Archive - Children of the Magenta

Review: A World Appears

Review of A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness by Michael Pollan

Jun 12 • Sami Makelainen

May 2026

No Hands Left to Fly

We imagined five futures for AI and love. They have all arrived at once, and not one of them is why we're lonely.

May 31 • Sami Makelainen

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

April 2026

Review: The Creative Act

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

Apr 11 • Sami Makelainen

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

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

Review: Pilot Competency and Capability

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

Mar 21 • Sami Makelainen

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

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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