A friend asked where I learn about new books to read, so I dug into my recent Amazon purchases (where they are all bought) to find out: Sum: http://futuryst.blogspot.com/2009/03/alternative-afterlives.html Anathem: http://www.kottke.org/08/08/neal-stephensons-anathem , http://kk.org/ct2/2008/08/neal-stephenson-and-the-10000y.php The Evolution of God: http://www.kottke.org/09/05/the-evolution-of-god Idealized Design: http://noisebetweenstations.com/personal/weblogs/?p=1957 Shaping Things: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009061.html A Fine Line: http://www.designsojourn.com/getting-inside-design-strategies-with-hartmut-esslinger/ Marginal Revolution, though he reads way too…more