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The Life We're Looking For

by Andy Crouch • 2022

We traded being known for being profiled, and the bargain is destroying our capacity for love.

4.04

2k+

🛠️ Technology Criticism ✝️ Christian Ethics 📱 Digital Detox 🏛️ Idolatry Of Technology 🏘️ Intentional Community

The Life We're Looking For

We traded being known for being profiled, and the bargain is destroying our capacity for love.

by Andy Crouch 2022 240 pages

4.04

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Technology Criticism ✝️ Christian Ethics 📱 Digital Detox 🏛️ Idolatry Of Technology 🏘️ Intentional Community

At the Edge of Uncertainty

by Michael Brooks • 2014

Consciousness is physical. Time is an illusion. Animals have culture. The textbooks are behind.

3.91

500+

🔬 Frontier Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Biology 🧬 Epigenetics 🐒 Animal Cognition

At the Edge of Uncertainty

Consciousness is physical. Time is an illusion. Animals have culture. The textbooks are behind.

by Michael Brooks 2014 288 pages

3.91

500+ ratings

🔬 Frontier Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Biology 🧬 Epigenetics 🐒 Animal Cognition

Republic of Outsiders

by Alissa Quart • 2013

How amateurs and rebels bypass institutions, remaking identity, art, and money on their own terms.

3.23

🏴 Counterculture 🔧 Diy Culture 💻 Digital Activism 🧠 Anti-Psychiatry 🌈 Neurodiversity

Republic of Outsiders

How amateurs and rebels bypass institutions, remaking identity, art, and money on their own terms.

by Alissa Quart 2013 256 pages

3.23

96 ratings

🏴 Counterculture 🔧 Diy Culture 💻 Digital Activism 🧠 Anti-Psychiatry 🌈 Neurodiversity

The Prize

by Daniel Yergin • 1991

How a dark liquid wrote the rules of power, decided wars, and built the greatest fortunes.

4.44

12k+

🛢️ Commodity History ⛽ Petroleum Industry 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 📖 Narrative History 🏭 Industrial Capitalism

The Prize

How a dark liquid wrote the rules of power, decided wars, and built the greatest fortunes.

by Daniel Yergin 1991 928 pages

4.44

12k+ ratings

🛢️ Commodity History ⛽ Petroleum Industry 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 📖 Narrative History 🏭 Industrial Capitalism

Learning Web Design

by Jennifer Niederst Robbins • 2001

The hands-on guide that turns absolute beginners into web designers who actually know how to code.

4.09

500+

🖥️ Front-End Development 🌐 Web Standards 📗 Beginner-Friendly Coding 🎨 Web Graphics 🐢 Self-Paced Learning

Learning Web Design

The hands-on guide that turns absolute beginners into web designers who actually know how to code.

by Jennifer Niederst Robbins 2001 619 pages

4.09

500+ ratings

🖥️ Front-End Development 🌐 Web Standards 📗 Beginner-Friendly Coding 🎨 Web Graphics 🐢 Self-Paced Learning

AI Engineering

by Chip Huyen • 2025

Stop training models from scratch. The new discipline for building AI that ships.

4.37

1k+

🏗️ Llm Application Development 📝 Prompt Engineering 🔍 Rag Systems 🎯 Model Finetuning 📊 Ai Evaluation

AI Engineering

Stop training models from scratch. The new discipline for building AI that ships.

by Chip Huyen 2025 532 pages

4.37

1k+ ratings

🏗️ Llm Application Development 📝 Prompt Engineering 🔍 Rag Systems 🎯 Model Finetuning 📊 Ai Evaluation

Modern Operating Systems

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum • 1992

From process scheduling to virtual memory, the abstractions that keep your computer from crashing.

4.14

2k+

🖥️ Operating Systems ⚙️ Systems Programming 🧠 Kernel Design 💾 Memory Management 🔀 Concurrency

Modern Operating Systems

From process scheduling to virtual memory, the abstractions that keep your computer from crashing.

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum 1992 960 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Operating Systems ⚙️ Systems Programming 🧠 Kernel Design 💾 Memory Management 🔀 Concurrency

Rationality

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2015

Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.

4.32

1k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🛠️ Debiasing 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Instrumental Rationality 🗺️ Mental Models

Rationality

Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015 1813 pages

4.32

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🛠️ Debiasing 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Instrumental Rationality 🗺️ Mental Models

Practical Malware Analysis

by Michael Sikorski • 2011

IT security to malware analyst: a hands-on lab manual bridging the gap with real tools and code.

4.47

500+

🦠 Malware Analysis ⚙️ Reverse Engineering 🪟 Windows Internals 📜 Assembly Language 🐛 Debugging

Practical Malware Analysis

IT security to malware analyst: a hands-on lab manual bridging the gap with real tools and code.

by Michael Sikorski 2011 800 pages

4.47

500+ ratings

🦠 Malware Analysis ⚙️ Reverse Engineering 🪟 Windows Internals 📜 Assembly Language 🐛 Debugging

Ciencias de la Tierra

by Eduard J. Tarbuck • 2011

You cannot electrolyze tap water. The source matters more than the electrolyzer.

3.62

222

🚰 Water Management 💧 Green Hydrogen 🔬 Water Quality 📋 Environmental Planning ⚡ Energy Infrastructure

Ciencias de la Tierra

You cannot electrolyze tap water. The source matters more than the electrolyzer.

by Eduard J. Tarbuck 2011 1 pages

3.62

222 ratings

🚰 Water Management 💧 Green Hydrogen 🔬 Water Quality 📋 Environmental Planning ⚡ Energy Infrastructure

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