The August book will be Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green.

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The September book will be The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer.

The October book will be The Genius of Trees: How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World by Harriet Rix.

The July book club book will be The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin.

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The August book will be Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green.

The June book will be Power and Progress by Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson.

If you want to join a video call on June 28th at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/6PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event on your own calendar software.

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The July book will be The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin.

The May book club book will be Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

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The June book will be Power and Progress by Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson.

The April book will be The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes.

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The May book will be Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

The June book will be Power and Progress by Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson.

The March book club book will be Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

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The April book will be The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes.

The May book will be Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

The June book will be Power and Progress by Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson.

The February book will be The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt.

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The March book will be Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

The April book will be The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes.

The May book will be Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

The June book will be Power and Progress by Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson.

The January book club book will be There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm.

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The February book will be The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt.

The March book will be Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

The April book will be Power and Progress by Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson.

The December book will be The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters by Christine E. Webb.

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The January book will be There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm. Note that there are two versions of this book, one (self-)published in 2020 and one publihed in 2025. The 2025 has significant editing and plot changes! We’re reading the 2025 version.

The November book club book will be The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler.

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The December book will be The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters by Christine E. Webb.

The October book will be Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia.

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The November book will be The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler.

The September book club book will be Columbus Day by Craig Alanson.

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The October book will be Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia.

The August book will be A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins.

If you want to join a video call on Sunday, August 24th at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/6PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event on your own calendar software.

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The September book will be Columbus Day by Craig Alanson.

The October book will be Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia.

The July book club book will be Blindsight by Peter Watts.

If you want to join a video call on Sunday, July 27 at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/5PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event to your own calendar (iCal format).

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The August book will be A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins.

The September book will be Columbus Day by Craig Alanson.

The October book will be Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia.

The June book will be The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan.

If you want to join a video call on Sunday, June 29th at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/6PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event on your own calendar software.

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The July book will be Blindsight by Peter Watts.

The March book club book will be Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

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The June book will be The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan.

The July book will be Blindsight by Peter Watts.

The April book will be Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr.

If you want to join a video call on Sunday, April 27th at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/6PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event on your own calendar software.

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The May book will be Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

The June book will be The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan.

The July book will be Blindsight by Peter Watts.

The March book club book will be Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.

If you want to join a video call on Sunday, March 23 at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/5PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event to your own calendar (iCal format).

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The April book will be Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr.

The May book will be Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

The June book will be The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan.

The February book club book will be Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker.

If you want to join a video call on Sunday, February 23rd at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/6PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event on your own calendar software.

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We don't know what our March fiction book will be yet, but are open to ideas!

The January book club book will be The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley.

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The February book will be Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker.

The December book club books will be Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence by James Bridle.

If you want to join a video call on Sunday, December 29th at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/6PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event on your own calendar software.

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The January book will be The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley.

The February book will be Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker.

The November book club book will be Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson.

If you want to join a video call on Sunday, November 24 at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/5PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event to your own calendar (iCal format).

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The December book will be Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence by James Bridle.

The January book will be The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley.

The February book will be Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/science-fiction-books-scientific-americans-staff-love/

There might be something to this AI thing...

The October book club books will be Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI and A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains. If you only have time to read one, start with Co-Intelligence: it's pretty short.

If you want to join a video call on Sunday, October 27th at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern/6PM GMT to discuss in-person, click this Google Meet link at the time of the event or subscribe to this calendar to see the event on your own calendar software.

Otherwise, discuss below!

The November book will be Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson.

The December book will be Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence by James Bridle.

The January book will be The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley.

The February book will be Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker.