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How the World Really Works The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

Vaclav Smil

INSTANT We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don’t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalizati...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was suggested as a sober look at the dynamics behind everyday life, offering a perspective useful for understanding AI's impact. The host noted it as a work he had just started reading.

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The second book I'll recommend is Vaclav Smilj's How Things Really Work, which I haven't quite finished, but I've just started it.

— Episode: A Skeptical Take on the A.I. Revolution

Episode: A Skeptical Take on the A.I. Revolution

It was suggested as a sober look at the dynamics behind everyday life, offering a perspective useful for understanding AI's impact. The host noted it as a work he had just started reading.

"

The second book I'll recommend is Vaclav Smilj's How Things Really Work, which I haven't quite finished, but I've just started it.

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