Children of the Magenta

Review: More and More and More

Review of More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz

May 23 • Sami Makelainen

Review: Material World

Review of Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway

May 15 • Sami Makelainen

Review: Four Thousand Weeks

Review of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

May 1 • Sami Makelainen

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April 2026

Review: The Creative Act

Review of The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

Apr 11 • Sami Makelainen

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Review: don't burn anyone at the stake today

Review of Don't Burn Anyone at the Stake Today (and other lessons from history about living through an information crisis) by Naomi Alderman

Apr 6 • Sami Makelainen

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March 2026

Review: The Book of Memory

Review of The Book of Memory: Or, How to Live Forever by Mark Rowlands

Mar 30 • Sami Makelainen

My AI ≠ Your AI

How the same technology becomes a thousand different tools and why "it depends" is the only honest answer to any question about AI.

Mar 26 • Sami Makelainen

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Review: Pilot Competency and Capability

Review of Pilot Competency and Capability: Responsibilities, Strategy and Command by Steven D. Green

Mar 21 • Sami Makelainen

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Review: Intelligent Disobedience

Review of Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You're Told to Do Is Wrong by Ira Chaleff

Mar 15 • Sami Makelainen

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Review: Knowledge, Reality, and Value

Review of Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy by Michael Huemer

Mar 7 • Sami Makelainen

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Review: The Shortest History of Australia

Review of The Shortest History of Australia by Mark McKenna

Mar 2 • Sami Makelainen

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February 2026

The Futures Dramaturg

GenAI for foresight has crossed a threshold. The profession now needs to cross one too.

Feb 22 • Sami Makelainen

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