Good read, quick, even though the main topic is: existence! Oh, and all of the things we do on Earth are "contolled" by robots on a far distant planet. Sweet.
from ericmatas bindu - A huge classic
meadon - Excellent.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a challenging read, but worth it. One quote: "Quality was a cleavage term. What every intellectual analyst looks for. You take your analytic knife, put the point directly on the term Quality and just tap, not hard, gently, and the whole world splits, cleaves, right in two—hip and square, classic and romantic, technological and humanistic—and the split is clean." from richgray sonika - A very thought-provoking book. Agree it takes a lot to digest it. Spends a lot of time talking about "Quality"
thomasg - A must-read if you are into philosphy
annah - It takes sometime to read this book but it definitely makes you think. Even recently someone was quoting a paragraph from it. A great book to keep going back to. You learn a little everytime you read a bit
That is the science fiction novelist. In order to write Anathem Stephenson created an entire planet from scratch, a world in which mathematicians live in monastic cloisters, sealed off from the chaos of the secular world, except in times of dire, disastrous need. from yanuar kitchenhacker - Not dumbed down.
This book is a beautiful tome of reasoning on a difficult topic that has sparked much argument. Lewis is brilliant in every sentence and concept. This book deserves at least one read by every one. If you disagree with the ... more ... from pixeljedi emeryinhollister - CS Lewis was one of the best thinkers of the last century! And he wrote Screwtape Letters and the Chronicles of Narnia too!
stormancast - This Book was very well written. All Christians should read!
A famous philosophical principle: "One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything." This principle is essential to the Scientific Method. Occam's Razor is often applied in cases of UFO ...
from spider rudolphhucker - Conspiracy theorists should be made to understand this before they are allowed to post anything anywhere.
bindu - I quote this to Arvind all the time
ktoth04 - haha
It is revered as a sacred scripture of Hinduism, and considered as one of the most important religious classics of the world. The Bhagavad Gita is a part of the Mahabharata, comprising 700 verses. The teacher of the Bhagavad Gita is Krishna from theexperthand 
quesea liked this entryI love when I finish a book- but its premise carries with me throughout the next few days. I started and finished this book yesterday- and since have thought about nothing but my life and all the people in it. Good ... more ... from donnatalarico It is still applicable today. Lewis is a genius at telling a fictional tale and at the same time teaching us of another reality unseen. from johnflurry - liked from coyer's entry xoix liked this entryVoluntaryism is the natural way to live, it's the way we live everyday dealing with people around us, solving our problems and moving on with our lives. It's when the government gets in the way that socialism shows up.
I read somewhere here that ... from gabekawa - liked from ftljohnson's entry