"Ways of Being" by @jamesbridle

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James pulls an brilliant move of using various examples in technology as a tool to help us rethink our place in nature & reconnect with the (beyond human) world.

He weaves a fascinating tale with myriads of threads such as Cybernetics, Neural Nets, Internet, Random Numbers, Analog computers, Slime molds, Sortition vs Voting, Mycelium, Mysticism in animals, Turing machines, Personhood of non-humans etc

@jamesbridle Thanks @pluralistic for your summary. It helped me find this brilliant book which deeply intertwines the niche of topics I love to ponder about.

Checkout the brilliant short summary here:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/06/07/more-than-human/#umwelt

Pluralistic: 07 Jun 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow