50 Books like Visions

Hacking Darwin

by Jamie Metzl • 2019

Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.

3.97

4k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering ✂️ Gene Editing ⏳ Longevity Science

Hacking Darwin 97%

Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.

by Jamie Metzl 2019

3.97

4k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering ✂️ Gene Editing ⏳ Longevity Science

The Genesis Machine

by Amy Webb • 2022

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

3.94

745

🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics

The Genesis Machine 97%

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

by Amy Webb 2022

3.94

745 ratings

🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics

The Age of Spiritual Machines

by Ray Kurzweil • 1998

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

3.89

5k+

🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism

The Age of Spiritual Machines 96%

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

by Ray Kurzweil 1998

3.89

5k+ ratings

🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism

Physics of the Future

by Michio Kaku • 2011

What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.

4.00

18k+

🔮 Future Studies 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Physics of the Future 96%

What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.

by Michio Kaku 2011

4.00

18k+ ratings

🔮 Future Studies 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Beyond Genetics

by Glenn McGee • 2004

DNA testing, gene therapy, GMOs: what the headlines miss about how they'll actually affect you.

3.60

🧬 Genomics ⚖️ Bioethics 🔬 Genetic Testing

Beyond Genetics 96%

DNA testing, gene therapy, GMOs: what the headlines miss about how they'll actually affect you.

by Glenn McGee 2004

3.60

5 ratings

🧬 Genomics ⚖️ Bioethics 🔬 Genetic Testing

A Crack in Creation

by Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

4.13

7k+

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery

A Crack in Creation 95%

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017

4.13

7k+ ratings

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery

The Code Breaker

by Walter Isaacson • 2021

How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.

4.28

42k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biotechnology

The Code Breaker 95%

How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.

by Walter Isaacson 2021

4.28

42k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biotechnology

Altered Inheritance

by Françoise Baylis • 2019

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

3.53

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy

Altered Inheritance 95%

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

by Françoise Baylis 2019

3.53

94 ratings

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy

Fantastic Voyage

by Ray Kurzweil • 2004

Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.

3.87

920

⏳ Longevity Science 🤖 Transhumanism 🩺 Future Of Medicine

Fantastic Voyage 95%

Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.

by Ray Kurzweil 2004

3.87

920 ratings

⏳ Longevity Science 🤖 Transhumanism 🩺 Future Of Medicine

Generation AI

by Matt Britton • 2025

Generation Alpha breathes AI like oxygen. Their $5.5 trillion will rewrite every rule by 2030.

3.60

🤖 Ai Transformation 🧒 Generational Change 💼 Future Of Work

Generation AI 94%

Generation Alpha breathes AI like oxygen. Their $5.5 trillion will rewrite every rule by 2030.

by Matt Britton 2025

3.60

72 ratings

🤖 Ai Transformation 🧒 Generational Change 💼 Future Of Work

The Future of Humanity

by Michio Kaku • 2018

Becoming multi-planetary isn't just about rockets. It requires redesigning the human body itself.

4.18

12k+

🏗️ Space Colonization 🚀 Space Travel 🔮 Futurism

The Future of Humanity 94%

Becoming multi-planetary isn't just about rockets. It requires redesigning the human body itself.

by Michio Kaku 2018

4.18

12k+ ratings

🏗️ Space Colonization 🚀 Space Travel 🔮 Futurism

Life 3.0

by Max Tegmark • 2017

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

3.99

28k+

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity

Life 3.0 94%

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

by Max Tegmark 2017

3.99

28k+ ratings

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity

How to Create a Mind

by Ray Kurzweil • 2012

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

3.96

8k+

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience

How to Create a Mind 94%

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

by Ray Kurzweil 2012

3.96

8k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience

The Future Is Faster Than You Think

by Peter H. Diamandis • 2020

Breakthroughs are converging. The next decade will deliver a century's worth of change.

4.13

5k+

🧬 Technology Convergence 🔬 Emerging Technologies 💥 Business Disruption

The Future Is Faster Than You Think Summary

The Future Is Faster Than You Think 94%

Breakthroughs are converging. The next decade will deliver a century's worth of change.

by Peter H. Diamandis 2020

4.13

5k+ ratings

🧬 Technology Convergence 🔬 Emerging Technologies 💥 Business Disruption

Impromptu

by Reid Hoffman • 2023

AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.

3.77

782

🛠️ Applied Ai 💼 Future Of Work 🤝 Human Ai Collaboration

Impromptu 94%

AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.

by Reid Hoffman 2023

3.77

782 ratings

🛠️ Applied Ai 💼 Future Of Work 🤝 Human Ai Collaboration

The Fourth Age

by Byron Reese • 2018

Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.

4.01

1k+

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎲 Free Will Debate

The Fourth Age 94%

Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.

by Byron Reese 2018

4.01

1k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎲 Free Will Debate

Virtually Human

by Martine Rothblatt • 2014

Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.

3.51

182

🧠 Mind Uploading 💾 Digital Immortality 🔮 Transhumanism

Virtually Human 94%

Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.

by Martine Rothblatt 2014

3.51

182 ratings

🧠 Mind Uploading 💾 Digital Immortality 🔮 Transhumanism

Human Compatible

by Stuart Russell • 2019

Superintelligence will give us exactly what we ask for, and that is the problem.

4.04

5k+

🎯 Ai Alignment 🧠 Superintelligence ⚖️ Machine Ethics

Human Compatible 94%

Superintelligence will give us exactly what we ask for, and that is the problem.

by Stuart Russell 2019

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎯 Ai Alignment 🧠 Superintelligence ⚖️ Machine Ethics

Genesis

by Henry Kissinger • 2024

AI rewrites power, prosperity, and human dignity. A statesman on the philosophy to meet it.

3.53

2k+

🤖 Ai Governance 📡 Technology Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk

Genesis 94%

AI rewrites power, prosperity, and human dignity. A statesman on the philosophy to meet it.

by Henry Kissinger 2024

3.53

2k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Governance 📡 Technology Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk

The AI Revolution in Medicine

by Peter Lee • 2023

GPT-4 can diagnose, comfort patients, and fight burnout. Nobody knows if it truly understands.

3.87

548

🏥 Medical Ai 📱 Digital Health ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The AI Revolution in Medicine 94%

GPT-4 can diagnose, comfort patients, and fight burnout. Nobody knows if it truly understands.

by Peter Lee 2023

3.87

548 ratings

🏥 Medical Ai 📱 Digital Health ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Some Future Day

by Marc Beckman • 2025

AI is the catalyst that makes our technologies work together, accelerating every field overnight.

3.50

🏥 Ai In Healthcare ⚔️ Ai In Warfare 📚 Ai In Education

Some Future Day 94%

AI is the catalyst that makes our technologies work together, accelerating every field overnight.

by Marc Beckman 2025

3.50

46 ratings

🏥 Ai In Healthcare ⚔️ Ai In Warfare 📚 Ai In Education

The Gene

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2016

From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.

4.35

56k+

🧬 History Of Genetics ⚠️ Eugenics History 🗺️ Human Genome Project

The Gene 94%

From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016

4.35

56k+ ratings

🧬 History Of Genetics ⚠️ Eugenics History 🗺️ Human Genome Project

Quantum Supremacy

by Michio Kaku • 2023

Physics' strangest laws are about to power computers that crack encryption and reinvent medicine.

3.78

4k+

🖥️ Quantum Computing 🔮 Future Technology ⚡ Technological Disruption

Quantum Supremacy 94%

Physics' strangest laws are about to power computers that crack encryption and reinvent medicine.

by Michio Kaku 2023

3.78

4k+ ratings

🖥️ Quantum Computing 🔮 Future Technology ⚡ Technological Disruption

Genome

by Matt Ridley • 1999

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

4.06

28k+

🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology

Genome 93%

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

by Matt Ridley 1999

4.06

28k+ ratings

🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology

How AI Thinks

by Nigel Toon • 2024

It's a learning engine, not a thinking mind. The revolution is here, and it's not sentient.

3.62

322

💻 Computing History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

How AI Thinks 93%

It's a learning engine, not a thinking mind. The revolution is here, and it's not sentient.

by Nigel Toon 2024

3.62

322 ratings

💻 Computing History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Master Algorithm

by Pedro Domingos • 2015

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

3.73

6k+

🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence

The Master Algorithm 93%

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

by Pedro Domingos 2015

3.73

6k+ ratings

🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence

Artificial Intelligence

by Lasse Rouhiainen • 2018

An AI 101: the tech, the jobs at risk, and the one skill machines can't touch.

3.92

314

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence 93%

An AI 101: the tech, the jobs at risk, and the one skill machines can't touch.

by Lasse Rouhiainen 2018

3.92

314 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Machine Learning

The Future of the Mind

by Michio Kaku • 2014

Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.

4.08

16k+

The Future of the Mind 93%

Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.

by Michio Kaku 2014

4.08

16k+ ratings

Surviving AI

by Calum Chace • 2015

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

3.88

608

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Surviving AI 93%

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

by Calum Chace 2015

3.88

608 ratings

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Creation

by Adam Rutherford • 2013

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

3.97

762

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering

Creation 93%

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

by Adam Rutherford 2013

3.97

762 ratings

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering

The Industries of the Future

by Alec J. Ross • 2016

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

3.96

8k+

🌐 Emerging Technologies 🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies

The Industries of the Future 93%

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

by Alec J. Ross 2016

3.96

8k+ ratings

🌐 Emerging Technologies 🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies

AI Ethics

by Mark Coeckelbergh • 2020

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

3.63

903

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias

AI Ethics 93%

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

by Mark Coeckelbergh 2020

3.63

903 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias

A Human Algorithm

by Flynn Coleman • 2019

Machines are learning to think. The real question is whether we will remember how to feel.

3.58

299

🤖 Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

A Human Algorithm 93%

Machines are learning to think. The real question is whether we will remember how to feel.

by Flynn Coleman 2019

3.58

299 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Soonish

by Kelly Weinersmith • 2017

Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.

3.94

6k+

🚀 Emerging Technologies 🔮 Future Studies 😂 Science Humor

Soonish 93%

Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.

by Kelly Weinersmith 2017

3.94

6k+ ratings

🚀 Emerging Technologies 🔮 Future Studies 😂 Science Humor

The Inevitable

by Kevin Kelly • 2016

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

3.89

12k+

🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy

The Inevitable 93%

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

by Kevin Kelly 2016

3.89

12k+ ratings

🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy

Homo Deus

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2015

Our oldest enemies are falling. The technology that beat them is now dismantling humanism itself.

4.18

290k+

📜 Big History 🤖 Technological Disruption 🧬 Transhumanism

Homo Deus 93%

Our oldest enemies are falling. The technology that beat them is now dismantling humanism itself.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2015

4.18

290k+ ratings

📜 Big History 🤖 Technological Disruption 🧬 Transhumanism

The Age of AI

by Jason Thacker • 2020

AI is renegotiating your job, your privacy, your body. A theologian draws the boundaries.

3.69

184

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ✝️ Christian Ethics 🪞 Imago Dei

The Age of AI 93%

AI is renegotiating your job, your privacy, your body. A theologian draws the boundaries.

by Jason Thacker 2020

3.69

184 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ✝️ Christian Ethics 🪞 Imago Dei

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

3.74

3k+

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

Buddhism 93%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

2084

by John C. Lennox • 2020

Silicon won't make us gods. A mathematician traces the transhumanist dream back to Eden.

3.93

2k+

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🤖 Ai Ethics 📱 Faith And Technology

2084 93%

Silicon won't make us gods. A mathematician traces the transhumanist dream back to Eden.

by John C. Lennox 2020

3.93

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🤖 Ai Ethics 📱 Faith And Technology

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power

by Rajiv Malhotra • 2021

Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.

4.28

217

🌍 Ai Geopolitics 🛡️ Digital Sovereignty 🏭 Job Displacement

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power Summary

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power 93%

Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.

by Rajiv Malhotra 2021

4.28

217 ratings

🌍 Ai Geopolitics 🛡️ Digital Sovereignty 🏭 Job Displacement

The Science and Technology of Growing Young

by Sergey Young • 2021

Aging is treatable: the science that could let you live to 200, and what to do today.

3.96

538

🔬 Longevity Science ⏳ Aging As A Disease 🚀 Radical Life Extension

The Science and Technology of Growing Young Summary

The Science and Technology of Growing Young 93%

Aging is treatable: the science that could let you live to 200, and what to do today.

by Sergey Young 2021

3.96

538 ratings

🔬 Longevity Science ⏳ Aging As A Disease 🚀 Radical Life Extension

Architects of Intelligence

by Martin Ford • 2018

AI's builders say the real crisis isn't superintelligence but a labor market already fracturing.

4.07

667

🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 👷 Future Of Work

Architects of Intelligence 93%

AI's builders say the real crisis isn't superintelligence but a labor market already fracturing.

by Martin Ford 2018

4.07

667 ratings

🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 👷 Future Of Work

Virtual Society

by Herman Narula • 2022

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

3.40

288

🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work

Virtual Society 93%

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

by Herman Narula 2022

3.40

288 ratings

🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work

The Demon in the Machine

by Paul C.W. Davies • 2020

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

4.06

944

🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology

The Demon in the Machine 93%

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

by Paul C.W. Davies 2020

4.06

944 ratings

🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology

How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care

by Tim O'Reilly • 2012

Healthcare guesses which half of its treatments work. Data science is finally giving it an answer.

3.54

118

🎯 Precision Medicine 📊 Big Data 📈 Predictive Analytics

How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care Summary

How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care 92%

Healthcare guesses which half of its treatments work. Data science is finally giving it an answer.

by Tim O'Reilly 2012

3.54

118 ratings

🎯 Precision Medicine 📊 Big Data 📈 Predictive Analytics

Lifespan

by David A. Sinclair • 2019

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

4.12

27k+

🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction

Lifespan 92%

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

by David A. Sinclair 2019

4.12

27k+ ratings

🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction

The Second Machine Age

by Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

3.91

12k+

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work

The Second Machine Age 92%

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014

3.91

12k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

by Klaus Schwab • 2016

Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.

3.56

5k+

🌀 Technological Disruption 🔧 Future Of Work 🏙️ Technology And Society

The Fourth Industrial Revolution Summary

The Fourth Industrial Revolution 92%

Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.

by Klaus Schwab 2016

3.56

5k+ ratings

🌀 Technological Disruption 🔧 Future Of Work 🏙️ Technology And Society

Everyday Chaos

by David Weinberger • 2019

A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.

3.78

202

🔬 Complexity Science 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Machine Learning

Everyday Chaos 92%

A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.

by David Weinberger 2019

3.78

202 ratings

🔬 Complexity Science 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Machine Learning

Why We Die

by Venki Ramakrishnan • 2024

100,000 DNA hits daily: why youth survives, but age still wins.

4.03

3k+

🧬 Aging Biology 🧫 Cellular Senescence ⚡ Mitochondria

Why We Die 92%

100,000 DNA hits daily: why youth survives, but age still wins.

by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧬 Aging Biology 🧫 Cellular Senescence ⚡ Mitochondria

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