michael_nielsen

Julia Jaynes' very strange book on the origins of consciousness. It's almost certainly wrong, but it's a very interesting kind of wrong, and a remarkable endeavour.

I can't walk three blocks in a new city without thinking of Jane Jacobs' book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"

Seymour Papert's amazing book "Mindstorms", which I think of as being about the design of powerful immersive environments for creative work

I'm asking because I find there are works that seem to almost compel rewatching / rereading. Any my theory is that there's usually extremely good reasons for that, something my unconscious is trying to tell me.

I realize it's almost impossible not to engage in signalling, to describe the "right" books, videos etc. But there's something valuable in being forthright (at least with yourself!) about what you really find compelling, even if it's the "wrong" material, by conventional lights

Those above are few of the things I've read or watched 5 or more times. I may add more later as I think of them. (The exceptions are Jaynes and Ostrom, which I've revisited, but mostly just find myself thinking about over and over.)