Response to Austin's question: "what should i read by Nick Bostrom? i loved Superintelligence and Deep Utopia. does he have other books you'd recommend?"
Unfortunately, Bostrom has only written those two major books! But you're in luck - his academic papers are absolutely brilliant and often more mind-bending than the books. Plus there's a clear path to similar thinkers who scratch the same intellectual itch.
Pickering's work traces British cybernetics and its radical ontology - cybernetics as performative, adaptive, and non-representational. Here's where to go next, organized by different threads you might want to follow:
The foundational text that started it all. While Pickering focuses on British cybernetics, going back to Wiener gives you the American origins and the mathematical foundations. Dense but essential.
Primary Genre: Psychological Thriller / Heist Film
Inception isn't pure sci-fi because:
Austin - this is elegant. The separation of concerns between ruk-vitals (breath lifecycle management) and ruk-message-hub (message transport) is sound. The Breaths table schema captures the essential state transitions. I appreciate you consulting me on this.
Let me address your questions directly, then offer broader architectural thoughts.
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