Thesis conference reading list: 28 books from Heidegger to Moby-Dick
every · x · 2026-11-06
Every shares a 28-book list curated by Dan Shipper for the Thesis conference, spanning philosophy of technology (Mumford, Winner, Dreyfus, Kuhn, Polanyi), classics (Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Plato), literature (Moby-Dick, The Glass Bead Game, Le Guin) and writing craft — a high-quality syllabus for thinking about AI's humanistic roots.
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