](https://vi-fi.github.io/Compressibility.html).
* [The State Pension](/stuff/the-state-pension.xhtml). * [The State Pension](/stuff/the-state-pension.xhtml).
* [The Long Chase](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-long-chase/),
* [The Things](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/).
* [The Study of Anglophysics](https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/03/the-study-of-anglophysics/).
* [an important lesson in cryptography](https://archiveofourown.org/works/50491414).
* [Stargate Physics 101](https://archiveofourown.org/works/3673335).
* [Programmer at Large](https://archiveofourown.org/works/9233966/chapters/21827111) does futuristic and strange software and society worldbuilding.
* More to be added when I feel like it. * More to be added when I feel like it.
## Games ## Games
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## Video ## Video
### Dirk Gently('s Holistic Detective Agency)
This is actually two separate series (the [British](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently_(TV_series)) version and the [American but also British](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently%27s_Holistic_Detective_Agency_(TV_series)) version) based on Douglas Adams' excellent humour. Both have a detective who uses "the fundamental interconnectedness of all things" - the American version is somewhat flashier and weirder, whereas the British version is in some loose sense more realistic and significantly more cynical.
### Limitless ### Limitless
[Limitless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitless_(TV_series)) (the movie is also decent) is among the somewhat less bad fictional depictions of superhuman intelligence, but mostly a good comedy. Unfortunately, like many of the series I like, it was killed unreasonably early. Perhaps future AI technology will simply predict the next season. [Limitless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitless_(TV_series)) (the movie is also decent) is among the somewhat less bad fictional depictions of superhuman intelligence, but mostly a good comedy. Unfortunately, like many of the series I like, it was killed unreasonably early. Perhaps future AI technology will simply predict the next season.
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Men have gazed at the stars for millennia, and wondered whether there was a deity up there silently directing their fates. Today, for the first time, they'll be right, and the world will be... an undeniably better place. Men have gazed at the stars for millennia, and wondered whether there was a deity up there silently directing their fates. Today, for the first time, they'll be right, and the world will be... an undeniably better place.
::: :::
[Person of Interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series)) starts as a mediocre police procedural with the fun conceit that they only get social security numbers and no further details. If you do not feel like sitting through a lot of this for the good parts, you shouldn't watch it. What are the good parts? They actually have some idea of what superintelligence *means*, cool scenes with this sometimes, and unlike in our world (where the machine god will probably be visualized with a few loss curves and ugly CLI output) they have great graphic design. [Person of Interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series)) starts as a mediocre police procedural with the fun conceit that they only get social security numbers and no further details. If you do not feel like sitting through a lot of this for the good parts, you shouldn't watch it. What are the good parts? They actually have some idea of what superintelligence *means*, cool scenes with this sometimes, and, unlike AI labs in our world (where the machine god will probably be visualized with a few loss curves and ugly CLI output) they have great graphic design.
### styropyro ### styropyro
@ -341,4 +351,4 @@ You can suggest other possibly-good stuff in the comments and I may add it to an
[^4]: Using the word "dimension" this way is terrible but we are stuck with it. I might have to retroactively eliminate whoever came up with it. [^4]: Using the word "dimension" this way is terrible but we are stuck with it. I might have to retroactively eliminate whoever came up with it.
[^5]: I believe the reviewers saying it's novel and exciting have just never read anything vaguely transhumanist ever. [^5]: I believe the reviewers saying it's novel and exciting have just never read anything vaguely transhumanist ever.